I too remember growing up in the 1950’s, which was well before the designation “halcyon” was applied to them. Who knew? A lot of forgetting had to take place in order for that to happen. A great many things were simply not done in those days, nostalgia being one of them. We were focused on the future, assuming we were to have one. (I guess some things never change.)
On the subject of exploding acronyms. Living in Omaha, not far from Offutt AFB, SAC and ICBM were especially common ones. Crouched beneath a classroom desk, kissing your sorry ass goodbye, it was cold comfort to reflect on MAD (not referring to my favorite boyhood magazine). Yes, I can tell that you are a writer from the old school: there are multiple sentences in your paragraphs.
Yeah, I hesitated before leaving a few whole sentences in my blurb for fear of alienating younger readers. If you can’t reduce standard text down to about a third of its normal length these days you’ll lose your rdrshp. Anyway, thank you for your much appreciated feedback.
Right on A-Ron! The whole acronym business is so ubiquitous that that there aren't enough to go around. BLM, for instance, stands for Bureau of Land Management and Black Lives Matter. I was reading the newspaper last night and an article of (otherwise) particular interest had so many acronyms with no definition or explanation I couldn't tell what the hell they were talking about.
Thank you for bring this up! This whole acronym business has pissed me off for the last several years. And, I completely agree with Mr's Stahmer and Mills. Maybe I'll start a contest to see who can come up with dual meanings of acronyms because there are a bunch of them.
I too remember growing up in the 1950’s, which was well before the designation “halcyon” was applied to them. Who knew? A lot of forgetting had to take place in order for that to happen. A great many things were simply not done in those days, nostalgia being one of them. We were focused on the future, assuming we were to have one. (I guess some things never change.)
On the subject of exploding acronyms. Living in Omaha, not far from Offutt AFB, SAC and ICBM were especially common ones. Crouched beneath a classroom desk, kissing your sorry ass goodbye, it was cold comfort to reflect on MAD (not referring to my favorite boyhood magazine). Yes, I can tell that you are a writer from the old school: there are multiple sentences in your paragraphs.
Yeah, I hesitated before leaving a few whole sentences in my blurb for fear of alienating younger readers. If you can’t reduce standard text down to about a third of its normal length these days you’ll lose your rdrshp. Anyway, thank you for your much appreciated feedback.
Right on A-Ron! The whole acronym business is so ubiquitous that that there aren't enough to go around. BLM, for instance, stands for Bureau of Land Management and Black Lives Matter. I was reading the newspaper last night and an article of (otherwise) particular interest had so many acronyms with no definition or explanation I couldn't tell what the hell they were talking about.
I'm so glad that there are other people out there besides me that find this whole "acronym explosion" annoying and frustrating!
Thank you for bring this up! This whole acronym business has pissed me off for the last several years. And, I completely agree with Mr's Stahmer and Mills. Maybe I'll start a contest to see who can come up with dual meanings of acronyms because there are a bunch of them.