Your ability to confuse is a potent measure of your cleverness. With this in view, people make and use abbreviations or acronyms which have to be explained. But this strategy doesn't always work. So let's take a look at some acronyms, well-known and well, unknown.
aka - Also known as
PYT- Pretty young thing, as in those strewn around TV channels, and the hospitality industry. Their strong point is usually prettiness, and not much else.
KYC- Assumptions by the banking regulator (correct ones) that the banks don't know who is parking money with them led to this. Know Your Customer norm. As per this norm, you are a racketeer unless you can prove otherwise, and not privileged to open a bank account. At the rate at which banks are failing worldwide, it appears to be a racket itself. So it's even Stevens.
Lol- A well known one on Facebook etc., its exact full form is probably Laugh out loud, but it gets mistaken for Lots of love by some, leading to false hopes!
ROFL- Not recommended, unless the floor is clean. What with viruses and bacteria on the prowl, and medical aid costing what it does. Rolling on the Floor, in case you haven't heard it before.
Dodo- This is not an acronym, but is used to describe someone incapable of figuring out an acronym even after you explain it to him.
WYSIWYG- It's a geek special, might mean What you see is what you get. A similar one, GIGO, meaning Garbage in Garbage out, is so obvious that it has been consigned to the garbage bin.
aka - Also known as
PYT- Pretty young thing, as in those strewn around TV channels, and the hospitality industry. Their strong point is usually prettiness, and not much else.
KYC- Assumptions by the banking regulator (correct ones) that the banks don't know who is parking money with them led to this. Know Your Customer norm. As per this norm, you are a racketeer unless you can prove otherwise, and not privileged to open a bank account. At the rate at which banks are failing worldwide, it appears to be a racket itself. So it's even Stevens.
Lol- A well known one on Facebook etc., its exact full form is probably Laugh out loud, but it gets mistaken for Lots of love by some, leading to false hopes!
ROFL- Not recommended, unless the floor is clean. What with viruses and bacteria on the prowl, and medical aid costing what it does. Rolling on the Floor, in case you haven't heard it before.
Dodo- This is not an acronym, but is used to describe someone incapable of figuring out an acronym even after you explain it to him.
WYSIWYG- It's a geek special, might mean What you see is what you get. A similar one, GIGO, meaning Garbage in Garbage out, is so obvious that it has been consigned to the garbage bin.
5 comments:
'Gods must be crazy' is an old silent movie except for the bushmen communicating in what appears to be an abbreviated language
Pehle yeh acronym ko ek acronym lagana yaaron. Bahut confuse kar deta.
That might require some verbal acrobatics, hari, IMHO (in my humble opinion)
Wonder if all communication minus IMHO is unhumble?
Most of it including the IMHO is actually egoistic if not arrogant!
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