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ST11
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 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:25 pm Post subject: Acronyms can be a bad thing |
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We all know about FTF and TFTC SL and of course my favorite LTF (latest to find) 
I had someone post a note on one of my caches that simple says "dip"
Not knowing what "dip" means I assumed it means something I should not like.
I sent them a note asking for an explanation. Some Acronyms are just not meant to be used. |
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KRedEP
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| It's benign. They are dipping a trackable. If you don't/forget to drop a trackable into the cache when you are writing your find log, you need to write a new log to put the trackable in. This cacher is keeping the trackable (It's likely a personal trackable) so they put it in and take it right back out again to log miles, or record the history. They have done it to a bunch of caches so are likely going back a ways in their caching history. |
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bflentje
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Not an acronym. Not sure why it bothers you. |
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ST11
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| OK I see - I just didn't know if the person thought I was a dip or what. I guess it's one of those silly things. |
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A-body
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe he knows you! |
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ST11
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| No then I would have expected it |
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Moe the Sleaze
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:54 am Post subject: |
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One of my favorite (non-geocaching) acronyms: TTP
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bflentje
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:09 am Post subject: |
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I pulled this from an online encyclopedia..
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| An acronym is a word formed from the initials of words in a phrase, such as NATO ['neyto] from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or "scuba" from "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus." It is often used to include abbreviations but abbreviations are not all pronounceable words. "YDC" is an abbreviation, not an acronym. |
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ST11
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Well that may be true but it still doesn't alter the fact that I don't like being called a dip  |
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Moe the Sleaze
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| bflentje wrote: |
I pulled this from an online encyclopedia..
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| An acronym is a word formed from the initials of words in a phrase, such as NATO ['neyto] from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or "scuba" from "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus." It is often used to include abbreviations but abbreviations are not all pronounceable words. "YDC" is an abbreviation, not an acronym. |
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"Teeteepee"
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bflentje
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| Moe the Sleaze wrote: |
| bflentje wrote: |
I pulled this from an online encyclopedia..
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| An acronym is a word formed from the initials of words in a phrase, such as NATO ['neyto] from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or "scuba" from "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus." It is often used to include abbreviations but abbreviations are not all pronounceable words. "YDC" is an abbreviation, not an acronym. |
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"Teeteepee" |
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura?? |
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bflentje
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bflentje
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Ah, I get it now Moe, you mean the Urban Dictionary version of TTP, "Toke Toke Pass". Just what have you been doing with yourself lately?  |
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Hal-oween
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:02 am Post subject: |
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My brother works in tech support and one of his favorites is
one dee ten tee
as in the 1D10T user is the source of the problem.  |
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ST11
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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DIP
( Dynamically Intelligent Person )
I now like Acronyms |
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