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Hekate

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109. Beyond

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 17, 2023, 03:19 PM

Jan 2023

So my dad said.
But he also substituted “fouled” in both SNAFU and FUBAR.
WWII.

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Could I please calmly and politely request AGAIN that posters not use acronyms unless [View all] Atticus Jan 2023 OP

YBBI bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #1

Guessing it was that FF on display? GreenWave Jan 2023 #2

I remember that! Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #119

I second that request MyMission Jan 2023 #3

I've also gotten the impression PatSeg Jan 2023 #51

IDKWYATA. PCIntern Jan 2023 #4

YYD! nt Atticus Jan 2023 #6

Huh? cachukis Jan 2023 #8

You left out the TF after the W. Elwood P Dowd Jan 2023 #9

It would actually be TF PCIntern Jan 2023 #10

What are you even talking about? ShazzieB Jan 2023 #32

Understood and sorry: PCIntern Jan 2023 #34

Thank you. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #46

What is YMMV ? Delmette2.0 Jan 2023 #49

Your mileage may vary. Harker Jan 2023 #54

Thank you. 🙂 Delmette2.0 Jan 2023 #55

Sure thing! Harker Jan 2023 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #102

Wait .. . What's wrong with TY & YW? 😉 electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #103

I'll come up with something... Harker Jan 2023 #108

😄👍 electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #110

So asking politely causes others to respond in acronyms? 🙄 LakeArenal Jan 2023 #43

Yeah, it's the misspelled acronyms that bother me. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #53

Ok, I give bdamomma Jan 2023 #118

OK, SHM and LOL calguy Jan 2023 #5

I see it lol padah513 Jan 2023 #15

SHM is another one that has confusing search results. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #48

SIL has bothered me for years MyMission Jan 2023 #104

Why does "OK" mean? SCantiGOP Jan 2023 #79

SNAFU ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2023 #7

And FUBAR. PCIntern Jan 2023 #12

Fucked Up By All Recognition ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2023 #14

Beyond, not by? niyad Jan 2023 #20

URC, my friend. PCIntern Jan 2023 #35

Yes. Where is my head this morning. FUBAR for sure. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2023 #68

Lack of caffeine?? niyad Jan 2023 #70

Beyond Hekate Jan 2023 #109

Geez, bdamomma Jan 2023 #121

Beyond. Not By vanlassie Jan 2023 #137

And then there is JANFU - Joint Army-Navy... 3catwoman3 Jan 2023 #50

That is a new one to me! niyad Jan 2023 #67

Told to me years ago... 3catwoman3 Jan 2023 #97

Thank goodness for the 'Urban Dictionary'. sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #11

IKR!!! NT Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #13

You only need to look it up once..... Chakaconcarne Jan 2023 #16

One more time than I should have to. nt Atticus Jan 2023 #17

Atticus, would you stop using a word that describes something highplainsdem Jan 2023 #44

Most of it is PhoneSpeak, commonly used in text messaging Warpy Jan 2023 #83

Not me. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #39

The one I hate the most is "ty". Polly Hennessey Jan 2023 #18

ty for that!! oswaldactedalone Jan 2023 #22

Kthx, bai! sir pball Jan 2023 #136

My 90 y/o mom uses LOL for Lots of Love RamblingRose Jan 2023 #19

Precious :) moonscape Jan 2023 #24

HAHAHA Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #28

That was a funny joke/texting skit PCIntern Jan 2023 #38

LOL bdamomma Jan 2023 #123

What does AGAIN stand for WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #21

Atticus Going Apeshit Is Normal Effete Snob Jan 2023 #63

That's not nice. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #89

Anyone Giving Acronyms Instead of Names nt sl8 Jan 2023 #95

I would not look this one up because I was stubborn, gab13by13 Jan 2023 #23

WSC Emile Jan 2023 #25

This is a matter of common courtesy. Beastly Boy Jan 2023 #26

I have to wonder if those who responded in acronyms TNNurse Jan 2023 #27

Insensitive. Boomerproud Jan 2023 #100

Actually, very disappointing. TNNurse Jan 2023 #141

Or humorous DashOneBravo Jan 2023 #146

IGSFTOUUD. Paladin Jan 2023 #29

👍 Atticus. Firestorm49 Jan 2023 #30

TY this information is GTK FYI Botany Jan 2023 #31

Honestly, the whole "should" thing around "we shouldn't have to google" is so weird to me. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #33

ICACOY. ( I Can Always Count On You ) BYH! nt Atticus Jan 2023 #37

Always happy to provide a different perspective! WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #47

I like learning new stuff. Bring it on. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #36

+1,000,000. It's also good for brain health, especially as people get older. highplainsdem Jan 2023 #45

If I don't learn something new every day, I feel as though I am missing something. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #106

Exactly that GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #133

OK twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #40

I think that BYOB started all of this. gab13by13 Jan 2023 #41

Or maybe it started with "INRI" at the top of a cross. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2023 #61

