Tag: the acronyms you use tell you what world you inhabit
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Acronyms Run Amuck: One Thing I Love About Language
In a casual conversation I said that someone went to the UCC, meaning, of course, the United Church of Christ. My sister-in-law, who is a nurse, said, “I must have missed something. Why did they go to the Urgent Care Center?” My brother-in-law, who’s an attorney, said, “And what does that have to do with…