Annoying acronyms

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SecretSam wrote:

The NFN one relates to inbreeding, common among teachers also IIRC.

What? Inbreeding is common amongst teachers?

EKE_38BPM

I knew there was something dodgy going on in the staffroom when I was at school!

Clever Pun

rickyrider wrote:

MTFU - the most annoying and overused acronym on sports forums? I've just read it one too many times... It drives me freaking crackers and in my opinion (sorry, that should be IMO) makes anyone who uses it look like a complete tw*t. Ranty rant rant...

What's yours?

How about HTFU?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y

walkingbootweather

NORWICH

mtb-idle

(k)nickers off etc...

Mike Healey

Acronym is an acronym itself:

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Headhuunter

Rick Chasey wrote:

For a while I've been pronouncing acronyms like words.

Really really irritates people.

Banking is full of them, isn't it? And they usually denote esoteric high risk areas which blew up the economy.... Things like ABS, CDO, RMBS, CMBS, CDO of ABS, FICC etc etc...

wgwarburton

Mike Healey wrote:

Acronym is an acronym itself:

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That looks like a "backronym" to me, and Oxford Online says "Origin:1940s: from Greek akron 'end, tip' + -onym"...

Cheers,
W.

rick_chasey

Headhuunter wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

For a while I've been pronouncing acronyms like words.

Really really irritates people.

Banking is full of them, isn't it? And they usually denote esoteric high risk areas which blew up the economy.... Things like ABS, CDO, RMBS, CMBS, CDO of ABS, FICC etc etc...

HSBC, UBS and ING are favourites.

People do say FICC as a word.

Headhuunter

Rick Chasey wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

For a while I've been pronouncing acronyms like words.

Really really irritates people.

Banking is full of them, isn't it? And they usually denote esoteric high risk areas which blew up the economy.... Things like ABS, CDO, RMBS, CMBS, CDO of ABS, FICC etc etc...

HSBC, UBS and ING are favourites.

People do say FICC as a word.

Yep, I'm in the "FICK" team here...

Initialised

STFU about TLAs

MrChuck

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

My pet-peeve with LOL is the usage of it on the end of completely un-comical facebook status updates. I know using that and looking at some people is setting yourself up for a fall but I've never really understood the need to use it in some cases:

"Picking up the kids from school LOL"

NO! Picking up the kids ISN'T FUNNY unless you are PHYSICALLY picking them up in which case it may be mildly amusing.....

Agreed, it's a little annoying even when you can imagine that somebody might conceivably laugh. When it's just used as punctuation it really boils my pi$$.

bartimaeus

JFDI... a Project Management methodology

NGale

Everything in the Navy and as a consequence in the cadets has an acronym and some of them totally confusing meaning different things

in the cadets we have

RMC = Royal Marine Cadets (but in the RN and RM means Royal Marines Commando)
TARS = Training regulations afloat (or such, not sure of exact meaning, but to us it's word is law)

FA = Field Assessment
SCC = Sea Cadet Corps
ACF = Army Cadet Force (or more commonly known as 'those sacks of sh1t)
ATC = Air Training Corps (or Airy Fairies)

However what is the most annoying is the forces habbit for changing perfectly good words for something else...

for example, a cup of tea or coffee is a Hot Wet. rubbish is gash, toilets are heads, and so the list goes on!

rml380z

AIBU
(and the related YABU and YANBU).

I've only encountered it on mumsnet; read into that what you will.

NGale wrote:

Everything in the Navy and as a consequence in the cadets has an acronym and some of them totally confusing meaning different things

FOD was always my favourite RAF acronym.

Doctor FOD and Miss Wayward Body. Ah, that brings back memories...

secretsam

Bartimaeus wrote:

JFDI... a Project Management methodology

Yup, know that one only too well...

BTW, for NHS folk "OT" means "Occupational Therapist", confusing, huh?

Clever Pun

I worked on a Pep Input System a few years back.. rather enjoyed saying the acronym for that

Paul E

People keep using UTWAT with me, what does that mean??

asprilla

Developing a backend system for BBCW I christened it so that the acronym was GiMP..

It was changed after about a month. Some people have no sense of humour.

walkingbootweather

I have a friend who's job title is Business Unit Manager. For some reason she isn't keen on acronyms....

asprilla

A guy I used to work with claimed that when asked what he wanted his new job title to be (as European CTO) following the company's purchase and reorg he asked for Supreme Head IT Europe.

Surprisingly his request was turned down.

walkingbootweather

Our work's IT system gave everyone a login based upon the first letter of their Christian name and the first three letters of their Surname.

It was dropped after Keith Noble and Trevor Watson started....

joelsim

I'm a bit of a noob on this forum and on my first week someone told me to MTFU. I thought it was a complement as I had no idea what it meant.

TW AT.

jawooga

Most TLAs are TLIs.

BelgianBeerGeek

Banking? Try working in the acronym hell that is the MoD.

NGale

one from my ambulance days which still makes me laugh and which was mentioned on Sirens on Channel 4 the week before last.

FOA = Foreign Object up Arse

Ones from the ambulance says which just get plain confusing

?#NOF = possible fracture of the neck of femur
CCF = Congesive Cardiac Faliure (I always thought it was Combined Cadet Force, AKA long hair public school poofs :roll: )
CA = Cardiac Arrest

Ones common in my old control room.

VB = Virgin Birth. For those 14 year olds who are for 'some reason' pregnant but 'never did nuffin'
LOL = Little old Lady