Petition to stop acronym use on DU - we have to stop the A-menace

[HEyHEY]

Damn it people when is enough enough????

Sign on the line.......

BTW..... if this thread has you ROTFLMA, you're a GS, with a GSOH, IMO, So HAND!

[sniffa]

1. BTW, i can't stand acronyms

;)

[mrboba1]

2. and I can't stand capital L's

;)

[sniffa]

4. and i can't stand the 'canes

bring back the whaLers!!!

[mrboba1]

7. you're just jealous!

:P

[sniffa]

16. i am, i think

the whaLers had a cooL Logo

[Huckebein the Raven]

6. also I can't stand numbers there's like too many of them

;-)

[theorist]

3. Just three letters.

:wtf:

[rock]

5. Swell Idea! Let's refer to it as DAA

DUers Against Acronyms

[StopTheMorans]

8. NFW :)

n/t

[terrya]

9. I fear we may be SOL.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. Acronyms are initials that make up words...

Not random initials that make up nothing!
Duckie

[mrboba1]

14. ooh - you're right!

No more using SCUBA on DU!!

[redqueen]

11. I only hate the ones I don't understand

Stop making me feel so stupid! :cry:

[mrboba1]

17. That just forces you to learn more stuff!

Of course, it's really stupid, useless stuff - but stuff nonetheless!!!

:bounce:

[redqueen]

20. I wish... but no

nobody ever explains their mysterious acronyms. I'm not talking about the standards, mind you... only the made-up ones.

[jpgray]

12. Incidentally, I'm incredibly sick of all the adverbs

:dunce:

[nickgutierrez]

13. WTF?

[pagerbear]

15. Well, ackshly....

These aren't acronyms. They're abbreviations. An acronym is an abbreviation that makes a word, like sonar or scuba or even fubar.

Go ahead--flame me! I've got my asbestos tennies on!

[Susang]

18. FU!

OK? }(

[Richardo]

19. Wouldn't that technically be 'FY'?

:D

[Susang]

22. Leave me alone, I have dyslexia!

You insensitive lout! :cry:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

23. dyslexics untie!

:D

that never gets old...

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

21. BTW, you used BTW.

;)

[lpbk2713]

24. A

As in "fuggin A".