BYU uses them, except you don't just say the letters you sound them out like this:
SWKT = swiket and HFAC. My favorite one is of a building that doesn't even exist any more - SFLC (syphilis)
Others at BYU that you don't have to sound out (hey I just realized that BYU is an acronym - SSS):
JSB
JFSB
JKB
ASB
MLBM
DT
RB
Here are some that I occasionally use in conversation:
BFF
GP
TDF
ETA
BFE
BFD
XYZ
PDQ
Big D
TTFN
NBD
IDK
TCB
TLC (I'll settle for a scrub)
SOL
SOS
I don't usually use these in texting but I've seen it done:
BRB
TTYL
OMG
LOL
F2F
GTG
When I went to London, I made some friends there and they called me (and still call me) KFC. If you can figure this one out, you're sick.
I am now going to tell you about myself using as many acronyms as possible:
Hi my name is KTB. I live in the WFB in PU. I like to play BB, RB, and watch TV. Some of my favorite places to eat are CR, SS, TT, and the new P712. I am working on a PHD in IP&T at BYU. I work as the ES at the MLBM. I like to coach BB at AFHS. I served a mission in the TSAM. I drive a VW. This year I talked my B&S into not exchanging gifts for Christmas and instead we are doing a SFS. My M&D (L&J) live down the hall from me in the WFB. Every second Sunday of the month I teach RS from the SWK manual - next year it will be the JS manual. I used to watch a lot of ER on Thursdays and I like 24 (do numbers count)? If I had a BBQ, I'd ask you to BYOM. OK. I'm going to GTB and SMP cause I gotta WITM. LYG. SYS. URAQT
4 comments:
I can't decide if I enjoyed that blog or not. It was hilarious, don't get me wrong, but since I only understood about half of it...it makes me feel really old and out of it! I guess I better brush up on my acronyms before I let Macy have a cell phone. :)
I hate to burst your bubble (BYB) but most of those are not acronyms. Acronyms spell out a word you say like NASA. Otherwise, they're abbreviations. I think it's important you know this.
Yup anonymous you are right. I apologize for my ignorance. They are abbreviations. Thanks for educating me on this topic.
BTW - sorry for giving some of you anxiety. I realize this post was a bit annoying.
Anonymous is almost right...acronyms do spell a word say like SCUBA. But an abbreviation would be Fed. Bur. Invstgtn. An alphabetism is the expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet as in eff bee eye. So I give all my points to KT!
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