Recurring alphabet thread

@suzianne said
Those are acronyms. (In before Kewpie.)

@divegeester said
A

Acronym

A type of abbreviation

@fmf said
A

Astaganaga

@divegeester said
A

‘astalavista

Spanish: as pronounced in lazy English and meaning something similar to “Adieu”, which is French of course.

@fmf said
A

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.

@fmf said
A

Acronym

Examples: RSVP, ASAP, AM/PM, LMK, BRB, DOB, CC/BCC, TBA

B

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."

@fmf said
B

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."

B

Battered

As in: "Metaphorically, she was buffeted and battered by all the whooshes, one after another, all brought upon herself."

B

Behaviour

As in: "My first prediction for 2024 is that more and more Americans will start spelling behavior with a "u" ~ as an affectation of enhanced sophistication, as a kind of push back against MAGA bumpkinism."

C

Calligraphically

As in: "She wrote me a note. The content was disappointing. But, calligraphically speaking, it was top notch."

Cartographer {posh name for a map maker}

D
Diatribe
🤔😲😉

E

Emoji

As in “overuse of emojis risks classification with Very Rusty”

E

Eviscerating

As in: my previous post could easily trigger a scornful accusation, from a certain poster, of me eviscerating Great Big Stees for his liberal use of emojis