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Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Doctors call it “pharyngitis”, because they need to be specific in their documents. Normal people just call it “sore throat”, because that’s close enough and easy to understand. Same thing should apply to various brain disorders too.

If you aren’t writing to medical professionals, go with whatever description you understand better. It’s going to be easier for everyone involved.

If you’re in America, you should look up the relevant TLA and use that instead. Every American seems to be born with the innate ability to know all of them, so it’s just as good as using the easily understandable two word description.

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TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

TLA

I’m so glad Lemmy doesn’t do this nearly as much as Reddit

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- TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah, it gets ridiculous at times. If you’re in a niche community, you can expect to see some “professional jargon”, but in general communities like asklemmy and nostupidquestions using those types of niche acronyms just don’t make much sense.
  
  If you’re in a car specific community, you can throw your acronyms around, but outside it you shouldn’t expect people to know what a BSM is. Be considerate and call it a blind spot monitor instead.
  
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  - TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    BSM
    
    I didn’t know car guys were into bondage, sadism and masochism
    
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    TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I know they definitely are into rubber and strapping though.
    
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