Hell is Acronyms.

[shadowkat]

Is it just me or are has language in general suffered from an over-abundance of acronyms? Miss the old days, which weren't that long ago, were I could go 12 months before I heard a new one. Between work and my personal life? I spend most of my time trying to figure out what the heck people are saying. I blame text messaging, blackberries, IM (instant messaging), facebook and twitter personally.

Here's a short list of abbreviations that I have no clue what they mean that have been thrown at me during the last week. Usually I can sort of figure out by context. And for a few I sort of have - but those are work related.

1. TMI - I give up, no idea
2. SOP - Standard Operating Practice?
3. MPT - I'm pretty sure this means Motor Permit Traffic or something in that regard.
4. RFI - request for information
5. 60 Lift - this is a man-lift

And there are so many more. Every time I think I know all of them, a new one appears.
So, if you use acronyms a lot? Please post the ones you use the most frequently with the definition attached as a comment?

Comments

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Oh no, did I bring this on for using 'TMI' recently in a reply to your comment at my meme? Sorry, I thought that that one had almost reached the level of use as asap or rsvp (that is to say, I thought it was in the common usage and not just online any more).

I'm afraid I don't know any of the others, although MPT meant Minnesota Public Television back when I lived in Minneapolis! lol
But I think it also frequently means metropolitan public transit.