As promised from my June post, this month is more about acronyms (when the first letters of words are combined to become a new “expression”). I decline to call the result a ‘word,’ but that may be my old-fashioned-ness getting in the way 😏. My friend, Stewart, claims that the U.S. military uses more acronyms than any other organization.

On the other hand (or OTOH, in keeping with the theme), the business folks I have talked to over the years have told me about a LOT of acronyms, so maybe there is a competition going on! P.S. Thank you to Laney for her multiple contributions (maybe I should be concerned about the bio-engineering industry?)

Here are some examples (with my comments). Feel free to shake your head at the “lingo” used by the world’s businesses.

• CLO = Chief Learning Officer
• CSO = Chief Staff Officer OR Chief Scientific Officer
• KR = Kind Regards (“But idk if that is only a corporate-world thing” – the person who submitted this acronym added the comment – spot on, I’d say!)
• KPI = Key Performance Indicator
• KOL = Key Opinion Leader (I’m not quite sure what this person is or does – have more opinions than anyone else in the department???)
• IDC = Innovation Decision Committee (Who wouldn’t want to be on THIS committee??)
• CSM = Commercial Strategy Manager
• COG = Cost Of Goods
• PDP = Product Design Process OR Personal Development Plan
• NPD = New Product Development
• D = Decision (as in, “Who has the D?”)
• DL = Distribution List (This is an old one. Heck, this acronym was used when I was working . . . )

My feeble contribution is from a crossword puzzle – the clue was PC. In today’s world, I thought of Politically Correct, but the correct answer was Personal Computer. How quickly lingo changes!!

Comment below with some of your ‘favorite’ acronyms and I’ll include them in a future post – without the answers so you all can guess 😕🤓!