Word: acronymed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spent a lot of time playing and composing for his singing group, TYRELL--"it's an acronym, but it's a secret what it stands for"--with three of his closest friends, all of whom also wanted to go into music professionally. He worked hard to build up contacts, and once his parents realized he was serious about pursuing music, they retired their dreams of medical school and finally supported his efforts...
...Pern, an acronym for Parallel Earth, Resources Negligible, is a planet whose residents arrived from Earth many generations before and have reverted to a medieval lifestyle, losing their knowledge and understanding of advances such as computers. Fire-breathing dragons flourish on the planet, genetically engineered by the first settlers of Pern to combat the dreaded Thread--a corrosive substance that threatens Pernese existence every 200 years...
...what should he name his creation? Infomesh? No, that sounded like Infomess. The Information Mine? No, the acronym--TIM--would seem "egocentric." How about World Wide Web, or "www" for short? Hmm. He discussed it with his wife and colleagues and was informed that it was "really stupid," since "www" takes longer to say than "the World Wide...
...Winfrey Show. When asked if it bothered him, the only child of a black American father and a Thai mother, to be called an African American, he replied, "It does. Growing up, I came up with this name: I'm a 'Cablinasian,' " which he explained is a self-crafted acronym that reflects his one-eighth Caucasian, one-fourth black, one-eighth American Indian, one-fourth Thai and one-fourth Chinese roots with a precision that a racial-classifications expert under South African apartheid would admire. He said that when he was asked to check a box for racial background...
This is the first Queer Harvard Month, Aceituno said. In the past, the BGLTSA has sponsored a BGLAD week with tabling at the houses, a dance and a number of discussions. The acronym stands for Gay and Lesbian Awareness...