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Two Vague

Two Vague

Leisure:Video Games

Episode 57 - Acronym

Episode 57 - Acronym

2022-08-28
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ASAP, AFK and sonar walk in to a bar.  The bartender says, “As Soon As Possible… Away From Keyboard… who’s your friend?”  If you don’t understand this “joke,” don’t worry; you will before the end of the show.  This week Ben and Norah discuss the difference between acronyms, anacronyms, and initialisms.  Other topics include: a recent TikTok trend, commonly used acronyms, a comedy bit by Gary Gulman, a chat room party game, and commonly used video game abbreviations.  

00:00:21 - Norah and Ben open the show by talking about the weather
00:02:50 - Ben drops a “Pop Song 89” reference, and Norah picks it up
00:03:53 - Distracted by Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte New Mexico 
00:06:54 - Discussing the TikTok trend of “Quiet Quitting,” and working from home 
00:12:27 - Teen employment through the generations… more research required 
00:14:14 - Cozy mysteries on BritBox, and “How to Build a Sex Room” on Netflix
00:16:00 - Norah explains a little bit about acronyms and initialisms 
00:19:40 - Anacronyms, an acronym, and usage statistics in the Google Ngram Viewer
00:24:30 - Types of abbreviations, and having fun at work with backronyms
00:26:29 - Be careful when choosing your acronyms, and watchdogs vs. proofreaders  
00:29:06 - Norah puts on her anti-embarrassment scarf for Ben’s explanation
00:32:15 - FUBAR actually means f-ed up beyond all repair, and OJCBRBPA
00:34:53 - “FOMO is too much like MOFO,” HDM1 cables, and when the world ends
00:38:03 - “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”
00:40:23 - A plan for zone improvement, and saving the ship
00:42:30 - The “state abbreviation documentary” bit, and a scene from the movie Kiss of Death
00:45:45 - Ben reminisces about playing “Acrophobia: Fear of Acronyms” in the late 90s
00:48:47 - Norah learns video game related acronyms starting with: RPG, MMO, and WoW
00:50:08 - MOBA, FPS, RTS, PVP, PVE, and SIM
00:52:07 - Ben tries to lead Norah to DLC in the style of “The $100,000 Pyramid” gameshow
00:54:42 - NPC, HUD, XP, QWERTY, and Ben forgets to talk about WASD controls 
00:58:07 - MK, NFS, FF, SF, ESRB ratings, AOE, DOT, and “AFK, BIO”
01:01:03 - LFG, LFP, OMW, “M as in Mancy,” TLDR,  AP, and HP
01:04:06 - “Point and click adventure” games, “best briends forever,” and shmups
01:06:32 - Ben closes the show with the Konami code and that is TMI for Norah 

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