Opus 2024-216: Acronyms

One of the recurring memes that we come across today is using the initials, such as DEI, and substituting our own meaning, such as, “did’t earn it”.  This is a recreational pastime that we all can enjoy.  Along these lines, I find myself sometimes puzzled over the acronyms that are used in tweets and other online sources.

I keep wondering what’s going on.  We’ve always had some we are used to such as STD and DUI.  But people seem to be able to make up their own acronyms today on the drop of a hat.  Sometimes I spend time trying to figure them out, sometimes I don’t.  The older I get the less time I am willing to spend trying to fit in and be cool.

I think it’s a form of secret knowledge, one-upmanship.  It’s a way of exhibiting how you are “in” and the other person isn’t.  We all know “lol” but do you know what “to;dr” means?  Once I figured it out, I enjoyed the humor of it, but I’m not sure I’ve ever used it, because maybe people wouldn’t know what I was talking about, or they might be insulted. There is a plethora of this type of thing going on.

I will sometimes introduce an acronym in a post if it will save me time because I will repeatedly be typing a long title.  I always explain what it is the first time.  I realize that it a waste of time for things like lol and imoho (in my own humble opinion).  I guess there is a place reached by a search that will act an an interpreter but I find myself too lazy to do the search.

In time I will adapt or all the cute initials will pass out of style.

homo unius libri