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Russ Gonnering
Russell S. Gonnering, MD, FACS, MMM, CPHQ
 On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
DANGER: RANT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nobody should EVER apologize for not understanding an acronym. The purpose of acronyms is -- present company exempted! -- to solidify an ingroup by being unintelligible to outsiders. Once, just to tease, I named a program, " MOTH" (=Myway Or The Highway) in a paper I submitted. The editor of the journal did not say, "WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT STUPID ACRONYM? And, once the article was accepted for publication, I did not have the chutzpah to admit that the name had been a joke. My shame. ESCHEW ACRONYMS AND BUZZWORDS. GESUNDHEIT! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------------------------------------------------------- END RANT. END DANGER. Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
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