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@acronymy is on a mission to define every word as an acronym. The result for "yoyo" gave me a nice chuckle. https://acronymy.net/define/yoyo #yoyo #Acronym

The result for "yoyo" on Acronymy's website is "yanking object yanking object".

31 acronyms you use all the time—what they actually stand for

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/31-acronyms-you-use-all-the-time-what-they-actually-stand-for

And the prize for the most painful #acronym in an astronomy paper's title in the past few weeks goes to ... ASTRONAUT = A databaSe of millimeTeR ObservatioNs of Asteroids Using acT (which itself stands for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope the regular acronym of which is ACT): https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18300.

#TIL the term #yuppie, or at least the "yup" part, is an #acronym for "young #urban #professional". While the sort of people I interview in #rural #Louisiana for my #research are obviously not #yuppies -- I blame my lack of knowledge on the term on that -- a surprising number of these #francophones and #creolophones are white collar #professionals, specifically many are #teachers, #principals, and #lawyers.

#linguistics #etymology #lexicology #sociolinguistics

Always looking for a sign...

#sign #signs #everywheresigns #funny #humor #gate #run #screaming #crosswalk #acronym

> ... ZIF ... LCD ... DUT ... PNP BJT ... JFETs ... R&D ...

"No, electronics and computers isn't full of impenetrable jargon. Why would you say that?"

#jargon #TLA #TLAs #acronym

P.S.: #TUCOWS was an early days web site and #acronym for "The Ultimate Collection of #Winsock Software"

NFO: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucows

A new #acronym has emerged in the #financial market: #TACO.

It stands for "#Trump Always #Chicken Out".

#ThisIsAmerica

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About thirty years ago I learned how #America was introduced to #PunkRock and #NewWaveMusic by #NewYork club #CBGB.

CBGB was where #TheRamones, #Blondie and maybe #PattySmyth got a lot of exposure.

I always thought it was a little funny that the club's name was an #Acronym for #Country (music), #Bluegrass and #Blues.

Because whenever I think of Blondie or the Ramones, of COURSE I'm thinking of country music, bluegrass, and the blues.

#NYC
#MusicHistory
#PunkHistory

Carved internet acronyms. From the archive. 🌹

#type #graphicdesign #design #thedesignblacklist #typographylove #displaytype #typeindex #worldoftype #grafikgalerie #graphicindex #typedaily #lettering #golden #letters #acronym #internet #ephemeral #eternal #language

#acronym I'm trying to come up with one for meaningless or dangerous tech that serves no purpose.

Think of electric door catches on a car, that can fail during a collision that affects the electrics, and trap the occupants--potentially deadly in a multiple car pile-up where at least one of the vehicles catches fire, and there may also be a river of fuel flowing around the area. (I want a door handle inside that bypasses any locks, one I know & use daily).

Best I got so far is:
Tech
Without
Any
Task
but that one is kind-of taken already :-)

How to make #FloodTheZoneWithShit less cognitively disruptive?

Make an #Acronym of it. #FTZWS

#Trump

Business Word/Acronym of the Day - TDY or Temporary Duty. Used in the military, it can also be used in business for travel. #tdy #business #acronym #duty #travel

The weird #acronym EGGMiMoSA in the title "Detailed seismic study of Gemma (KIC11026764) using EGGMiMoSA: Unveiling the probing potential of mixed modes for subgiant stars" of the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19900 stands for "Extracting Guesses about Giants via Mixed-Modes Spectrum Adjustment" and was introduced in the paper https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2021/09/aa41317-21.pdf in 2021 - now you know ...