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it tastes better when you cut it into triangles and it sounds better as an AMV (i.redd.it)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/curatedtumblr

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[–] starman2112 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes this is totally fair, but I think any abbreviation that instantly comes up on google is fair game. IIRC, TIL, AMV, BRB, IRL, IKR, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All of those but AMV are really common. Amv is not. IKR might not be that common but I knew it. In any case, all of those are sentence abbreviation but amv is a noun, its different.

[–] starman2112 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

My point wasn't about how common they were, it was about how easy it is to find out what they mean. I don't think it matters whether we're shortening a common phrase or a noun, any search engine will tell you that AMV stands for anime (or animated) music video. Contrast that with something like MIL, which you can't easily search up (it usually stands for mother-in-law)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

My point is that I shouldn't be expected to use a search engine to understand terms of a post in a generically themed community, it costs nothing for the user to put the definition. How common the term is IS something to consider when deciding to put the definition or not. Considering that the most up voted and commented comment is about the term not being recognised, I'd say that my point stands.

MIL should have the same thing unless it's being used in a thematic community like relationship advice. It's common practice for a document that has shortened terms to have parenthesis with the full definition the first time they are used, and in a post thstbwould be the title or the body of the post.