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Acronyms

Commonly Used Acronyms & Nicknames

Occasionally readers will run across an acronym or nickname they are unfamiliar with, and rather than ask what something means in a comment, they may wish to use the following list I've compiled. I made no effort to list every acronym or nickname known to humankind, I've simply listed a few. You won't find "lol" or "wth" or "bbf", but you'll find things we use on this site, maybe forgetting that others haven't been where we have been, and might not know what the heck we're talking about.

Too Big Illustrations and Too Many Acronyms

This is a gentle rant with the purpose of making c99% more readable:
1. Illustrations so big they take over essays and bleed right to new essay list should be trimmed, for the sake of readability.
2. Acronyms are rampant on this site. I know maybe 5% of them and other readers might have the same problem. For the purpose of clarity, could essayists either stop using them, keep them to a minimum, or will OPOL please provide a list that readers can refer to?