Natural Unaffable Talent for Stupid Acronyms (NUTS'A)

The summer of 2000 I was given the great opportunity to work at IBM in BTV. One of the things we learn at BTVIBM, the MD was that acronyms were special. At the IMD BTV, we found that LMI when you used acronyms ATT. It just STU, and MUFS. That way, NOE would know what we were TA. Especially those SLI, when kept asking "WDTM?" ATT.

UFM, I DKTL, and PDU until I CEAU what TWTA. This lead to MC for me and AOI, which COBSIS. After 4D of IS, I SDKS. FFY, I DAI in TM, and have PY with a RCR.


Acronym Definitions

4D- 4 Days
AOI- All the Other Interns
ATT- All The Time
BTV- Burlington, VT
BTVIBM- IBM, Burlington VT
CEAU- Couldn't Even Attempt to Understand
COBSIS- Could Only Be Solved by IS
DAI- Don't Agree with IBM
DKTL- Didn't Know Their Language
FFY- Fortunately For You
IBM- International Business Machines
IMD- IBM MD
IS- Intense Studying
LMI- Life was More Interesting
MC- Mass Confusion
MD- Microelectronics Division
MUFS- Made Us Feel Special
NOE- No One Else
PDU- Proceeded to Decline in Understanding
PY- Provided You
RCR- Readable Copy of this Report
SDKS- Still Didn't Know Squat
SLI- Snotty Little Interns
STU- Spiced Things Up
TA- Talking About
TM- This Matter
TWTA- They Were TA
UFM- Unfortunatly For Me
VT- Vermont
WDTM- What Does That Mean

The only difference between this little summary and the real thing at IBM is that they don't give you a list of acronyms to use. Actually, they do give you a list, but none of the important acronyms are on it! In case you didn't catch this earlier on this page, there is a readable copy of this summary available FYI.

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