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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 10 months ago by thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Wojwo@lemmy.ml 103 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Wojwo@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I wish, but no

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 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