on its face it's pretty stupid: acronyms that are so contrived (or worse, misleading) that you have to shake your head when you hear them. but there is at leas

on its face it's pretty stupid: acronyms that are so contrived (or worse, misleading) that you have to shake your head when you hear them. but there is at least a little bit of value to having a brief, specific name to use when referring to it that somehow relates to the topic at hand.