Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) - how to introduce an acronym

[Maestoso]

Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) to say that the correct way to introduce an acronym is to write it in full first and then add the acronym in brackets. This way everyone knows what the acronym stands for.

I keep reading threads where acronyms are used without first using the full form and it's frustrating to be guessing or googling when the correct form wouldn't be difficult to include at the first mention, whether it be the opening post or subsequent comments.

AIBU is being used for illustrative purposes only. I appreciate we all know what that means.

I pronounce all initialisations as acronyms. See phonejacker from the early 2000s

I concede that I was wrong

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I've been here so long YANBU and YABU are definitely yanboo and yaboo in my head.

I’d generally agree with you, OP, particularly with reports, letters, promotional material etc. But the internet generally, and MN specifically rely on a degree of brevity, and have so many widely used and understood acronyms, that I think you just have to accept it, and ask for clarification if/when you need it.

What does NC mean?

An acronym is where the initial letters make an understandable word, such as NATO, WHO, NASA
DD, DS, DH are initialisms because they don't make a word

Depending on how it’s used, either name changed or no contact.

Well, yes of course! Who says “ay I be you” when they could say “aybu”?

Don’t you mean “pronounceable” rather than “understandable”. No-one understands NASA except in the context of “National Aeronautics and Space Administration”. It wasn’t a word previously

Just have a little think. Try to work it out for yourself. VAWG is easily google-able. The others you’ll work out in time. Use your brain…

OP, IIRC, AIBU to think that MN acronyms like YANBU, TBH, and FWIW can be OTT? IMO, they make posts hard to read. BTW, there's an MN list that explains them all. HTH!

IME, once you RTFT, you'll LOL at FFS, JFGI, and even SWI. IMHO, getting the hang of it makes you a true MNer. YY, it's a PITA at first, but GL!

How would you decide when it needs an explanation and when it doesn't? I thought VAWG was a fairly well understood acronym so wouldn't think to write it out, especially since I imagine it would be used in context.
Or would you write it out for all initials ("British broadcasting corporation (BBC)")?

Semantics, but yes!

Chambers dictionary (online):
"acronym noun a word made from the first letters or syllables of other words, and usually pronounced as a word in its own right, eg NATO. Compare abbreviation, contraction, initialism. acronymicadj.
ETYMOLOGY: 1940s: from Greek akron point or tip + onyma name."

No, AIBU is slang @Yellowhammer09, I have researched it on the internet. Here is the reference: https://slangsense.com/meaning/aibu

Usually I can guess what any unknown acronyms mean from context, although I still always see "GP" as "general practitioner" first and for a brief moment wonder why the family doctor would have opinions on, say, a child's Christmas presents.
The thing that mildly irritates me is starting a thread on a non AIBU thread with "To...". For example, in Relationships: "To have the ick because he slurps" or whatever.
Either add "AIBU" or phrase the question differently.
(Yes, I can still understand the question.
Yes, I have other things to think about.)