BLOG: What does it mean? Ah, check the Internet (of course) BLOG: Web Log. Makes sense. I felt better until this fact popped out: There are over 4 million acronyms. 4 million. Yikes. How many do I know by heart? Here I must ask for your indulgence.
This is my brain dump: NATO, NASA, UN, OPEC, PGA, FMLA, HIPPA, FDIC, UAW, ERISA, COBRA, and COBOL. Do I really know what they stand for? I must, right? But it is "hard-wired" into my genes to check for sure. My findings, for what it is worth, and a note or two about what these may imply about our world and me.
NATO: National Alliance Treaty Organization. Got it! I am going to ask Jack or Dan to see if this is taught in school.
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Association. Okay, easy, since it is just down the road apiece.
UN: United Nations. Also, User Number, User Name, or User Network...
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or something.
PGA: Professional Golfers' Association (Thank you Tiger "Cheetah" Woods for putting this one in the front of my brain)
FMLA: Family and Medical Leave Act; and along the same lines, ERISA, FDIC, UAW, HIPPA and COBRA. Mesh of new times and old times.
COBOL: Common Business Oriented language, of yore. Now: Completely-Outdated Business Oriented Language. Hmmm... I'll concede to that.
Finally. TAMU. Period.
Please comment if you are so inclined. This is the fastest I have posted a BLOG, and no time to edit to meet my standards. LOL, BFF, and IDK (IDK, My newest -- Jack taught it to me and oh so handy).
Diana
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Well, you certainly know more than I do! Now I know who to turn to when I'm stumped. I'm amazed at how many acronyms I know of without knowing what they stand for. I think I'm OK with that. ;)
ReplyDeletethanks to technology (more specifically texting) there are way too many to even pretend to know or guess; TTYL;)
ReplyDeleteWhat is ttyl?
ReplyDeleteoh thanks, Diana, I am now "dumping" my brain...on to paper, probably, but will be interesting to see how many i have stored in there with no knowledge to go along with them :)
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