Acromony

Acronyms are only useful if they are understood. In writing, they can be used to avoid repetition of lengthy oxymoronic titles (CSIS = Canadian Security Intelligence Service). In some instances they are so infamous (GST) they needn't be explained.

Now, thanks primarily to emails, text messaging and those infantile chat rooms, acronyms are being misused (lol) and abused (lol) at unprecedented rates. The culprits: lazy slobs who couldn't be bothered to type all those extra letters, dim wits unable to spell their asses from their elbows and, worst of all, trendoids trying desperately to be with it.

If you must use acronyms, make sure the recipient is smart or hip enough to decipher them.

Have a hoot, spell it out