GoWibble he/him Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Here is a thread that is just going to be people posting acronyms and what they mean for the people who are clueless Have fun!
Destruction he/him Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Off the top of my head here are some acronyms however I think that there is already a thread on this. Or at least when I first joined the shard I feel like I read something with all the commonly used acronyms. WoK The Way of Kings WoR Words of Radiance SA Stormlight archive FE Mistborn the Final Empire WoA Mistborn the Well on Ascension HoA Mistborn The Hero of Ages
Nathrangking he/him Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 RAFO- Read and Find out. WoB- Word of Brandon. AoL- Alloy of Law.
Quantus he/him Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 BoM - Bands of Mourning PR/CR/SR - Physical/Cognitive/Spiritual Realms BAM - Ba-Ado-Mishram
Paalm Tree Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 YKYASFW is you know you are a Sanderfan when 2
Kingsdaughter613 she/her Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) SoS- Shadows of Self OB- Oathbringer AU- Arkanum Unbounded Edited December 30, 2019 by Kingsdaughter613
Honorless he/him Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 TLR is The Lord Ruler, that took me a while to figure out, it looks so similar to other acronyms commonly used on forums
Pathfinder Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Just for informational purposes, an acronym is when an abbreviation can form and be used as a word in its own right. If the letters of the abbreviation are just spoken (such as FBI), then it is an initialism. Some examples of acronyms are: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (to clarify, not saying that to correct anyone, or mean to change the title of the post. just thought it was an interesting tidbit) Edited February 20, 2020 by Pathfinder 1
+robardin he/him Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 16 hours ago, Pathfinder said: Just for informational purposes, an acronym is when an abbreviation can form and be used as a word in its own right. If the letters of the abbreviation are just spoken (such as FBI), then it is an initialism. You just blew my mind! One of my favorite self-referential terms is to comment on the overuse of TLAs in tech or business jargon, which intimidates people into going along quietly until they figure out what it stands for, or just never bother to figure that out and just use the term based on contextual meaning. And if eventually asked what "TLA" means, I explain that it stands for "Three-Letter Acronym". (I didn't make that up.) And now you're telling me that it's actually an initialism? BOOOOOO! (Even if you're right!) "TLI" will not sound nearly as good (plus, will sound like "TMI") 1
Pathfinder Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, robardin said: You just blew my mind! One of my favorite self-referential terms is to comment on the overuse of TLAs in tech or business jargon, which intimidates people into going along quietly until they figure out what it stands for, or just never bother to figure that out and just use the term based on contextual meaning. And if eventually asked what "TLA" means, I explain that it stands for "Three-Letter Acronym". (I didn't make that up.) And now you're telling me that it's actually an initialism? BOOOOOO! (Even if you're right!) "TLI" will not sound nearly as good (plus, will sound like "TMI") Lol, well it could still theoretically work, just instead of saying "T....L....A", you would have to say "tea-la". Just like SKU is "Stock Keeping Unit" but is frequently pronounced as "skyew".
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