Let me pitch you a new coin acronym...

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 44,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2011 1:07PM

  I dunno why, but when I see all those letters together like that it reminds me of a certain forum member's name: "obiwancanoli".

  Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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• Swampboy Posts: 13,192 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2011 1:08PM

  Gonna get you one of these....

  "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 44,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2011 1:11PM

  My bosslady has one of those on her desk.
  
  It usually doesn't work for me.

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• lkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2011 2:06PM

  OCWANBMWL. This is close.
  Lance.
  
  

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• Justlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭

  October 30, 2011 2:50PM

  I like it. And there are dang few of 'em.

  Let's try not to get upset.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2011 8:39PM

  TLTW........ (Too Long To Work).... acronyms have to be shorter and it helps if they are articulable.... Cheers, RickO

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• golfer72 Posts: 3,588

  October 30, 2011 8:51PM

  " pronounceable name made up of a series of initial letters or parts of words; for example, UNESCOfor the United Nations " Your examples are not acronyms. It has to be a pronouncable name. Common mistake though.

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• crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

  October 30, 2011 9:20PM

  they have already condensed it to PQ

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• Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2011 9:58PM

  OBIWANKENOBI
  
  

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• Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭

  October 31, 2011 12:42AM

  
  
  << <i>" pronounceable name made up of a series of initial letters or parts of words; for example, UNESCOfor the United Nations " Your examples are not acronyms. It has to be a pronouncable name. Common mistake though. >>
  
  
  
  
  It was a joke. (Notice the wink.) Clearly no one would ever, in a billion years, ACTUALLY use that as an acronym. It would be easier to articulate an entire phrase....except me.
  
  lkeigwin: That's what I'm talkin' about, a very nice example of O.C.W.A.N.B.M.W.L!!!

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• mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭

  October 31, 2011 12:57AM

  TMATR - Too Much Acronym To Remember.

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