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But those acronyms are vague and I had no idea what they were until you spelled them out.


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You might want to spell it out because I have no idea what those acronyms mean.

I really have no idea what any of those acronyms mean.

Am I the only one who doesn’t know any of these acronyms?

I was just kidding of course, but the idea of defined acronyms is interesting. Hover over an acronym and see the expanded text.

I have no clue about any of the acronyms yet I recognize all the names.

Can you enlighten people who have no idea what these acronyms mean?

Could you maybe explain some of those acronyms you used?

hah. I didn't even realize that I confused my acronyms.

What do all those acronyms mean?

Thanks for the explanation. It's frustrating when people use acronyms and you don't know what they mean. Better to always be explicit on the first usage. I'm only marginal at following that ideal though.

What do those acronyms mean?

You might want to spell out your acronyms on first use. I'm having to guess at what you're talking about.

Yep you're right, bad acronyms will forever confuse me.

I just spent 5 minutes looking up what all the acronyms meant.

not so expected after all if i can't figure out the acronym

I know what one of those acronyms means.

Yeah I could google it, but its common practice to spell out an acronym the first time you use it.

I figured I could use those acronyms since they were defined in the article

Thank you for clarifying this, all of the acronyms are difficult to reason about if you don't work with them every day.
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