IMHO, acronyms have gotten way out of hand. Not only is it in my IMs, but it’s at my job, in my books and most recently even in my dreams. As I drifted off to sleep this morning I thought, “WTH? 2moro 404 ab WITW I hv 2do”. Sound confusing? Well, get used to it because SSEWBA!!
Seriously though, who comes up with this stuff and WHY? It’s not just “kids today” either, we have PhD educated certified geniuses working at great companies like Intel & Nike who use acronyms EVERYDAY as a way of life. A typical work email might go something like, “I have 12 ARs to complete by EOD, a trip to the FAB to EOL the system and then more KTBR work that needs doing for the PMO SP before I get to WFH tomorrow.”
I say we put a stop to the madness and tell all acronym users to GTHOHWTHM!!! I have a freedom to be acronym free and not require a dictionary to decipher your cryptic work speech. Even if I bothered to learn it, you’d just change it again or I’d talk to someone else who had a completely different and offensive meaning for it! I mean, WTF (Win the Future!) and let’s LOL (Live Our Lives) to be acronym free!!
Having trouble deciphering this message? Good, that means you have not been assimilated and can pass “Go!” for $200. You’ll still need to get out your Net Lingo dictionary and start figuring it out!
