this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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As long as as you don't use ETA as an abbreviation for "edited to add", you are ok. That shit was suddenly everywhere on reddit, god darn kids and them fancy ambiguous acronyms!!! shakes fist at clouds
I used to tell people I'm about 5 minutes away when they did that on Reddit. Ask for my ETA I'll give you it.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.
shakes fist at that too
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
https://www.etymonline.com/word/initialism#etymonline_v_44089