Silliness What's Your Favourite Acronym, Initialism, or Alphabetism? - Page 3

krisk · 03-01-2009, 01:48 PM

I forgot

SNAFU
Situation normal, all fuggered up

Xenophon · 03-01-2009, 10:58 PM

One that I find myself thinking all to often is STFU (for Shut the F*ck Up). It's usually applied mentally to some annoying person in my vicinity, and followed by many virtual exclamation points.

The best TLA I've encountered was explained to me by some NASA engineers. It is CSD, for Catastrophic Self-Disassembly. After all, mission control clearly can't say "Oh My God! The rocket BLEW UP!!!" Instead they say (in a calm voice) that "the mission has experienced a CSD event."

Xenophon

Moejoe · 03-01-2009, 11:02 PM

GFP - one me and friends made up for when we're online and we have to "make water in the fountain"

Gone For....

RickyMaveety · 03-01-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Xenophon

One that I find myself thinking all to often is STFU (for Shut the F*ck Up). It's usually applied mentally to some annoying person in my vicinity, and followed by many virtual exclamation points.

The best TLA I've encountered was explained to me by some NASA engineers. It is CSD, for Catastrophic Self-Disassembly. After all, mission control clearly can't say "Oh My God! The rocket BLEW UP!!!" Instead they say (in a calm voice) that "the mission has experienced a CSD event."

Xenophon

Oh .... so THAT's what I experienced on the highway ... a CSD!!

Although, I suppose it was really more of a CTD (catastrophic truck disassembly).

nohmi2 · 03-02-2009, 01:04 AM

CRAFT

Can't remember a flippin' thing.

Oh, so true.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-02-2009, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Xenophon

One that I find myself thinking all to often is STFU (for Shut the F*ck Up). It's usually applied mentally to some annoying person in my vicinity, and followed by many virtual exclamation points.

heh, i frequently have moments like that too.

Quote:

The best TLA I've encountered was explained to me by some NASA engineers. It is CSD, for Catastrophic Self-Disassembly. After all, mission control clearly can't say "Oh My God! The rocket BLEW UP!!!" Instead they say (in a calm voice) that "the mission has experienced a CSD event."

Xenophon

must remember that one.

Sweetpea · 03-02-2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

PCMCIA: Which I always, always always remember as People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms

I always think of YMCA when I see that...

Oh, btw: RTFM = Read The Free Manual...

Wetdogeared · 03-05-2009, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

All who've attended one of Marc's parties have suffered a CRAFT moment.

Can't Remember A Farking Thing.

(Why am I in this thread?)

WetDogEared.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nohmi2

CRAFT

Can't remember a flippin' thing.

Oh, so true.

Nice to see it's gone international!

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03-01-2009, 01:48 PM	#31
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I forgot SNAFU Situation normal, all fuggered up

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Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	One that I find myself thinking all to often is STFU (for Shut the F*ck Up). It's usually applied mentally to some annoying person in my vicinity, and followed by many virtual exclamation points. The best TLA I've encountered was explained to me by some NASA engineers. It is CSD, for Catastrophic Self-Disassembly. After all, mission control clearly can't say "Oh My God! The rocket BLEW UP!!!" Instead they say (in a calm voice) that "the mission has experienced a CSD event." Xenophon

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nohmi2 Pensively observing. Posts: 1,758 Karma: 12675456 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Varied.	CRAFT Can't remember a flippin' thing. Oh, so true.

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