October 29, 2008 · 9:02 am
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Tip #62: TLA

Making up new acronyms and jargon doesn’t make your story sound better.

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  1. JB's avatar JB
    October 29, 2008 at 9:54 am

    So what does TLA stand for? Kidding. Point taken. But here’s the question I always wonder, who gets to be the authority on making things into acronyms? For example, who first said “search engine optimization” should now be SEO?

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  2. Aly's avatar Aly
    October 29, 2008 at 10:31 am

    …but it does make for good newsroom fodder on a slow news day. OMG IFLMAO

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