Acronyms that confuse you

[Ken g6]

Every time I see certain acronyms, I think, at least for a second, that they mean something other than what's intended. For instance, whenever anyone mentions "CVS", the pharmacy, I think, "Concurrent Versions System?" I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now.

So, what acronyms confuse you when you see them?

 

[IronWing]

CVS - comma variables, separated

 

[nakedfrog]

IKR? TBH IDGI. SMH.

 

[lxskllr]

Text speak SMH=SewerManHole

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

All of them. I work with the military.

 

[KMFJD]

CBD is the central business district, or Canabanoid, not some behavior problem conservatives have

 

[NoCreativity]

Confusing one for me at work is GPS (Global Positioning System/Gunners Primary Sight).

 

[IronWing]

Confusing one for me at work is GPS (Global Positioning System/Gunners Primary Sight).

Anymore, aren't they the same thing?

 

[SamQuint]

GIF because people say the correct way to pronounce it is "Jiff". I thought the G in Gif was for Graphic. How do you get the J sound from the word Graphic?

 

[Kaido]

idk, my bff Jill?

 

[FeuerFrei]

I guess SMH is the new /facepalm.

 

[who?]

It's only an acronym if it's an actual word. These are initialisms.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Game acronyms get recycled every 3-4 years and it gets confusing.

D2 = Doom 2 -> Diablo 2
BF = Battlefield -> BattleFront
MW = MechWarrior -> Modern Warfare

Etc.

 

[zinfamous]

GIF because people say the correct way to pronounce it is "Jiff". I thought the G in Gif was for Graphic. How do you get the J sound from the word Graphic?

because English.

TPAD.

 

[Kaido]

GIF because people say the correct way to pronounce it is "Jiff". I thought the G in Gif was for Graphic. How do you get the J sound from the word Graphic?

I always called it Jiff, in the same vein as Jeff vs. Geoff. I never heard a single person say it with a hard G IRL until the pronunciation wars started.

I also say Apple O-S-X instead of OS Ten.

 

[nakedfrog]

Game acronyms get recycled every 3-4 years and it gets confusing.

D2 = Doom 2 -> Diablo 2
BF = Battlefield -> BattleFront
MW = MechWarrior -> Modern Warfare

Etc.

What about when Gears of War and God of War were both popular franchises?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

What about when Gears of War and God of War were both popular franchises?

 

[renz20003]

What's an acronym?

 

[sdifox]

I have the asian impairment. I see CVS I think CBS

 

[Carson Dyle]

If I don't recognize it, I google it and get an Urban Dictionary definition. Then immediately regret it when I learn that it's an acronym for eating vomit off the rear end of a redhead.

 

[Ken g6]

Oh, yes, I remember one. I used to work on testing for an online cash register for restaurant food sales. It was known as a Point of Sale system, or POS. It really did not work very well.

 

[manlymatt83]

I always wondered, was it ROFLAMO or ROTFLMAO? Which one was more popular?

 

[Skunk-Works]

If you're in the Air Force, not only do you have military acronyms to contend with, but you also have aviation acronyms.

The F-35 has STOVL capability. It can carry ASRAAMs, JASSMs, ande JDAMs. You can fly to a VORTAC using a SID like normal commercial aircraft operators.

Just a basic idea of what I'm referring to.

 

[Charmonium]

GIF because people say the correct way to pronounce it is "Jiff". I thought the G in Gif was for Graphic. How do you get the J sound from the word Graphic?

Exactly. It's with a hard 'g.' The people who started using the 'j' sound probably didn't know it was an acronym or what it meant. Besides, who sees 'g' in a word they don't know and assumes it's pronounced 'j' unless you think it might be foreign like say, French. Le jeef.

 

[tynopik]

The people who started using the 'j' sound probably didn't know it was an acronym or what it meant.

the inventor of the .gif format says it with a 'j' sound