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The Perils of CRIMPing
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Posted by George Entenman
Jul 27, 2015 at 02:51 PM
Don’t worry: most of the replies have been informative and supportive. Once the humor behind the acronym is revealed, it’s hard not to enjoy it!
Thx,
ge
bobmclain wrote:
Don’t be put off - it really is a friendly group, and it would have
>taken less effort - on their part and yours - for someone simply to
>define “CRIMP” rather than telling you to use the search engine. It
>would have made for a nice welcome and possibly initiated a conversation
>very different from the one we’re now having. I don’t know what CRIMP
>stands for myself, by the way, and don’t think it matters one way or the
>other.
>
>George Entenman wrote:
>I uh DID search. The 5 titles and other 202 hits for CRIMPing don’t
>>find the definition page. Gotta search for CRIMP w/o the ‘ing’ to find
>>the definition. That’s really unreasonable.
>>
>>I still say that it’s good writing practice to define an unusual
>acronym
>>when first used in an article. I especially recommend the practice if
>>you’re interested in attracting newbies.
>>
>>1Password tells me that I’ve been a member since June 2009, reading on
>>and off, so I’m somewhat familiar with the site and I’ve been seeing
>>CRIMPing for a long time and feeling mystified. I’m glad I asked even
>>if it did draw the accusation that I hadn’t searched.