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What is your least favourite acronym? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago by thatsTheCatch to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

After 20 years in EMS, (see how it starts immediately - Emergency Medical Services), The whole bloody damned field is nothing but acronyms for as far as the eye can see.

From BPM - Beats per minute, to ABC - Airway, Breathing, circulation, (which today is more like ACB - Airway, Circulation, Breathing) to OPQRST - Onset, provoke/pallation, Quality, Region/Radiation, Severity, Time to A-Fib - Atrial Fibrillation to SOB - Shortness of Breath.

I hate them all........

[–] thatsTheCatch 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Is there a way to say OPQRST that isn't just reading each letter? Because if not then that is a mouthful

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Nope. It's taught OPQRST.

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I read it as Opie Crust.