[shellac]

Not that you have to use all caps for acronyms, e.g. scuba, radar, laser.

[strogonoff]

It’s one thing to take an acronym and “demote” it to a common noun if it’s being used often by wide public (not unlike how proper nouns become common nouns), it’s another thing to randomly pretend that a regular noun is an acronym. I’m looking at you, photographers shouting “RAW” in all caps whenever the topic comes up. “WASM” rubs me wrong for the same reason.

I admit to being guilty of this and mimicking whatever form I encounter first, but then I’d switch once I look it up. I don’t quite understand why would anyone do otherwise.

[andybak]

I would maybe argue that used to be acronyms but now are just... well, words.