On 1/25/2020 1:15 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2020-01-25 7:33 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/24/2020 3:22 PM, notbob wrote:
>>> On 2020-01-24, Terry Coombs > wrote:
>>>
>>>> with SPOG....
>>>
>>> WTF (what-the-f*ck) is "SPOG"?
>>>
>>> Been reading this group fer over 15 yrs and never heard of "SPOG".
>>>
>>> Sure, found it on Gobble, but still..........Â* "SP" is prolly "S&P",
>>> or S/P, but
>>> "SPOG" (the OG is prolly Onion, Garlic)?
>>>
>>> Either spell it out or don't use it, even if you are "crotchety"!Â*
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>> Hold up there, nb!Â* Spell it out?Â* In recent years you've started
>> typing like you're straight out of a Li'l Abner cartoon strip.Â* Using
>> 'fer' rather than 'for'; 'prolly' rather than 'probably'.Â* I know for
>> a fact you don't actually speak that way.Â* Does your ISP charge per
>> letter?
>>
>> At least you guessed his rather creative acronym correctly.
>>
>> Jill
>
> The US media are overly fond of using acronyms.
> This is known as acronymphomania:-)

Well hey, this isn't the US media. It's Usenet and Terry's dinner on a
chilly Friday. RFC is, of course, an acronym.

Jill