STB or BEY? Pick an acronym for the new movie

[eyeresist]

It's a tradition that Star Trek movies and series get a short acronym for convenience in online discussion. The last two included "ST" for Star Trek, but arguably this was only really necessary for ST09. Given the ST is redundant (we know it's Star Trek), wouldn't BEY be a better acronym for the new movie?

Please vote in the poll and/or add your own suggestions.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

STB, of course.

 

[Kruezerman]

Hey BEY. How you doing tonight?

 

[CorporalClegg]

Richard Bey?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Beyonce?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To BEY or not to BEY, that is the thread question.

 

[Gaith]

Trek XIII

/thread

 

[eyeresist]

STB, of course.

Why "of course"?

 

[JWPlatt]

Because its already been established and accepted.

 

[eyeresist]

I've used STB myself, but have noticed that hardly anyone else uses it, hence this thread to get the issue out in the open.

My first thought was that STB was the obvious choice, but after thinking about it I think BEY is better because it's more unique, can be pronounced as a word (like TOS, TAS, TWOK, TUC, GEN, INS, NEM, VOY, ENT), and can't be mistaken for some sort of genital complaint.


As in "JJ has screwed over Star Trek so bad, I think I actually caught an STB."

 

[Hythlodeus]

and can't be mistaken for some sort of genital complaint.

I hate complaining genitals. they should just shut up and do their job.

anyway, STB. It is already established and used and makes sense. And no, the ST part is not redundant, since the 'Trek' part of the title is not used as 'the Trek' but as 'to trek', just like in STID

 

[eyeresist]

So.... the star is trekking?

 

[USS Triumphant]

Hey BEY. How you doing tonight?

I like BEY, because we can talk about the movie and really confuse any non-geek teenagers who are nearby.

 

[Tosk]

I voted STB, but I'll almost certainly use ST13 instead.

 

[JWPlatt]

...BEY is better because it's more unique, can be pronounced as a word (like TOS, TAS, TWOK, TUC, GEN, INS, NEM, VOY, ENT), and can't be mistaken for some sort of genital complaint.

As in "JJ has screwed over Star Trek so bad, I think I actually caught an STB."

And that's somehow worse than STID, the combination of both actual acronyms for Sexually Transmitted Infection and Disease?

 

[shapeshifter]

"BEY"

BEY-O

BEEEEEEEEY-O! B-E-E-E-E-O! Daylight comes and we wanna go home.

STB works for me. And in case you just gotta to hear it now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RffdrTKLw

 

[The Wormhole]

ST013. You have to have that leading zero in the Abramsverse.

 

[M'Sharak]

Richard Bey?

Ardath.

"BEY"

BEY-O

BEEEEEEEEY-O! B-E-E-E-E-O! Daylight comes and we wanna go home.

STB works for me. And in case you just gotta to hear it now...

Too loud, man.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

"BEY"

BEY-O

BEEEEEEEEY-O! B-E-E-E-E-O! Daylight comes and we wanna go home.

STB works for me. And in case you just gotta to hear it now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RffdrTKLw

BEY!... BEY!... The BEY-meister! BEY-o-rama! BEY-a-tron! BEY-star! Super-BEY! Sargent BEY of the BEYst Unit! Makin' copies!...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Did they do any filming in San Francisco...BEY?

srsly, we've already been using STB here for awhile, haven't we? It just makes the most sense. It's always been some form of ST: ST09, STID, STB.