v The process of reducing as many words as possible to a series of acronyms. This practice is often found in organizations where groupthink is rampant and human interpersonal skills are undeveloped.
Instead of saying "We're going out for lunch. Will you be at the afternoon staff meeting," you could acronymize and say "We're going OFL. Will you be at the ASM?"
Extreme version: WGOFL. WYBATASM?
Extreme version: WGOFL. WYBATASM?
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Forming words into acronyms.
Speaking in acronyms.
Frequent use of acronyms in message form conversation.
Speaking in acronyms.
Frequent use of acronyms in message form conversation.
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Today I read a news article following up on the dramatic UFO/UAP topic and had an acronymism connecting the dots. Had to go back and reread what looked like alphabet soup.
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