What are all the abbreviations???

Cannot understand the need for all these initials for plain words.

What are they, then?
I'm genuinely asking, not being sarky.

Bathsheba

No, Lucca, they are abbreviations; an acronym is something that can be pronounced as a word in its abbreviated form, e.g. SAGE (scientific advisory group for emergencies) or SEN (special education needs).

In my opinion they are neither.

PORSCHE - Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything

Does anyone remember the acronyms we used to put on the back of envelopes
SWALK - sealed with a loving kiss
NORWICH - nickers off when I come home
Or was it just me

these days everyone has done away with the fullstops in between
Bathsheba
I note that you and Lucca are free-thinkers in having done away with fullstops in your nicknames!
Now I have to puzzle out what your acronyms stand for!
Btw, Down here S.E.N can also mean State Enrolled Nurse!
Not being a purist, I've never put fullstops in SEX.
OoRoo

I believe that is a recent back-explanation of the word, Spangler Other languages have similar terms for the act. No doubt our resident linguists could provide us with some examples to use, (until GN catches up and deletes them.)

Rufus2 Sat 24-Oct-20 05:48:35
^Surely "wifey" can't be an abbreviation!?
Whereas W.I.F.E.Y. can be and is an Acronym!^

W.I.F.E.Y?

I heard of wife.
Worries
Invited
For
Ever
And if she reads that I'm definitely in for a slap.

What about D.I.E.T?

Did
I
Eat
That?

suziewoozie

Of course I could have saved myself typing the post by just posting WTF ?

But Suzie, that's an acronym of an acronym.
Had you been around centuries ago when church law was the dominant law of the land, a little extra marital indulge would have landed you in court where, if guilty, you would be:
Found
Under
Carnal
Knowledge

FFS may not be nice but sometimes it is the only words that fir the situation i.e yet another townie looking in through your window or leaving the gates open

MissAdventure

Once we start branching out into exes, extended and step families I usually lose the will to live.

There will be posts then that are just strings of letters MissA

When our thoughts move faster than our arthritic old fingers it is much quicker to type MiL than mother-in-law (3 characters instead of 13) and take the easy way out. Not all of us can touch-type accurately either. Mostly we use one finger and have to look to see which keys we are tapping. Three cheers for abbreviations and acronyms!

Wow Bazwheat I think we on Gransnet stopped picking people up on using the wrong word = right or write? = way back. You won't be very popular if you carry on like that!
Just saying.........

Anniezee

Never really understood the need for abbreviations on here. I expect most of us come from a world before texting - just write the words out in full!!!

What and be deleted?

Right or write ?

DanniRae

Never really understood the need for abbreviations on here. I expect most of us come from a world before texting - just write the words out in full!!!

Secondary can afford not to care less beyond the basics if Primary has taught pupils thoroughly. They expect to be able to skip past all that.

suziewoozie

Is it true that schools don’t care about
spelling or grammar? Maybe I dreamed all those online spelling tests I gave my dgs during lockdown( sent by the schools) or the conversation last week with dgs2 about his leaning about pronouns, proper nouns, adjectives and best of all ‘propositions’ It really is unfair and inaccurate to dismiss what’s going on in schools like this.

The primary curriculum is obsessed with SPaG.
To the detriment of the rest of the English curriculum, particularly reading for pleasure.
Secondary couldn't care less beyond the basics.
And don't get me started on phonics...

Meant to add: these days everyone has done away with the fullstops in between. A purist would write S.A.G.E and S.EN.

No, Lucca, they are abbreviations; an acronym is something that can be pronounced as a word in its abbreviated form, e.g. SAGE (scientific advisory group for emergencies) or SEN (special education needs).

Exactly my point

Surely abbreviations are things like “hubby” (aaargh) or “bro”

Surely "wifey" can't be an abbreviation!?
Whereas W.I.F.E.Y. can be and is an Acronym!
OoRoo

I think they are acronyms not abbreviations!
Surely abbreviations are things like “hubby” (aaargh) or “bro”

TC.

It’s getting late... TTFN