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In reply to the discussion: Please, Please, and Please..Don't Use Abbreviations That All Do Not know..Please... [View all]Magoo48
(4,705 posts)60. Yes, yes, and yes please!.
I often lose the plot entirely when I stumble over an alphabet soup of mysterious Capital letters.
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Stuart G
Feb 2021
OP
I agree. I have had to give up on some posts because I have no clue what the abbreviations mean.
Ka-Dinh Oy
Feb 2021
#2
If I have to work hard and play Sherlock Holmes to figure out what a post is about...
hvn_nbr_2
Feb 2021
#19
I think my screen name may have military connotations but it actually has nothing to do with that.
Pongo
Feb 2021
#68
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has to frequently ask what an abbreviation means. nt
LAS14
Feb 2021
#6
I spend too much time looking up acronyms only to find out that it's a local issue. Who would know?
Firestorm49
Feb 2021
#10
Thank You. I appreciate your post. If this were not a problem, I would not have posted it.
Stuart G
Feb 2021
#23
You are not the only one...who is "mature." I really do not like the "O" word.
Stuart G
Feb 2021
#28
Virtue signalling is is when you make a statement designed to make you look acceptable to the
Celerity
Feb 2021
#98
If you saw the movie "Gaslight" with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, it was the prime
niyad
Feb 2021
#66
...ikr....means, "I Know Right"..perhaps you do.., but that is a matter of opinion.
Stuart G
Feb 2021
#38
"I know, right?" is an expression similar to "I feel you." Both draw from Black usage. IKR is
ancianita
Feb 2021
#46
Major Manuals of Usage require a full first reference before any acronym is used after.
ancianita
Feb 2021
#39
Thanks! There's only one I've kept running into that I didn't know, and...
electric_blue68
Feb 2021
#90
Dear Stuart G, I can't believe that you are still beating this dead horse. Good luck. ❤ pants
littlemissmartypants
Feb 2021
#94