@ Luke Groundwalker:
Is it
really necessary for you to pick fights with other members, especially over semantics?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLC*
Is one of those acronyms "more right" than any of the others? Of course not. The key is context. And--in this context--DarkShadowRage is talking about downloadable characters in Brawl. "Downloadable characters" can just as easily be shortened to "DLC."
"Oh no, that's wrong. ***got," you cry.
No, it's not wrong. It may not be
conventional, but in this context, his use of DLC is not "incorrect" in the least. To me, his implication by using said acronym was pretty clear, given the topic of this thread. Abbreviations and acronyms are created and used all the time--it's simply linguistic license. To further bolster my point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_(disambiguation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADA
Two other notable acronyms. Multiple usages are listed. But how on earth might one know which version is being used in a given situation?
Answer: context. Conversely...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=twss&go=Go
No abbreviation / acronym for "TWSS" according to Wikipedia. But--in the proper context--I would wager that most people could infer it to mean "That's what she said." Just because it isn't "common" or "conventional" doesn't necessarily make it incorrect. If anything, the fact that so many other uses of DLC, NATO, and ADA only serves to further prove that point. Would I have ever thought NATO to mean the North African Theater of Operations? No, but the usage still stands. To me, the usage is far from common, but to others, it would be just as correct as using NATO to stand for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Please stop trying to pick a fight with other members over generally trivial matters; it's not conducive to any sort of civil discussion. I would like to think that SWF (here, I mean Smash World Forums, for those acronym sticklers out there) can still be salvaged as a place that can at least maintain
some sort of intelligent discussion, but posters like you only reinforce my fears that SWF is now hopeless.
* I was posting this before I read your own citation of the selfsame page. Regardless of your usage, my point still stands.
(As an aside, quit with the gay slurs. I don't care if you want to cuss up a storm, but your wanton use of "***got" and "***gotry" rivals that of the odious Fred Phelps. It's immature, offensive, and just plain rude. And why does DSR's (here, I mean DarkShadowRage--I hope you don't mind my breach of convention!) age make any difference at all? You're quite combative for someone of only 16 years.)