Ain't the first, & I got to say it again...PLEASE, PLEASE ...NO ABBREVIATEIONS WE DON'T KNOW!!!

[Stuart G]

I don't want to spend time looking up abbreviations........................................

.Do YOU??.........................................................................................

....I don't think so...Thank You for reading this one. It is short.. Time to hide again.

[Ocelot II]

1. How do we know which abbreviations you/we don't know?

[intrepidity]

2. Um... what abbreviations don't you know?

[Stuart G]

4. This post below...by Nevilledog ...now in General Discussion..at link below

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217149853


reply number 7 at link above and the title is right below this sentence:


"Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in Jan. 6 Inquiry, Seizes Phones of Top Aides"


One of the replies to above post..........

.......Nevilledog DID NOT WRITE THE POST I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT.

........ (its a reply to his post)................................................

[Ocelot II]

6. Do you not know the meaning of "Dept."?

I don't see any other abbreviations, and I'm not sure what's obscure about "Dept."

[question everything]

36. ETTD?

[Stuart G]

13. The exact abbreviation is :" WADYK "... I never heard of that one. NEVER, NEVER, AND NEVER.

[dweller]

3. WADYK ?

🤔




✌🏻

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Often I look up some mysterious abbreviation and what I find

clearly isn't what the poster intended.

The first time you want to say something, spell out what it is, then use the abbreviation. And I don't mean the very first time ever, I mean the first time in any given thread.

[snowybirdie]

7. Agreed

We can't read each other's minds

[claudette]

19. Now

Was that nice?

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. I consider it learning experiences.

I love to learn new things.

[Different Drummer]

45. Same here,

If I don't know the meaning of an abbreviation, I have no problems with looking it up.

[UTUSN]

10. I wood komply erf I culd be splained

[Sanity Claws]

11. TY

[brewens]

12. I had journalism all through high school. You always give the full name on first usage, then use the

abbreviation or acronym after that.

I was with the Redd Cross blood services and none of the training materials followed that rule and it drove me crazy! They did have a master list of all acronyms for us at least.

I also try and follow headline rules in my titles to save people clicking on stuff they don't care about.

[Stuart G]

14. I think I have screwed this thread up..Question....What do I do now?

...

[Ocelot II]

20. Maybe ease off on the smileys? Not much communication going on there.

Smileys and emojis have the same basic function as abbreviations.

[Stuart G]

22. Thank You. Ocelot II..no more smileys.

And, I didn't know the smileys and abbreviations had the same purpose..

. Sometimes we learn things by mistake.

[Stuart G]

15. Another one............. GFYAD.............What does that mean???

I looked the above up....It says: "Go F**k Yourself and Die" ....not nice ,,,

[ret5hd]

16. So, NAWDK...gotcha.

[Stuart G]

17. I looked it up...something about word scrambling ???

Time to hide again.................

[claudette]

18. Agree 100%

Assuming everyone knows all the abbreviations used here ……..well, you know what they say about people who

ass u me. LOL

[Stuart G]

21. Last look up till next time......ass u me........

When you ASSUME (ass u me) you make a 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'.

[claudette]

23. I'm sorry

It’s not an abbreviation but I should have explained what it meant. I stupidly ASSUMED people would know what I meant. Sorry.

[Stuart G]

24. Thank You for your apology...Please don't worry about it..I make lots of mistakes...Can I ask one

question about making mistakes?...Do they still put erasers on pencils? ....(or is that all in the past)...

ONE MORE QUESTION PLEASE:.............................................................................................

..."What the hell is the delete key on this computer all about?"...Does it have to do with making mistakes"?

[claudette]

26. You're welcome

[BWdem4life]

25. IOKIYAR tho...

[claudette]

27. ???

[Wounded Bear]

33. It's OK if You are a republican...

[claudette]

41. Oh!!!

Thanks

[BWdem4life]

28. That was a new one on me too...

But I like it.

ETTD

EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES.

[hvn_nbr_2]

29. Some people post to communicate, some post to see their own keystrokes

People who want to communicate to people take enough time to say what they have to say, instead of expecting you to figure out what they're saying. If they won't even try to communicate with me, then I just quit reading their failure to communicate.

[Stuart G]

30. "...take enough time to say what they have to say. " ...That's it..!!!

I must add this idea: "Getting it right, takes time"

...If someone writes a post at Democratic Underground, sometimes it takes a lot of time to get it correct.
Punctuation, Spelling, Content, How does it read, and how does it feel after reading, Are You getting the
point across clearly and simply, and more too. A whole lot more than I know.

...Sometimes it takes a half an hour for one post. Sometimes far less, and sometimes far more.

...Last idea: If it were easy, it would be easy. I post a lot here, and please believe this: It is NOT EASY.

[dickthegrouch]

31. Acronym finder

https://acronymfinder.com/
is my friend

[XanaDUer2]

32. Ok nt

[ForgedCrank]

34. My kids

do this to me all the time with the damned texting and I just ignore them now.

[Dr. Strange]

35. The only important one is "tiaihtsdcotywwytdycybidyd".

As long as you know that one, you're fine.

[NNadir]

37. Everybody knows that one.

tiaihtsdcotywwytdycybidyd

Take it as it has taken some day's consideration of youth with wistful yearnings trying delicious yogurt confections you buy in dry yellowed dairies.

I think the OP is talking about those we don't know.

[Dr. Strange]

38. What? No.

You need to review your DU handbook!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7061444

[NNadir]

44. It's funny how homonyms develop and an entirely new meaning is obtained. I'm sure it meant that...

...in 2007, but things move very quickly now.

[patricia92243]

39. KC3 - King Charles III - will be hearing that a lot nowadays.

[Paladin]

40. Thank God for Urban Dictionary.

It has yet to fail me.

[claudette]

42. Most times

I just don't have the time to look it up

[sl8]

43. You're exempting POSSLQ, though, right?

to Charles Osgood.