NASA is still the acronym king, right?
eta: Or is it the military?
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Nov 06, 2009 3:19:27 pm PST #17671 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
sarameg - Nov 06, 2009 3:22:46 pm PST #17672 of 30001
I suspect the military's acronyms creep into daily speech more than NASA's, but within a professional setting, they're neck and neck.
NoiseDesign - Nov 06, 2009 3:24:19 pm PST #17673 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Disney is frighteningly acronym heavy internally. All the resorts and properties are referred to by three letter acronyms. Disneyland Resort is DLR, Tokyo Disney Sea is TDS, I still almost always say DCA instead of Disneys California Adventure. Imaginering is WDI. Even the attractions get them. When I was working on Space Mountain the official designation was SPAC but most of us like to use SPAM.
NoiseDesign - Nov 06, 2009 3:26:20 pm PST #17674 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Post Toasties
I now remember that when I got hired at Disney in the 90's part of my hiring package was a mutilpage document that a listing of the most common company acronyms and their meanings.
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2009 3:43:18 pm PST #17675 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My boss used SCON in a document the other day, and I googled it and decided it meant software consolidation, but that didn't entirely make sense in context, so I asked.
He couldn't tell me what it meant, just where it was used and that it was common int he company. I replaced the line in the project status report with one I understood, in case anyone asked.
And of course I had no idea how to say it, so I just pointed at it onscreen. Not my brightest moment at the new job.
Zenkitty - Nov 06, 2009 3:43:59 pm PST #17676 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Harkening back to earlier:
Jon Stewart is about to make me split something with his Glen Beck impersonation.
I just watched this. Dead-on brilliant. I was saying "Say it! Say "I just love Beck's innards so much and I fear for them!"" and then he did! I was laughing so hard I scared the cat.
Steph L. - Nov 06, 2009 4:11:59 pm PST #17677 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I read part of this discussion to The Boy, who said, "But I *always* say 'yourl'!"
Not ewe-are-ell; not earl. A bastardization of the two. WTFAQ, man?
I now remember that when I got hired at Disney in the 90's part of my hiring package was a mutilpage document that a listing of the most common company acronyms and their meanings.
Would this be an acronym FAQ? Or, if you will, a FAQronym?
Lee - Nov 06, 2009 4:27:52 pm PST #17678 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Tuesday night was the first time in almost 2 years at this job that I wondered if it would be worth turning off the car on the "drive" home. For a while, I thought tonight was going to be the second.
I can not WAIT until people figure out how to drive in the dark again.
-t - Nov 06, 2009 4:32:57 pm PST #17679 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is it raining there, Pekrins? We have not much rain on this side, but enough to mess up traffic.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 06, 2009 4:33:35 pm PST #17680 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Or, if you will, a FAQronym?
Ooh, WORDPLAY!