My acronym's what though?
I did lol at the story though
That's laugh out loud, not lots of love. We don't have that kind of bond, man.
Acronyms and the dangers from not knowing what they mean.
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My acronym's what though?
I did lol at the story though
That's laugh out loud, not lots of love. We don't have that kind of bond, man.
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Come on, this has to be a joke
You can't go a week these days without a LGBT story being on the news.
You'd have to live in a pretty isolated cave not to know what it was
It's a true story told to make a smile.
I'm sorry if my grammars not great guy's, School was a long time ago.
What's HTML...?
Seriously a couple of others I took a while to work out were Group Four Security now being G4S, then there's GNC the health food place which IMHO (oh no, there's another one) I thought was some sort of private medical service.
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Colleague of mine got into hot water when he documented FLK in a patients notes. Parents queried it and he had to try and explain "funny looking kid" to them.
TLA? Whaa?
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I find it more amusing not knowing what TLAs mean, as there are often several possibilities.
My work colleagues were worried when they heard I played around with RPGs at the weekends... then they thought they'd understood what RPGs actually are... then they got worried when they saw I did actually mean the first one!!
Nah, this is 'artwork'....
If it turns you on, it's erotica.
If it turns your mate on, it's porn.
If it turns anyone else on, it's filth.
My work colleagues were worried when they heard I played around with RPGs at the weekends... then they thought they'd understood what RPGs actually are... then they got worried when they saw I did actually mean the first one!!
Shocking indeed - Why can't you Buy British and keep our people employed?
Nah, this is 'artwork'....
If it turns you on, it's erotica.
If it turns your mate on, it's porn.
If it turns anyone else on, it's filth.
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Still does, dunnit?
Then again, I am getting old....
I've noticed PC gamers can only say a few things. ggz, glhf, wp and that is usually all you ever see.
I always thought it was weird branding to use for EVGA and they even light up on their cards.
I always thought it was weird branding to use for EVGA and they even light up on their cards.
there are so many medical ones, life would be horrible without them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations:_A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations:_A
It means "For The Win", it was part of the Netspeak language that became widespread in the 90's. Others from the same group you may have heard of are LOL, BRB, LMAO, AFK, etc.
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I thought they'd gone full-on 1%er and we'd get a Rockers vs Mods style battle between them and Asus!!
I know.... I was being funny.
I still prefer the old meaning, though...
I never heard it in the 90s. Heck I don't think I recall hearing it until... 2007/8?
I spent much of my childhood years chatting to people on ICQ and IRC so I came into contact with things like that quite early. Also doing chat roulette when you are 12 or 13 on ICQ teaches you things you probably shouldn't know. ICQ used to be so much fun back in the day.
Even in my days of ICQ 1999 - 2002/3? I never even heard anyone use it either, even Quake players. It wasn't until all the pwnage talk came in then the marketing departments took on FTW and it really kicked off.