[waynecochran]

Think you could make it one day without using those acronyms?

Use of acronyms is usually an audience dependent thing. I am frequently in the in the audience of talks/papers where I don't know all the acronyms. I think the general rule should be, for writing, if there is a reasonable percentage (say more than 10%) of readers who don't know the acronyms, define it on first use. When speaking, give some context or define the terms early in your talk, to help folks along.

I say in a meeting the other day with marketing folks. They may be the worst offenders. Techies are pretty bad too.