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minus-squarejawa21linkfedilink51•7 months agoEdited To Add. The constant barrage of TLAs is exhausting.
minus-square@CuriousRefugee@lemmy.mllinkfedilink28•7 months agoWhat does TLA stand for in this context?
minus-squareℕ𝕠𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝linkfedilink12•7 months agoCIA = Can’t Ignore Ass FBI = For Better Income NSA = Not Sucking Anyone
minus-square@Peter1986Clink8•7 months agoThere are also Extended Three-Letter Acronyms, because e.g. Four-Letter Acronym would be a TLA.
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish10•7 months agoI am one of the 10,000 today. Never seen it used like that before. Usually just use Edit:
minus-square@prettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink6•7 months agoIt’s weird when Reddit started shifting from ETA: “everyone’s the asshole” to exited to add. Idk I guess it’s the kids and their new dang language and hippity hop music
minus-square@JCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish14•7 months agoThe only thing I can think of is Estimated Time of Arrival.
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoHuh. I used reddit for about 12 years before switching to Lemmy last year and I don’t think I ever noticed ETA. Maybe just different subs used it.
minus-square@can@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink9•7 months agoThat was only in the “am I the asshole” sub which was a trash fire you were wise to avoid.
minus-square@brbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•7 months agoFWIW IIRC “ETA” actually= “ESH”, Everyone Sucks Here
Edited To Add. The constant barrage of TLAs is exhausting.
What does TLA stand for in this context?
Three Letter Acronym
Beautiful
Fucking hell, lol
CIA = Can’t Ignore Ass
FBI = For Better Income
NSA = Not Sucking Anyone
TIL
There are also Extended Three-Letter Acronyms, because e.g. Four-Letter Acronym would be a TLA.
We can go deeper.
Next is the Doubly Extended Three Letter Acronym.
I am one of the 10,000 today.
Never seen it used like that before. Usually just use Edit:
It’s weird when Reddit started shifting from ETA: “everyone’s the asshole” to exited to add.
Idk I guess it’s the kids and their new dang language and hippity hop music
The only thing I can think of is Estimated Time of Arrival.
Huh. I used reddit for about 12 years before switching to Lemmy last year and I don’t think I ever noticed ETA. Maybe just different subs used it.
That was only in the “am I the asshole” sub which was a trash fire you were wise to avoid.
FWIW IIRC “ETA” actually= “ESH”, Everyone Sucks Here
IKR