Show threadStan CareyFeb 14

A comment on my post describes users of this slang as lazy simpletons with a limited vocabulary. (I was having none of it.)

I see linguistic shortcuts – abbreviations and the like – more as efficiencies. They're the verbal equivalent of desire paths, which no one sees as "lazy".

But the characterization shows the social baggage that language has accumulated. It's a scapegoat for broader anxieties and prejudices.

#language #slang #abbreviations #sociolinguistics #blogging

Ramon PastorJan 4
I think Trump’s goal is to turn North & South America into the United Territories of Trump 🤔 #sarcasm #abbreviations
💧🌏 Greg CocksDec 8
"A Story Of [The US States To Two (2) Capital Letters] Abbreviations” [(slightly) NSFW]
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https://youtube.com/shorts/u29XFwhHtC0?si=y_NJ-RCO06alkBjG  <-- shared (slightly) NSFW video
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As spatial data professionals- indeed as data professionals generally - we have all been in similar situations, either inside or looking in… so VERY relatable!
(note that the “98 minute documentary…” “about the men - and one woman” he mentions was – so very sadly! – a fiction generated for his routine…)
#comedy #garygulman #USStates #abbreviations #designbycommittee #USPS #abbreviation #task #consensus #spatial #organisation #states #USA #CONTRACTor #data #database #consistency #humour
A story of abbreviations #comedy #garygulman #usstates #abbreviations

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Stan CareyDec 5

My interest in (1) tennis and, unrelatedly, (2) the linguistics of profanity means that just now when I saw the phrase "WTA RG F" my brain briefly decided that it meant "what the actual Roland-Garros fuck"

#swearing #tennis #WTAF #profanity #abbreviations #language #RolandGarros

1peter10Nov 29

I dislike Three Letter Acronyms. There are too many, and they differ a lot across domains.

This has been triggered by reading TFA on "Hacker News", which I must have looked up countless times by now. It can't be 'That F***er Above', right? And it's clearly not most of these: https://www.acronymfinder.com/TFA.html

I'll just assume it means whatever and move on.

#Acronyms #Abbreviations

TFA - Definition by AcronymFinder

75 definitions of TFA. Meaning of TFA. What does TFA stand for? TFA abbreviation. Define TFA at AcronymFinder.com

HowToPhil (Phillip R)Nov 20

I have been flipping through my #abbreviations #dictionary

Excerpt photo from The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary:

*YHBT* you have been trolled

*YHBTTYFPHAND* you have been trolled, thank you for playing, have a nice day

MyPost2Nov 6
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Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
#socialmedia #abbreviations #communication #mentalfloss
10 Social Media Abbreviations That Stump People the Most

According to research on monthly internet search volume, Americans get confused by these common abbreviations.

Mental Floss
MyPost.toNov 6
https://get.mypost.to/HAOyp4
Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
#socialmedia #abbreviations #communication #mentalfloss
10 Social Media Abbreviations That Stump People the Most

According to research on monthly internet search volume, Americans get confused by these common abbreviations.

Mental Floss
Front PageSep 22, 2025

31 acronyms you use all the time—what they actually stand for

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/31-acronyms-you-use-all-the-time-what-they-actually-stand-for

AlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️Sep 21, 2025

#Abbreviations and #Initialisms ...

MRDA - Mandy Rice-Davies Applies.

During the trials related to the Profumo Affair she made the response "well he would, wouldn't he".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_he_would%2C_wouldn%27t_he%3F

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Rice-Davies

Well he would, wouldn't he? - Wikipedia