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by mikro2nd 1678 days ago
I have the same issue with numerous TLAs, most frequently around here: "NLP".

My usual thought sequence is "'Neuro-Linguistic Programming'? Uhhh, no... it's not that, not in this space. 'Near Letter Perfect'? Hmmm... don't think so. 'New Lunar Passage'? Has Elon been smoking that stuff again?..."

Eventually I figure it out, but for some weird reason my brain doesn't really want to hang a hook into "Non-Linear Processing"

;)

3 comments

Errr isn’t it natural language processing?
It's also a branch of pickup artist pseudoscience.
Yes, yes it is.

Aks my brain to pick that one first, though.... ehhhh.

You just did the same with TLA ... Thanks to another commenter who explained it
TLA?
Three letter acronym
Oh, not TLA+?
No, that would be an ETLA - "extended three letter acronym".