RSVP! robbob Jan 2023 #111

Yes, it stands for "respondez s'il vous plait." ShazzieB Jan 2023 #126

NT, EOM IronLionZion Jan 2023 #42

I don't usually mind acronyms. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #52

ffs wtfitmwu? 😹 Meowmee Jan 2023 #56

There are two I always think wrong BidenRocks Jan 2023 #58

SMH can also mean "shaking my head," which I think is fine. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #127

FTW vanlassie Jan 2023 #138

I agree with you, but you have inadverntly given me a good laugh while looking at the responses. patphil Jan 2023 #59

OK JohnnyRingo Jan 2023 #60

TANSTAAFL Effete Snob Jan 2023 #62

You left out the 'ain't' SCantiGOP Jan 2023 #80

When I see a plethora of acronyms and abbreviated catch-phrases I assume the poster has spent far Ford_Prefect Jan 2023 #64

That's never going to happen but I feel your pain. littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #65

O shizl gzngahr BBBBBTTTTTGGGGTGGGGTGGGG shzn blah hary% + 7, , 1 9 3 4 19 ckin etd vaus erstn gubl TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #66

It probably takes as much time to type the words as it does to do the Acronyms. Paper Roses Jan 2023 #69

It is okay to ask if you can't figure it out. 33taw Jan 2023 #71

This is NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. ...WILL IT BE THE LAST TIME? Stuart G Jan 2023 #72

After googling one yesterday, frogmarch Jan 2023 #73

All communication comes about by mutual agreement about the symbols used. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #143

just observe the rule for writing NJCher Jan 2023 #74

GI! (Good Idea!) people Jan 2023 #78

-- NJCher Jan 2023 #91

That is how I was taught in school. It seems to be a reasonable solution to me. Midnight Writer Jan 2023 #101

I second that request! ananda Jan 2023 #75

Putting country, state, city for clarity when needed StClone Jan 2023 #76

I don't see a problem with posters posting what they chose (within community guidelines) ToxMarz Jan 2023 #77

OK SCantiGOP Jan 2023 #82

Or okay! Emile Jan 2023 #87

My approach to those posts llmart Jan 2023 #81

LOL Emile Jan 2023 #85

How about we follow the established standard of spelling it out the first time? NullTuples Jan 2023 #84

Plus it just makes me feel old and stupid.Not a good feeling. efhmc Jan 2023 #86

Ok then dweller Jan 2023 #90

Let's start a group called ASSSA! Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #88

Or re-route this bdamomma Jan 2023 #124

bothers me too. sometimes i ask the poster what it means orleans Jan 2023 #92

Great reply, my gonzo friend... A few more... Pluvious Jan 2023 #105

i think we both missed this one: orleans Jan 2023 #115

I knew most of these. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #129

Good catch, thanks ! nt. Pluvious Jan 2023 #142

And a big current one...FAFO Maeve Jan 2023 #148

hey Orleans bdamomma Jan 2023 #125

lol. glad i could help. i never really use it; i just call it by name... or douchebag. :) nt orleans Jan 2023 #128

or slobfather bdamomma Jan 2023 #134

If I'm on a phone, I tend to use more Bettie Jan 2023 #93

You've seemed snowybirdie Jan 2023 #94

You should have known how this would play DashOneBravo Jan 2023 #96

I use the Urban Dictionary when I don't understand an acronym. intheflow Jan 2023 #98

I'm a technical writer for a very big company garybeck Jan 2023 #99

OMG! No "OMG"'s in this thread so far. Pobeka Jan 2023 #107

I had to finally look up ICYM and write it down, because it looks like "icy" something Hekate Jan 2023 #112

We should keep this on the QT. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2023 #113

I don't have a computer. Until Covid I first used computers in a Net Cafe ('95), the library... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #114

YAFLOHTPODU 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #116

SCYFSI. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #117

Sure. ismnotwasm Jan 2023 #120

Here's a site to look them up: Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #122

For the longest time, it was Kernighan and Ritchie, THE classic "C" Programming book. usonian Jan 2023 #130

308 acronyms explained here: usonian Jan 2023 #131

Acronyms are very easy to look up GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #132

After thinking it over... ShazzieB Jan 2023 #135

IBTL! A favorite from the early days of DU... madinmaryland Jan 2023 #139

Don't blame texting - 19th century telegraph operators used them too DBoon Jan 2023 #140

I hear ya, Atticus. DemocraticPatriot Jan 2023 #144

AOYMAUGFYITA DemocraticPatriot Jan 2023 #145

This Thread is a PITA! Oldtimeralso Jan 2023 #147

Man, DU has become an old folks home. nt Brenda Jan 2023 #149

Hmm----I thought ageism was frowned upon. Is it ok now? nt Atticus Jan 2023 #150

GOML DemocraticPatriot Jan 2023 #153

Request denied. HAGD! nt ecstatic Jan 2023 #151

Im convinced this Atticus is a performance artist. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #152