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This happens everywhere on the internet. Someone writes "UM' and expects the world to know whether that means University of Michigan, University of Miami, Upper Missouri, etc.
This seems to be getting worse on Datalounge. Do you know where Mimo, NoVa, or UP are?
Why do people not realize that the internet is international? It is not based in your little corner of the world.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 26, 2019 5:26 PM |
This is a serious issue, needing serious debate.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 25, 2019 7:49 PM |
I'd say NoVa (Northern Virginia), UP (Upper peninsula of Michigan), Mimo….mimosa?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 25, 2019 7:58 PM |
FOAD
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 25, 2019 7:59 PM |
I say FU for "go fuck yourself." I'm happy to spell it out for OP, however.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 25, 2019 7:59 PM |
DMV, no, not the dept of motor vehicles. 🙄🙄
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 25, 2019 8:00 PM |
People use them here with excruciating frequency.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 25, 2019 8:04 PM |
Of course everyone knows "WW" stands for Walla Walla!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 25, 2019 8:19 PM |
Especially true with the theater queens and their abbreviations of shows and stars.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 25, 2019 8:24 PM |
Some make the mental effort to choose their words carefully, so that everyone understands them easily.
Lazy passive aggressive cunts can't be bothered; the rabble that surround them is too dumb to understand their genius.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 25, 2019 8:25 PM |
R2, Mimo is a neighborhood in Miami.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 26, 2019 1:09 PM |
I like that the DL takes me RTW
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 26, 2019 2:03 PM |
I appreciate OP for starting this thread. The abusive overuse of random acronyms and abbreviations stilts a cohesive thought in written communication. We should want people to stop and think about the point we're trying to make - not force them to stop and decipher the stupid acronym your lazy ass couldn't spell out thereby eclipsing your original thought.
R9 nails it.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 26, 2019 2:10 PM |
Even "LA" can be problematic -- Los Angeles or Louisiana?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 26, 2019 4:46 PM |
NoVa has been in use for several years now. I don't think it's too much to expect you to learn that abbreviation, or NoLa or KCMO.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 26, 2019 5:26 PM |
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