Comment by hnlmorg
That doesn’t mean what everyone is familiar with it. For example I’ve been around since internet slang first developed a life of its own. And yet I wasn’t immediately familiar with SJW either.
That doesn’t mean what everyone is familiar with it. For example I’ve been around since internet slang first developed a life of its own. And yet I wasn’t immediately familiar with SJW either.
Let’s get real, they can search. HN doesn’t have a repo of acronyms and this isn’t a technical document where you need to spell out the acronym on first use
In 2025, most online users have learned how to look things up using.. the internet.
> Usually, acronyms are followed by the full wording the first time they are mentioned.
I'm sure they did at the time this (SJW) acronym got popular. That was maybe 10-15 years ago.
By the time you commented you could have at least searched for the acronym or asked AI.