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[-] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Roleplaying as Decronym bot for a moment:

Acronyms, initialisms, and other phrases seen in this thread:

Shortform Likely Meaning
VAT Value-Added Tax
IRS Internal Revenue Service
UBI Universal Basic Income
CPI Consumer Price Index
GDP Gross Domestic Product
FPTP/FPP voting First-Past-The-Post, or First-Past-Post voting
STAR voting Score Then Automatic Runoff voting
RCV Ranked Choice Voting
IRV Instant-Runoff Voting
STV Single-Transferable Vote
AV Approval Voting
321/3-2-1 voting 3 Semifinalists, 2 finalists, 1 winner via rating candidates
MMP Mixed-Member Proportional (Representation)
PAC Political Action Committee
CCC Civilian Conservation Corp
EC Electoral College
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
EU European Union
US United States
SCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States
RMV Registry of Motor Vehicles
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
TF The Fuck
UBU Universal Basic UwU
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