Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA26872 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:35:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:16:48 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: acronymious Message-ID: <20001003191648.A1585@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20001003124043.AAA22388@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001003124043.AAA22388@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 08:40:41AM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Nice title, Wade.
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 08:40:41AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 10/03/00 08:12, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >I just coined a new internet acronym, to join the ranks of BTW, IIRC
> >and RTFM -- DBFS. See if you can guess what it means. (Hint: it has
> >more in common with RTFM than the fact they're both FLA's (four letter
> >acronyms).)
>
> I'm horrible with acronyms, and besides, what the hell is RTFM?
It's one of the real internet classics, but I suppose, like all such
stuff, known only to a few these days. (Even the net must succumb to
entropy!) When the net consisted mainly of computing-related newsgroups,
this was a very common response to a request for help. It stands for
Read The Fucking Manual.
(I know this is supposed to be a serious discussion forum, but if The
Guardian is willing to print that particular FLW these days, then...)
> The only
> one I know that comes close is ROTFLMAO, which is not a 4LA. Anyway, I
> ain't got a clue what DBFS is.
Don't be fucking stupid. :-)
> It is said that Harvard runs on TLA's. And to a large extent, so does any
> bureaucracy require the jargon of its torpidity.
I don't know about "the jargon of its torpidity", but I'd have said that
techies are just as guilty of jargonising as bureaucrats. And academics
could well be the worst!
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