When commenting about people’s penchant to say, “PIN Number” (gah)
shimmeringjemmy came up with a beautiful response.
Me: “You just want to hurt people who say “Enter your PIN number in the ATM machine”
Heather: “Yeah, but you can just tell them ‘GFY Yourself’ “
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Unforetunately it will be lost on them…
Correct me if I’m wrong…
but wouldn’t the Y in GFY be for yourself?
Re: Correct me if I’m wrong…
That’s the point.
Re: Correct me if I’m wrong…
Go Fuck Yourself Yourself?.. OK
Re: Correct me if I’m wrong…
Yeah. What and were referring to that some people use TLAs (three-letter acronyms) inappropriately by redundantly adding to the acronym the word that the final letter of the acronym stands for. Hence, PIN number, where PIN stands for personal identification number; and ATM machine, where ATM stands for automatic teller machine.
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heh PIN number.. never even noticed that before.
you know
I used to be in the same camp, but I have been bombarded by so many acronyms that I’m beginnig to view a little redundancy is a good thing.
In high school, we had the PAB (Performing Arts Building) Building ::sigh::
not exactly a TLA, but
I wonder how many ATMs on the El Camino are programmed to say that?