Dec 20 2008
acronyms
Is it me or are people writing and speaking in acronyms more than they were, say, 10 or 20 years ago? This question dawned on me a minute ago when I noticed the online ad for a “3G phone” on my Pandora interface. (And now I wonder if my use of “interface” doesn’t point to a greater use of technical jargon in general.) Ok, I think I want to rescind my thesis that people are using more acronyms and say, rather, that technical jargon has infiltrated the popular vernacular so much so that I feel the need to note it. This infiltration bothers me. I think it encourages people to use tech jargon inappropriately. I also think it encourages people to use tech jargon at the cost of using more better-er words. For example, I use the word “interface” more often than I should, and I apply it to things that are indeed “interfaces” but which I could more accurately describe with other words. I’m listening to the Bee Gees station on Pandora. I am so fucking into them right now. Shit.
