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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:17 am to DanTiger
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rampant
Very. I work in HIS and there are acronyms for everything. Hell the name of my field is an acronym, and so is my speciality (HIM). It takes a little while to catch on to the meanings of everything, but once you do it isn't so bad.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:20 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:18 am to DanTiger
Very common unfortunately.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:19 am to Mr Fusion
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use a lot of initialisms, which is what most people in this thread are referring to.
Not really..
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:19 am to Tactical1
hell, soon people around here will be forming complete sentences with nothing but acronyms
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:19 am to DanTiger
487 as of the last time our acronym list was updated. 
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:20 am to gmrkr5
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hell, soon people around here will be forming complete sentences with nothing but acronyms
IKR..
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:25 am to SomewhereDownInTX
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487 as of the last time our acronym list was updated.
Consider yourself lucky, I'm pretty sure we have thousands. (Not used every day, but everything you see on the screen has it's own acronym, that is used in build and testing)
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:27 am to DanTiger
In O&G, we use our TLAs on the reg.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:27 am to DanTiger
You talking about jargon, because I'm pretty sure every industry has jargon that outsiders wouldn't understand.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:27 am to DanTiger
insane amount of acronyms used in my profession
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:32 am to DanTiger
Acronym city for me.....
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:36 am to DanTiger
I work for a government contractor, so not only are there a comical amount of acronyms, but many of them don't even match up with the terminology being shortened, and a good chunk of them are more difficult to remember or say than the actual words.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:38 am to DanTiger
Everything is an acronym here.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:40 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:40 am to DanTiger
What's the acronym for shooting a dog.
In all seriousness, in the accounting world, it is rampant. I bet it is rampant in almost any industry because it sticks on as industry jargon, which allows people to understand if someone is "in the know" very quickly.
In all seriousness, in the accounting world, it is rampant. I bet it is rampant in almost any industry because it sticks on as industry jargon, which allows people to understand if someone is "in the know" very quickly.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:43 am to The Last Coco
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EPA, LDEQ, TCEQ, TRRC, PBR, GHG, eGGRT, EDMS, etc...
TPH, BTEX, PAHs, VOCs, etc etc etc
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:47 am to DanTiger
Acronyms is the language of the medical field.
Not medical related, but a favorite is PICNIC, problem in chair, not in computer.
Not medical related, but a favorite is PICNIC, problem in chair, not in computer.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:50 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:52 am to DanTiger
Acronyms, acronyms everywhere. For every freaking thing.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:52 am to DanTiger
quote:idk. gfy. brb.
How common are acronyms in your line of work?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:53 am to DanTiger
It's the only way we talk 
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