

No. Acronyms are words, it’s in the “nym” part. Initialisms where you pronounce each letter individually are not acronyms, since they ain’t words.
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No. Acronyms are words, it’s in the “nym” part. Initialisms where you pronounce each letter individually are not acronyms, since they ain’t words.
ATM ain’t an acronym. Neither is SMH.
In my head “solar system” is specifically our star system. “Solar” as in “system of sol”. But I guess it’s a generic term. I don’t like it.
Damn, I’m the only person on the internet that never watched any Star Trek.
Wow, an Aquarius! Those are rare!
I’m more of a Wictionary guy, myself.
It’s a bit refreshing to see a red arrow, tho. Gotten bored of blue.
I like chicken more anyway.
You know you’re a tech nerd when 256 sounds more even than 250 or 300. 😅
Microsoft’s incompetence is the best thing to happen to Linux in recent years.
Doesn’t seem to be a waste of power to me.
Ok, I knew about that, but I thought the shadow thing referenced something more historic.
I’m ootl on this joke. 🙁
EDIT: Yes, the groundhog story. I get it now.
Ah, the “language evolves” defence. How come everytime it evolves it’s in the less useful direction?