Comments on: The World Of Acronyms http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: estapler http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-420124 estapler Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:50:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-420124 NASA has 11,000 of them. NASA has 11,000 of them.

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-419396 Christophe Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:33:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-419396 I like WTF (World Tennis Federation) and SOB (State Office Building)... I like WTF (World Tennis Federation) and SOB (State Office Building)…

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-418951 Skipweasel Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:34:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-418951 "Ten items or less" Aaaaargh! One of these days I'm going to print some stickers with "fewer" on them and go plant them over the offending word. “Ten items or less” Aaaaargh! One of these days I’m going to print some stickers with “fewer” on them and go plant them over the offending word.

]]> By: Pudifoot http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-418673 Pudifoot Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:04:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-418673 too bad i didn't know about this website when Tom Cruise did his scientology vid too bad i didn’t know about this website when Tom Cruise did his scientology vid

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-418560 Sid Morrison Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:28:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-418560 Salsa beat me to it. I get annoyed when people misuse "acronym" when they really mean "abbreviation". It isn't as bad as using "less" for "fewer", but it still gets my fur up. Those stupid Guardasil genital warts vaccine commercials "I want to be one less" over and over drive me bonkers. Salsa beat me to it. I get annoyed when people misuse “acronym” when they really mean “abbreviation”. It isn’t as bad as using “less” for “fewer”, but it still gets my fur up.

Those stupid Guardasil genital warts vaccine commercials “I want to be one less” over and over drive me bonkers.

]]> By: salsa http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-418540 salsa Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:19:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-418540 Interesting that "acronym" is now commonly used to mean "abbreviation," which is what most of these are. An actual acronym is an abbreviation which forms a word, like NASA, FAQ, or HIPPA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym Interesting that “acronym” is now commonly used to mean “abbreviation,” which is what most of these are. An actual acronym is an abbreviation which forms a word, like NASA, FAQ, or HIPPA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

]]> By: Kiera http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-418537 Kiera Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:12:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/27/the-world-of-acronyms/#comment-418537 It even has knitting abbreviations...I'm impressed! It even has knitting abbreviations…I’m impressed!

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