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To: Celerity; Cobra64

I agree with Cobra. Can you you not spell out a 3 word phrase for the rest of us to understand, a-hole?


18 posted on 06/04/2017 5:22:42 PM PDT by caver (Gomer)
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To: caver

Have fun on Team Cobra then.

GFY.


21 posted on 06/04/2017 5:35:37 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: caver

IRL = In Real Life. As opposed to online.
It’s actually a very common shorthand for a combo of words used often on platforms like Twitter and Reddit and texting too. You learned something new today!


28 posted on 06/04/2017 5:53:34 PM PDT by lucyblue (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: caver; Celerity; Cobra64
I agree with Cobra. Can you you not spell out a 3 word phrase for the rest of us to understand, a-hole?

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.

31 posted on 06/04/2017 6:20:40 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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