Posted by Mike Dennis on March 20, 2011 at 01:21:54 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: acronyms (was Tarboard black hole?) posted by Ed Kiser on March 19, 2011 at 10:19:07:
Except of course we all arrive here with a common interest and knowledge, hence why we know what is meant by WH. The initials for the titles just saves each of us typing the full one as we all know what we are talking about.
In contrast, the Internet jargon (LOL etc) is an attempt to exclude and create a false exclusivity. This is nothing new of course; backslang, dog latin and other coded ways of speaking has long been use by children and teenagers to exclude those not considered worthy of inclusion.