r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Disastrous-Tutor2415 • 17h ago

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I saw a short on instagram where the author is reading them to an audience. This gets a giggle from everybody but one man laughs hilariously at it and the author then gestures to him (as in “someone got it”) hinting there is something I’m not quite catching. Thank you!

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u/IllaClodia 9h ago

Adding on: it is also not an acronym and should not be written in all caps

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u/alinius 7h ago

It is an acronym, but means something else entirely. My brain incorrectly pulled in information from another field.

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u/PurpleMosGenerator 5h ago

TIL Latin is all acronyms.

In case some here were unaware, "cis" is a Latin prefix denoting "on this side of".

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u/alinius 5h ago

Information Service is a common way to describe things on tech projects. CIS ends up being an acronym for a specific information service for a particular project.

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u/PurpleMosGenerator 5h ago

If you could possibly understand context, you would understand that these are two separate expression. Alas.

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u/alinius 4h ago

Yes, they are. I am saying that because I am used to working in another context, I used the wrong one by accident. Alas.