What is your least favourite acronym? - eviltoast

Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn’t translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

  • Wojwo@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Mtg. A lot of posts and articles use it for Marjory Taylor Green an it always confuses me, I keep trying to figure out what Magic the Gathering has to do with Jewish space lasers.

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      10 months ago

      Tap to deal 5 damage to target creature or player, then add three recharge counters to Jewish Space Laser.

      During the untap phase, if there are any recharge counters on Jewish Space Laser, instead of untapping remove one counter. Otherwise, untap as normal.

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        10 months ago

        I haven’t played Magic in 25 (maybe 30?) years, but you captured the tone for sure. Do you work for Wizards?

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      10 months ago

      Yes! Imagine not being American, and Magic is the only thing you could ever associate MTG with.

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      10 months ago

      I keep trying to figure out what Magic the Gathering has to do with Jewish space lasers.

      tbf, it wouldn’t surprise me if those show up in a set at some point