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Depending on the word processor you use, you can code in acronyms to be replaced by the full word. After you type the acronym and hit the space bar, you get the auto replace word. This will do away with most acronym errors—but proof read as well. Be sure to have a space before and after the acronym or some processors will auto-replace mid-word.

A friend of mine wrote a sincere letter of condolences to his neighbor after the loss of her husband and sent it to her entire family. He ended the note with ‘LOL.’ When he copied me on the letter, I was surprised/puzzled that he would end his gracious letter with ‘Laughing Out Loud.’ He responded that he thought LOL meant ‘Lots of Love.’ A second letter to the family, this time apologizing. The widow got back and said the LOL would have given her deceased husband a good laugh.

At the risk of giving the more delinquent members on the list some new ammunition, here’s a recent list of internet acronyms and their meaning (some are crude). LOL.

 

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I would say yes. The extra letter is what makes it derogatory and changes the meaning. With him having a last name with two Capitol letter I would say that MLF is OK.
Context is important. Just having a missing 'i' will not necessarily move it from being derogatory. Example, SHT would be understood even with the 'i' missing.

One of the most frequent uses of MLF is 'Major League Fail' Of course, that remains to be determined with our new HC.
 

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Thought it was funny as I was scrolling through the threads, and I see one (this) titled, Read Up. And the very next one was Caleb Downs.
 

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Depending on the word processor you use, you can code in acronyms to be replaced by the full word. After you type the acronym and hit the space bar, you get the auto replace word. This will do away with most acronym errors—but proof read as well. Be sure to have a space before and after the acronym or some processors will auto-replace mid-word.

A friend of mine wrote a sincere letter of condolences to his neighbor after the loss of her husband and sent it to her entire family. He ended the note with ‘LOL.’ When he copied me on the letter, I was surprised/puzzled that he would end his gracious letter with ‘Laughing Out Loud.’ He responded that he thought LOL meant ‘Lots of Love.’ A second letter to the family, this time apologizing. The widow got back and said the LOL would have given her deceased husband a good laugh.

At the risk of giving the more delinquent members on the list some new ammunition, here’s a recent list of internet acronyms and their meaning (some are crude). LOL.

This was actually very helpful, thank you. I wondered what the IIRC was. But even if the acronym was appropriate, I'm betting we won't see IANAL or KISS....lol
 

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Fyi, please do not talk politics here. If anyone wants to continue to discuss the nuanced word combination in this lens, please wander over to the P&R section and I'm sure you'll be graciously and warmly welcomed.
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