That’s what I did today at work and I was honestly confused about it! Idk what is appropriate anymore! The lawyer I’m working for literally said to me one day “I hate the Oxford comma” and I just thought “Yeah, I’ve noticed.” Jebus save me
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Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
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I get anxious AF re: all this shit 
but I’ve been a writer for damn near 53 years, which is a long time to stew! 
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I never knew Justin Trudeau used to be in a band.
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Of course there’s a(n) infuriating name for it. (Today I learned…)
Also, I hope someone regretfully informed them that ATM, UPC, and LCD are not acronyms.
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And how to spell this?
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They’re not?
I mean, Merriam-Webster may no longer be a reliable authority, but I have seen elsewhere the second definition here:
TIL – “initialism,” apparently a synonym for acronym.
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I learned it as an acronym is pronounced as a word (NASA, RADAR, SCUBA), but an initialism is pronounced as only the letters (FBI, ATM, TIL).
Grammarly seems to hold with these definitions:
I suspect Merriam-Webster are taking a descriptivist view for their second definition by acknowledging that many people use acronym to mean both, much like regardless/irregardless.
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Language is meant to be useful to anyone and everyone, complaining about how people are actually using it is missing the entire point of how culture develops.
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