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# I have no clue WTFYABOA
but I like the pic, so I'll woo even if it does turn out to be spam!
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:47, archived)
# shouldn't that be
'WTFYBOA'?
(Catfish Ma, why can't I draw? "Because you have fins dear", Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:54, archived)
# no
as it's an acronym, it made more sense to include each word - and "your" would only be correct if it was followed by "all gay"
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:55, archived)
# technically...
...it's not an acronym, as the letters of an acronym should form a new word.

Fuck... I hate being a pedant, but b3ta has brought out that side of me.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:58, archived)
# so what is it then?
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:58, archived)
# a
pseudonym.

I just like that word.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:59, archived)
# ah
I wasn't sure, I thought that might be the case but decided to risk it

abbreviation then?
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:59, archived)
# I think...
..it's just an abbreviation.

I reserve the right to be pendantic about things without having to know the real answers too.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:01, archived)
# well of course
that's only natural - you can't be expected to know what's right as well as what's wrong!
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:02, archived)
# Actually...
...I take it all back. It is an acronym.

"An acronym is a label formed from the beginnings of words (Greek: acro [head] and nym [word]) -- or very rarely, from letters in the middle of words. There is no requirement that an acronym be pronounceable as a normal word (this is a curious myth perpetuated by American dictionaries): IBM is just as much an acronym as LASER."
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:06, archived)
# aaaaaah
"american" - that explains everything ;)
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:07, archived)
# i allways ue the word wtfyaboa
so it is an ancronym
(The Cosmic Boy Zombie (Formerly Pirate Cat), Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:00, archived)
# isn't that
an acrostic?
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:03, archived)
# Nope
Cos you see
Unhappily
Not many people can
Tell what an acrostic really is.

(sort of)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:05, archived)
# hehehe
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:07, archived)
# i thought that as i typed it
acrostics make sentences.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:08, archived)
# I take back all my pedantry...
...it is an acronym.

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(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:09, archived)
# Yeah
course you did. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 22:10, archived)
# no
He has no clue What The Fuck You Are Banging On About. Look closely.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:55, archived)
# No,
you've just used a contraction.
(goat thinks you're shit, Sun 12 Oct 2003, 21:55, archived)