When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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E-mail has brought us not only quicker and painless communication, but also a shorthand for keystrokes. Talk about impatience. For those who find that typing out certain common phrases is needlessly slow, here is a list from The Elements of E-mail Style, an Internet bible of sorts. Makes one wonder what the meaning of literacy may be in the future: someone who can string together a group of acronyms? FYA & FWIW, CUL.*
ACRONYM | EXPRESSION |
-------- | ---------- |
BRB | Be right back |
BTW | By the way |
CUL | See you later |
F2F | Face to face |
FWIW | For what it's worth |
FYA | For your amusement |
FYI | For your information |
GD&R | Grinning, ducking, and running |
GMTA | Great minds think alike |
HHOK | Ha, ha, only kidding |
IMHO | In my humble opinion |
IOW | In other words |
LOL | Laughing out loud |
OBTW | Oh, by the way |
OIC | Oh, I see |
ROFL | Rolling on the floor laughing |
SO | Significant other |
TIA | Thanks in advance |
TTFN | Ta-ta for now |
WB | Welcome back |
WRT | With respect to |
WTG | Way to go |
- Some acronyms hold potential misunderstanding or unintended humor in non-English languages. CUL, for example, in French is a curt term for one's posterior.
*The Elements of E-mail Style. David Angell, Brent Heslop. Aaddison-Wesley Publishing Company. July, 1994.