annoying 3 letter abbreviations (aka, acronyms) that idiots sprinkle throughout conversation, email, and general communication to make themselves appear smarter/hipper than they really are. Smackronyms that generate confusion or condescension are especially prevalent during conversations between supervisors and their direct reports.
"Before COB tommorrow, please convert all MQL's to SQL's and load to CRM for direct post to SLT for QTD and YOY Results in Q1!"..."WTF? Lay off the smackronyms and speak english!"
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A highly contrived acronym where the original meaning is hard to decipher
derived from spastic and acronym
derived from spastic and acronym
"FCUK means French Connection United Kingdom"
"That's such a spacronym"
Examples of spacronyms:
USA PATRIOT = Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
CAPTCHA = Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
ACT UP = AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
"That's such a spacronym"
Examples of spacronyms:
USA PATRIOT = Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
CAPTCHA = Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
ACT UP = AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
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