One of my minor pet peeves here is the frequency with which people refer to "ROTH IRA" rather than "Roth IRA". I just did a Google search on "why do people say ROTH not Roth", not expecting anything much, and got an AI Overview as follows:
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I once suggested that "ROTH" really means "Retirement Of Tax Haters."![:twisted:]( "Twisted Evil")
For once, AI gets it right.People often say "ROTH" as an acronym rather than pronouncing "Roth" as a proper name because they mistakenly believe the name refers to the account's features (e.g., Retirement Options Tax Healthy), when it is actually named after its legislative sponsor, Senator William Roth.
I once suggested that "ROTH" really means "Retirement Of Tax Haters."
Statistics: Posted by 22twain — Thu Dec 11, 2025 3:09 am — Replies 0 — Views 63