I can't stand the abbreviations

[bjlc57]

what is the TDO ? since I didn't ask in my last post..

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Tasty Disney Offal.

 

[jakeman]

Turn Down Order

 

[unkadug]

Table of Denial Orders
Tabular Data Object
Tactical Deception Officer
Task Delivery Order
Tea Dispenser Orifice
Team Drunk Ottawa
Technical Division Office
Technology Development Organization
Teen Dance Ordinance
Telegraph Delivery Order
Telephone Dug Out
Temporal Data Object
Temporary Denial Order
Terror and Destruction Organization
Test Data Output
Testicular Dysgenesis Objectification
Testing Data Out
The Daily Obsession
The Daily Oncologist
The Department of Obstetrics
The Department of Oceanography
The Department of Ophthalmology
The Department of Otolaryngology
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology
The Desert Outfitters
The Design Office
The Digital Onlookers
The Discovery Orchestra
The Divorce Office
The Dominican Order
Teen Dance Ordinance
Test Data Output
Think Deeply Or (Else)
This Dysfunctional Organization

 

[The Mom]

what is the TDO ? since I didn't ask in my last post..

I think it's Team Disney or something. But I don't have to know exactly what it stands for in order to follow the conversation. I just need to know that they have something to do with WDW planning/designing/spending money.

And it's a relatively new abbreviation, at least outside of the company, so isn't on the list, which was originally posted almost 10 years ago.

Unfortunately, "management" consists of one person who does this as a hobby, with a few people who help to keep things under control - who also do so as a hobby. We all have real lives.

 

[mharrington]

TDO means Team Disney Orlando.

 

[trr1]

Like that woman who named her child LA-A...which is pronounced Ladasha?

or

pronounced
(the artist formerly known as prince)

 

[wm49rs]

I think it's Team Disney or something. But I don't have to know exactly what it stands for in order to follow the conversation. I just need to know that they have something to do with WDW planning/designing/spending money.

And it's a relatively new abbreviation, at least outside of the company, so isn't on the list, which was originally posted almost 10 years ago.

Unfortunately, "management" consists of one person who does this as a hobby, with a few people who help to keep things under control - who also do so as a hobby. We all have real lives.

Bloody slackers.....

 

[Bender!]

The abbreviations irritate me too sometimes, but I guess it just becomes a habit to do if you frequent here long enough.

 

[WDWFigment]

Can't stand them. But it doesn't stop on these boards. It is society. We are so bloody lazy. Blame it on text messaging. I swear this generation of kids will just as well assume that "U" and "ur" and "OMG" are words found in the dictionary.

As for this board, I think we all know what WDW means. That's fine but I always feel you have a more intelligent conversation when words are spelled out. For the life of me there are a couple posters on here who use words like "my DH and I" or "DS and I". Huh? Are we using morse code or something just spell the word out!

While I find text messaging "terms" annoying, many professions and topics have developed their own set of acronyms and abbreviations. I fully agree that our society has become lazy, but most of the time, the usage of these acronyms and abbreviations pre-date text messaging.

Some people are frustrated that they don't understand a specific set of acronyms developed for a topical conversation on a topical forum. Conversely, folks could just as easily be irritated that those who voluntarily choose to participate in a topical forum feel they shouldn't have to be bothered with learning simple acronyms that are often intuitively discernible based on context. I'm not suggesting I fall into the latter, but when I see "what does ____ stand for" posted over and over again, and a quick Google search of acrnoynm + "Disney" would likely provide an answer in a manner of seconds, I have to fight the urge to be a jacka** and type, www.letmegooglethatforyou.com.

If it's "bloody lazy" to type an acronym as opposed to spelling out words, isn't it equally lazy to refuse to learn what the acronyms mean, or to determine what they mean on one's own?

 

[wm49rs]

While I find text messaging "terms" annoying, many professions and topics have developed their own set of acronyms and abbreviations. I fully agree that our society has become lazy, but most of the time, the usage of these acronyms and abbreviations pre-date text messaging.

Some people are frustrated that they don't understand a specific set of acronyms developed for a topical conversation on a topical forum. Conversely, folks could just as easily be irritated that those who voluntarily choose to participate in a topical forum feel they shouldn't have to be bothered with learning simple acronyms that are often intuitively discernible based on context. I'm not suggesting I fall into the latter, but when I see "what does ____ stand for" posted over and over again, and a quick Google search of acrnoynm + "Disney" would likely provide an answer in a manner of seconds, I have to fight the urge to be a jacka** and type, www.letmegooglethatforyou.com.

If it's "bloody lazy" to type an acronym as opposed to spelling out words, isn't it equally lazy to refuse to learn what the acronyms mean, or to determine what they mean on one's own?

Especially when a link has been posted twice (now three times) to the acronyms page:

http://www.wdwmagic.com/Acronyms.htm