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RE: Man Breaks Into Home With ‘Smith & Wesson Spoken Here’ Sign,
Thank you, sir! I have a "thing" about acronyms. My career was in contract engineering, over 60 contracts with over 40 companies, and every one of them had a set of acronyms I had to struggle through. They are what we call "tribal Knowledge" or something that only the user knows its meaning which creates confusion in a work team.
Acronyms certainly have their place. They save time, but they also have a dark side.
Totalitarian regimes seem to have a special love for inventing them:
*NAZI
Nazi = NA tionalso ZI alismus (nationalsozialismus, national socialism)
SiPo = SI cherheits PO lizei ( Sicherheitspolizei, Security Police)
kapo = KA meradschaft PO lizei (Kameradschaftpolize, prisoner functionary)
SOVIET
gulag = (G* U pravlenie LAG erei I mest zakljuchenija (Glavnoye Upravlenie Lagerei i mest zakljuchenija, "Main Camps' Administration")
agitprop = agitation + propaganda
ANTIFA = Anti-facist
Yes, antifa is also an excellent example of an acronym that actually means the opposite of what it proclaims(the antifas are the ones who believe in suppressing free speech), another mark of modern chaos. Sigh ...