Reduntant Terms that Greatly Peeve Me
Have you ever heard of a TLA? You know, a three-letter acronym? That's a TLA. TLA is a TLA.
I love these little abbreviations that make the processes of typing and texting just few seconds shorter; sentences and words flow so much more smoothly when speaking. Who could ever go wrong using a TLA?
...Redundant goofballs. That's who.
Allow me to clarify:
- ATM = Automatic Teller Machine; if you say ATM Machine, you really emphasize that it is indeed, a machine. Con-grat-u-la-tions. My-name-is-ro-bot-and-I-sound-like-a-bro-ken-re-cord.
- PIN = Personal Identification Number; Please don't say "pin number." Personal Identification Number Number. Yes. It is a number. Most people in the free world have heard of one. If you like numbers so much, I must ask, are you a little OCD-OCD?
- NFL = National Football League. There is no need to say NFL League. We get how enthused you are about your awesome team, but spare us the League-League, okay? We know how you get if your running back drops the ball. You hate 'em. Just like I hate redundancy.
- PDF = Portable Document Format. Okay, this one is something I'm guilty of doing from time to time, but I thought I'd throw this one out there. Portable Document Format Format! It sounds like a drill sargeant yelling at me to correctly utilize line breaks in Microsoft Word. sheesh. NOW GET TO WORK!
- DO_ = Department of ____ (example: Justice, Transportation, Licensing, etc.) No need to refer to the DOL as the Department of DOL or the DOL Department. This makes me giggle a little. Just a wee little. Anything making me think of the DOL is enough to make me cringe, quite honestly enough. Number 6 please!
- ~Anything where you repeat a word that is already covered in the abbreviation! Silly.
Have I missed any? Comment below if you have any good ones I missed.
Have a Rain-tastic day!
Mary
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