The Two Vague Podcast
The Two Vague Podcast
Ben Cheknis
Episode 57 - Acronym
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2022 at 9:25 am.
Norah and Ben open the show by talking about the weather
Ben drops a “Pop Song 89” reference, and Norah picks it up
Distracted by Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte New Mexico
Discussing the TikTok trend of “Quiet Quitting,” and working from home
Teen employment through the generations… more research required
Cozy mysteries on BritBox, and “How to Build a Sex Room” on Netflix
Norah explains a little bit about acronyms and initialisms
Anacronyms, an acronym, and usage statistics in the Google Ngram Viewer
Types of abbreviations, and having fun at work with backronyms
Be careful when choosing your acronyms, and watchdogs vs. proofreaders
Norah puts on her anti-embarrassment scarf for Ben’s explanation
FUBAR actually means f-ed up beyond all repair, and OJCBRBPA
“FOMO is too much like MOFO,” HDM1 cables, and when the world ends
“Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”
A plan for zone improvement, and saving the ship
The “state abbreviation documentary” bit, and a scene from the movie Kiss of Death
Ben reminisces about playing “Acrophobia: Fear of Acronyms” in the late 90s
Norah learns video game related acronyms starting with: RPG, MMO, and WoW
MOBA, FPS, RTS, PVP, PVE, and SIM
Ben tries to lead Norah to DLC in the style of “The $100,000 Pyramid” gameshow
NPC, HUD, XP, QWERTY, and Ben forgets to talk about WASD controls
MK, NFS, FF, SF, ESRB ratings, AOE, DOT, and “AFK, BIO”
LFG, LFP, OMW, “M as in Mancy,” TLDR,  AP, and HP
“Point and click adventure” games, “best briends forever,” and shmups
Ben closes the show with the Konami code and that is TMI for Norah
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Show notes
ASAP, AFK and sonar walk in to a bar.  The bartender says, “As Soon As Possible… Away From Keyboard… who’s your friend?”  If you don’t understand this “joke,” don’t worry; you will before the end of the show.  This week Ben and Norah discuss the difference between acronyms, anacronyms, and initialisms.  Other topics include: a recent TikTok trend, commonly used acronyms, a comedy bit by Gary Gulman, a chat room party game, and commonly used video game abbreviations.