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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that's the order I always say them in

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

I thought is was more "What's New"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There ought to be one of those quipy laws to the effect of "assume any acronym other than the name of an organization is a retronym until proven otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Backronyms are fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Idk, first tweet has more likes, must be right after all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I kinda always thought it was the plural of new. Like "hey, I got a whole buncha news for ya'! A whole paper full of one new after another."