Excessive use of abbreviations in the US (employment, companies, state)

[buenos]

Hi,

I moved to the US from EU, and one of the surprising things I found was how many natural words and phrases are replaced by abbreviations. For example instead of console they say CLI... (computer engineering). At companies I worked there we spoke English, with natural English words, not with abbreviations for everything.
Is the purpose of these to teach a lesion to everyone who is not already included in a WIP group to F.OFF? Like in a street gang, if you want to join the gang then first you will get beaten up by those who are already members. The problem is by taking employment, I am not joining a gang, although some people might look at the engineering team as a street gang.

Sometimes people have to get into a group (that has its own abbr.), simply by taking a job, or joining a team of some sort. There are 2 Types of these people: one type is the person who was not born with the knowledge of all abbreviations of that particular group (everyone), and the other type who came from the outside (abroad, or working for another company, another industry, another state...).

Any comments?

[sequon]

I don't think there are more acronyms in American English than in any other language. Although I have to say, because the culture of creativity is highly promoted here, people tend to create their own acronyms and use them for fun--like "FART" above. Nothing to feel bad about not being able to follow them when you are not familiar with. Just ask around people whenever you encounter those. Some people are kind and nice. Others may not be. Don't be upset with those not nice, but try to find nice people and hang out with them. That's basically what you should do when you come to a new place

This is not about English or the US itself, but rather about the nature of human language. I don't know what your native language is, but I'm sure there are many acronyms or abbreviations that people frequently use in your language. Some of them you know well, others you might not be familiar with if you are not in the member of the group for that use.

By the way I've never heard of CLI or WIP--and I am not a newbie in computer engineering, maybe those are something I might know but in different terminology?? Anyway, there are so many acronyms and jargons around us and that doesn't bother me. That's the reality these days.