acronyms

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Twinkles

Could someone make a list of the many acronyms used on this site with the full meaning. I can't wotk some of them out.
eg SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed etc

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Reply By: Trevor R (QLD) - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:22

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:22

At the bottom of each thread, there is an "Abbreviations" tab. This will explain most of them.

Cheers, Trevor.

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Follow Up By: Twinkles - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:57

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:57

thanks I didn't see that

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Reply By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:49

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:49

IMO the IUO of TLA's is VBC for us LLA please CAD.

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Follow Up By: Member - Jack - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 21:43

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 21:43

Please explain??

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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 22:28

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 22:28

Hi Jack, how you been mate?

I worked for a rather large American multi national once and learned to hate acronyms with a passion.
I once replied to an email from a salesman with the words, "please send the English language version"

Now for the translation,

IMO the IUO of TLA's is VBC for us LLA please CAD

In My Opinion the Incessant Use Of Three Letter Acronyms is Very Bloody Confusing for us Lower Level Amoeba's please Cease And Desist.

I actually used that in a meeting one day at said American multi national. We had a full blooded tosser running the show and he didn't have a clue when I hit him with that one.

He never changed his tune or dropped an acronym all meeting.

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Follow Up By: Member - Jack - Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007 at 07:52

Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007 at 07:52

All good here Geoff, thanks. Did my first trip "around the block" ... or should that be "ATB"???? Left in March and got back August, 37,500 kms later. Loved every minute of it.

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Reply By: Sign-man - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:51

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:51

4WD = Four Wheel Drive

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Follow Up By: Twinkles - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 21:08

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 21:08

good on you. I needed to know that one. not!

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Reply By: Motherhen - Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 23:13

Monday, Jan 15, 2007 at 23:13

I heard a tale from a lady involved in the disability sector - you could go to seminars and hear people talk with so many acronyms and 'industry specific jargon', while everyone in the audience thinks 'gee i must be dumb, everyone else knows what he is talking about'.

One group (in USA) decided to play 'wacky-words bingo'. They all had their lists of the anticipated jargon, and ticked them off - soon someone called bingo and everyone left - he'd used too many wacky words.

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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 at 08:52

Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 at 08:52

Hi Motherhen,
It's not only the disability sector. Acronyms are becoming a disability to communicate.
Everything has one.

I can so understand playing buzz word bingo in an american company they love them.
Like I said above I once asked for the English language version of an email. It had so many acronyms and buzz words it was unreadable.

In my last job I got to see quite a few applications for employment from younger people.
Some, not all where full of acronyms and SMS abbreviations, they are the ones that got binned in the first round.

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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:34

Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:34

I heard that Telstra has a book of these things (Abbreviations and acronyms) so that staff can understand what everyone else in Telstra and the telecommunications industry is talking about.