Oh god, medical studies LIVE for twisting their study name into an acronym. It's alphabet soup.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2021 7:05:28 pm PST #3087 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
meara - Feb 02, 2021 7:51:41 pm PST #3088 of 30000
Oh a flannel sheet is a thought, indeed. I was kind of picturing like, thick linen or something but figuring that would be spendy. And yeah, I have a queen, so a regular sheet or a king size would be fine. (If I let the dog up at the usual hour on the weekend, he’ll often let me sleep in a little)
meara - Feb 02, 2021 7:53:47 pm PST #3089 of 30000
Oh god, medical studies LIVE for twisting their study name into an acronym. It's alphabet soup.
Oh so very very true. And then they keep trying to make fetch happen by calling it the BReaThINg study or whatever they contorted to—after carefully analyzing the suggestions and not coming up with any names that promise a result but also that refer to the disease or drug somehow, etc etc. it’s ridiculous.
brenda m - Feb 02, 2021 9:51:08 pm PST #3090 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sounds like a good old fashioned bed spread, but I think flannel would be easier to wash frequently.
meara - Feb 02, 2021 10:18:06 pm PST #3091 of 30000
Well shit. Up that urgency—not only did the dog figure out how to jump up on the couch today (which he’s previously only done when having zoomies), he ALSO figured out how to jump up onto my bed! (Which is super high up, with storage underneath) He had NEVER managed to do that before, and he did it twice in like five minutes just now! Oh dear.
Jessica - Feb 03, 2021 5:52:10 am PST #3092 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh god, medical studies LIVE for twisting their study name into an acronym. It's alphabet soup.
My favorite medical backronym (which I looked up because this is something all the women in my family have/do) is ACHOO -
Autosomal-dominant Compelling HelioOpthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) Syndrome is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing in response to the sudden exposure to bright light, typically intense sunlight
Calli - Feb 03, 2021 7:02:10 am PST #3093 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I worked for a global health non-governmental organization (NGO) for a few years. It was an acronym-palooza. My favorite was PMTCT of HIV supported by our grant from USAID. That's prevention of mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus supported by the United States Agency for International Development, so you can see why people would want to stop typing the whole thing out after a paragraph or three.
Jesse - Feb 03, 2021 7:03:33 am PST #3094 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That one is good! [Edit: ACHOO is good. I have also worked with PMTCT/USAID/ETC, so I feel that one.]
Toddson - Feb 03, 2021 7:11:30 am PST #3095 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I work for an association and I have a full page of acronyms for other associations in our field that I routinely share with new employees. One of them in particular - one we deal with on a regular basis - has to be explained, along with its pronunciation.
msbelle - Feb 03, 2021 7:32:19 am PST #3096 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Ordered groceries last night. Made dr Appt today. Now I neyto find the bloodwork order the dr gave me back in Oct. so I can get the bloodwork done early next week.