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[Dice4Hire]

New fruit acronyms: clever or not? Discuss.

No discussion need to conclude TC is not clever.




Humor wise, not a shot at brainpower.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Based on some recent locked threads, I think food topics are restricted to the mods and only while posting in locked topics.

 

[TarionzCousin]

No discussion need to conclude TC is not clever.




Humor wise, not a shot at brainpower.

Shhhh. Not everybody knows this.

 

[billd91]

I never really understood the hostility towards this acronym; just seems like regular shorthand to me.

Think of it as hostility toward shorthand instead of toward a specific acronym. Personally, I find the excessive use of debased jargon (like gish when you want to refer to a fighter/wizard of any stripe rather than a specific grouping of githyanki), acronyms (IANAL, IYKWIMAITYD, LOL), and other in-crowd references to be an unnecessary barrier to communication.

This isn't limited to gamer messageboards either. I feel the same way about academic articles quoting passages in a foreign language or tossing in foreign references without providing a translation as well. How about we assume the reader isn't as erudite as you are, authors?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

New fruit acronyms: clever or not? Discuss.

I think they're...peachy.

And remember:

Game
Responsibly
And
Please
Everybody

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Think of it as hostility toward shorthand instead of toward a specific acronym. Personally, I find the excessive use of debased jargon (like gish when you want to refer to a fighter/wizard of any stripe rather than a specific grouping of githyanki),

She WAS quite formidable...

Lillian Gish

acronyms (IANAL, IYKWIMAITYD, LOL), and other in-crowd references to be an unnecessary barrier to communication.

It can lead to some FUBAR conversations, IME, and should be kept to a minimum, IMHO, IYKWIMAITYD.

This isn't limited to gamer messageboards either. I feel the same way about academic articles quoting passages in a foreign language or tossing in foreign references without providing a translation as well. How about we assume the reader isn't as erudite as you are, authors?

That one always did get my goat. I suspect the writers got some sangfroid when they imagined people reading their books with 3 translation dictionaries on hand.

 

[Scott DeWar]

i will take a swag and say we are at a snafu. it is now so bad i declare it to be N(e)RTS

 

[El Mahdi]

Quiet, Un-Impeachable, Nuanced Commentary Expected




IBTL - before the Mods get into it and make it BOHICA time...

 

[UnknownAtThisTime]

I suspect the writers got some sangfroid when they imagined people reading their books with 3 translation dictionaries on hand.

Sangfroid? Dangit. UATT goes to get his dictionary.

 

[jonesy]

IDK, the BWQ is already FTASB and OATUS, but SDIHTT to GAFIA and GAL so I don't need to B3.

SCNR. But maybe we could have an AFZ here. It's just ATLA.