Originally Posted by
muji
Not really. This was hyperbole. To make the point that not all members, such as the one who started this thread, and others such as myself, understand and use such long strings of abbreviations.
While I can understand, it IS the terminology for the site and if someone makes the attempt, its not all that long before they are using the same abbreviations in their own posts. The glossaries help, and when there is a question ppl are usually willing to cough up an explanation for a new abbrev or two, but an effort on the part of the reader would definitely be expected.
If you are someone who wants it spoon fed, something like a chris elliot column and similar blogs not FT would be more appropriate