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Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: Akima on 11 Jan 2016, 16:29 ---Most people don't know what acronyms are. An acronym is a spoken word made up of initials, like laser, radar, Unesco, Qantas, eftpos and so on. Strings of initials that you pronounce as individual letters, like GPS, ATM, ILO, BBC, IRC, DRM etc. are initialisms. Most TLAs are not acronyms at all.

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One could argue that common usage has expanded the definition of acronym to include initialisms.
--- Quote from: Tova on 27 Apr 2016, 23:31 ---"I could care less."
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I still don't get how that's a thing.
--- Quote from: Tova on 27 Apr 2016, 23:31 ---TIL what TIL meant
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pwhodges:

--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 28 Apr 2016, 04:17 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 27 Apr 2016, 23:31 ---"I could care less."
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I still don't get how that's a thing.
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It seems to be ubiquitous in some areas, in spite of saying the exact opposite of what it's intended to mean.  How this came about I can hardly think - I can only suppose as the result of what I would think of as slovenly speaking.

ZJGent:
I always thought of it as having an implied "... but the amount I do care isn't enough to actually do anything." attached to the end.

But then, I'm a dirty apologist when it comes to quirks of grammar.

cesium133:
Seen at the Madison airport: Wisconsin Air National Guard.

jwhouk:
That explains Madison, right there.

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