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Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn't translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago (12 children)

i18n I know it's not technically an acronym but what a fucking obscure way to write a word that's going to be constantly around non-english speakers. All the other ones in this family are also quite obnoxious but i18n is especially awful.

[–] Maestro@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago (7 children)

There's a11y and l10n. What else is there?

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] thatsTheCatch 5 points 10 months ago

"Accessibility." It mainly refers to computer accessibility (like websites and apps). Ironic that a common word for accessibility is inaccessible to people who don't know what it means

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