You're right, I wasn't making a point about the author, just how the comment I was replying to didn't make sense given the context. I might have replied to the

You're right, I wasn't making a point about the author, just how the comment I was replying to didn't make sense given the context. I might have replied to the wrong comment. There was one which was saying something to the effect of "you would know what it means if you can understand the article". My core point is you can know what Quantitative Easing is while still not immediately recognizing QE as its abbreviation. For example, I thought this was going to be about some sort of Qsomething Equity, since I've seen PE to mean Private Equity.