IMHO, the ability to think in acronym comes from a military background. As an Air Force Tech Controller, I was trained to use Q & Z signals from ACP-131. On the teletype order wire (OW) we were taught to use "short-talk" for better efficiency. Thank you was "tnks." Standby a moment was "ZUJ a tick." The Navy was the all time greatest with acronyms. Cinclantflt stood for the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet.
I continued in telecommunications as a technician and retired from Verizon as a Program Manager. In that field there is a vast lexicon of acronyms and terminology. When it gets to be such a habit, one doesn't think to translate for those that were never exposed to it.
Nowadays young kids that type on instant messenger, use a short code on their cell phones beyond understanding for most of us.
A lexicon of acronyms is the language of the future. It should be simpler to adapt than complain.
“IMHO”
Careful with that acronym. You might attract the ire of some folks here. And they do NOT fight clean.
“Netiquette” eludes many.
Obviously complaining is more fulfilling.
Obviously complaining is more fulfilling.
“Standby a moment was “ZUJ a tick.”
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Same holds true technology workers.... I’ve stopped trying to keep up.... Thank goodness for Google.
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