Irritating acronyms no one understands

[jaybee82]

Anyone else exposed to these at work?? I have found myself feeling increasingly aggressive towards people that use them.

The latest being 'BAU'. Any clues?

Any to add?

[SeanMacGabhann]

BAU = Business as Usual

Not sure it's internet related tho - my first job 25 years ago used it, I'm sure...

But they are everywhere, and some are very annoying

EDT? CPT? FHT?? Crazy stuff...

[jaybee82]

Exactly! How do you have any hope of knowing where you are if you're pissed having to decipher those codes?!

[Brendan]

I've just about enough of SFAs.

[jaybee82]

Super Furry Animals?

[ClareC]

Try working in telecoms!

[Brendan]

TWIT

[jaybee82]

ROFL is possibly the most annoying of all

[Brendan]

Recommended Orifice for Laudanum?

[SteveT]

First ones I encountered were on the back of envelopes from girlfriends: SWALK sealed with a loving kiss or: NORWICH nickers off ready when I come home, and many more.

According to an episode in the Likely Lads PHILADELPHIA is one, but I never heard the explaination.

Overall they are irritating ruddy things.

[Brendan]

Don't you mean IRTs?

[Izodia]

I hate LOL. It makes me thinking of lolling...just lying around being useless.

[SteveT]

Spot on Brendan.

[computedshorty]

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[bignumber5]

Medicine used to be full of them in the days before access to information: In particular, to describe the appearance of someone who might not have any decernable syndrome but who didn't quite look right somehow, from FLK (funny looking kid) to NFN (normal for Norwich). But then the day came when patients were allowed to see their notes, and "the man" said that doctors were just being rude. A sad day indeed...

[woofmarkthedog]

Cant bear them generally

You know once we were flying in the south pacific and on a small island in the middle of nowhere someone had written S O S in stones, we flew round to take another look at this vandalism & some joker was jumping up & down waving pointing to his work

"Bloody idiot, look at him trying to get our attention " so we pretended we weren't looking and flew off again. If he had the time to do that, then take the time to write something out properly. I really hate acronyms you know.

TTFN

W**F

[flapjackdavey]

QTLLS , PTTLS, DTTLS .

:X

[Huguenot]

Dirty Pi$$ed Grandads With Smelly Socks?

[computedshorty]

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[woofmarkthedog]

DPGWSSHF Dont Push Granny while Shes Shaving her f.....?

[JetSetWilly]

my favourite has to be DILLIGAF.

[Windom]

DILLIGAF is pretty awesome

always liked LTDQ myself

[paragon]

BOBFOC

[bigbadwolf]

That's simple Paragon you pinhead.

It specifically relates to some one like...let's say Sarah Jessica Parker.

Body Off Baywatch Face Off Crimewatch.

I'm disappointed in you HonaloochieB, and you Quids.

[computedshorty]

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