I've noticed lately some people abbreviate Overland Bound with OLB and some use OB. What's your preference?
OB or OLB?
- Thread starter Mike G
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I have always used OB, butt since we're talking about it...
The .mil seems to always use 3-letter acronyms, even for two-word phrases, or otherwise put a slash between them.
Like, I always see Kinetic Strike as K/S. Or, a program named Patriot Excaliber is called (and written as) PEX.
I could probably think of more if I didnt just get done with 12 hours of work at 1am :P .
The .mil seems to always use 3-letter acronyms, even for two-word phrases, or otherwise put a slash between them.
Like, I always see Kinetic Strike as K/S. Or, a program named Patriot Excaliber is called (and written as) PEX.
I could probably think of more if I didnt just get done with 12 hours of work at 1am :P .
The military/government uses a lot of 3-letter acronyms and just as many 4-letter ones with 5-letter ones not too far behind.
They do this for the same reason they us the 24 hour clock, a.k.a. "military time" - expediancy and accuracy. There's less of a chance of screwing up a message with a 3+ letter acronym than a two letter one.
Last I knew, whenever a word begins with "ex" it is always used as part of the acronym.
Some of the acronyms don't make a lot of sense though, such as "HIP" - Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program.
I actually thought of getting vanity tags for my Rover with "FUBAR" on them.
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I usually use OB but doesn't really matter. I just prefer to type one less letter. :p
