07 Dec 23
@divegeester saidA
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Acronym
A type of abbreviation
Abbreviation
Note: a word that will one day probably mean both a shortened form of a word, name, or phrase AND an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word because the distinction between the two terms will eventually be lost because of common usage, which is the way words - and language generally - change and evolve.
07 Dec 23
@divegeester saidA
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‘astalavista
Spanish: as pronounced in lazy English and meaning something similar to “Adieu”, which is French of course.
Au revoir
Note: sometimes it is what is actually meant when the word adieu gets used.
07 Dec 23
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@fmf saidExcept that ALL of society isn't quite THAT lazy.
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Abbreviation
Note: a word that will one day probably mean both a shortened form of a word, name, or phrase AND an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word because the distinction between the two terms will eventually be lost because of common usage, which is the way words - and language generally - change and evolve.
07 Dec 23
@fmf saidDon't worry, you'll get over it someday.
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Bleating
As in: "There were a few who would interject in a thread, without creativity or humour, oblivious to - or determined to ignore - the spirit of the topic/activity by bleating in a doesn't- play-well-with-others way; Very Rusty wasn't the only one."
