Software developer here, a Brit working for a North American company. For laffs I called a utility the Bulk User Management tool, being careful never to use the abbreviation. As expected my colleagues have no such qualms and "BUM" is now breaking containment.
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@fesshole Of course, "bum" doesn't mean the same in American as it does in British English. 🤷🏻♂️
@fesshole Advertisement for bread.
@fesshole we had first character menu shortcuts for a system I worked on - I was particularly pleased with the Asset Register Stock Enquiry
@fesshole I once named something "PO OS". Years later, "POOs Lines" are spoken about daily in $dayjob.
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In a previous employment I called a project the Web Toolkit Framework because my then manager insisted on it being worked on despite me knowing it was a stupid thing to do.
12 months later Project WTF got cancelled.
Everyone except my manager understood what the acronym really meant.