I hate acronyms. Or should I say IHA? Perhaps my brain is wired poorly, but I find most acronyms confusing. Especially without a specific context, I often scratch my head and mutter WTH when I see one in a tweet or facebook status. Am I alone in this?
A Google query for “acronym search” today yielded 437,000 results, but the top hit was Acronym Search at http://www.acronymsearch.com/. Maybe I should bookmark this site because it lets you type in any acronym and then tells you what it stands for. That will help me, right?
Ah, no, not really. I typed in WTF and got fourteen possible meanings, including World Tennis Federation and World Taekwondo Federation. Please note that the URL for the World Taekwondo Federation is http://www.wtf.org/ Somehow I don’t think either of those reflect what the twenty-somethings intend to express in their facebook statuses. By the way, did you know that OMG stands for Object Management Group?
My department chair assigned me a task a few weeks back. He told me to work on the CLA’s. If you’re a lawyer or a paralegal, you know CLA stands for Certified Legal Assistant. My acronym search tells me it can also mean the Children’s Liver Alliance. Apparently where I work, it’s short for Collegiate Learning Assessment. Hmm, or is that Course Level Assessment?
Since I’m such a great team player (according to my recent ASA), I slaved away and sent the boss the fruits of my labor only to find that he meant LA’s, not CLA’s. LOL. Our next project may involve GEL’s. FML!
Well, TTFN. I just received an urgent email regarding an RTP. Apparently if I don’t take care of this my EOT’s could suffer.
