Washed

kadup

Brother I'd join you in complaining about this, but let's be honest, our lower back and knees do not lie

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Those examples are abbreviations, not acronyms. Acronyms use initial letters (though people have gotten lazy with that to get nice sounding acronyms), whereas abbreviations are a category containing shortened words and also acronyms.

I would also like to note that the 'poli' in 'poli sci' is way too close to the prefix 'poly' to not cause confusion. This is just one example of an abbreviation causing confusion among those not yet aware of the meaning. That's why when addressing a general audience I avoid them or in longer conversations introduce them first.

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my point is that people should use acronyms instead of those abbreviations. e.g., “CS” instead of “comp sci”. i hate those abbreviations. and you’re right that the “poli” does cause confusion. it always takes me a second to figure out what people mean when they say it. i think we’re on the same side here.

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It’s like “washed up”

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No matter how many times I see “SyFy”, my brain always thinks “sih-fee”.

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Mirrors don't make words backwards either. They just let you see through the back of the paper.

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We don't need to. But we do it anyway for ease of language flow. See: Every single contraction, some of which don't even reduce syllables. Just contacted to make the tongue say it faster.

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yeah I don't even joke about hurting my knees.
People will laugh when someone gets kicked in the balls, but seeing someone fall onto their knees is all pain and no schadenfreude.

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You mean “Junky” from William S. Burroughs?

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Since we're down the pedantry rabbit hole, "CS" is an initialism, not an acronym.

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i can’t believe that i didn’t even know the difference until now. i hope i don’t lose my pedant card because of this

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oh dip! molotov cocktail

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We used to use spent when we were too lazy to say washed up. Or fucked.

But you can’t use 4 letter words or your social media will get de-emphasized and your referral traffic will be ~~washed~~ fucked.