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Old 02-28-2009, 07:17 PM   #13
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I've always liked the Campaign for the Removal of Acronymic Practices.

And I have a fondness for left-recursive acronyms, such as GNU.
and then of course there is TLA (Three Letter Acronym). "Quit using those random TLA's, i can't understand what you're talking about." heheheh.
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Oh! A couple of old ones:

TWAIN: Tool Without An Interesting Name
PCMCIA: Which I always, always always remember as People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms
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FUBAR (farked up beyond all repair)
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Farked Up
One I possibly shouldn't admit to: PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

And finally eTLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym
ha ! i like all of those actually.
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