Word: acronymic
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...known, spread like the Hong Kong flu, especially in the developing world. In the Philippines, the black-clad crowds that toppled President Joseph Estrada in 2001 were summoned into being with a now famous single line of coded text passed from phone to phone: "Go 2 EDSA [an acronym for a Manila street]. Wear blck." In Nigeria, the same technology was used to spark anti--Miss World riots that killed hundreds and drove the beauty contest out of Africa...
...people on campus don’t know what RUS is—not only the acronym, which is easily corrected,” he says. “But they don’t know it’s the feminist organization on campus...
...Said shows the girls in skimpy school uniforms kissing and caressing in the rain while singing, "When they stop and stare, it don't worry me/ Cause I'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me." The novelty of their schoolgirl lesbian antics - Tatu is an acronym of the Russian for "This girl loves that girl" - has some British tabloids drooling over the young Muscovites. These are the same papers that have also been running high-profile campaigns to expose pedophiles. Tatu's critics dismiss the act as musical child pornography. (paedo-pop plumbs the depths read...
...counties have none at all, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Another indicator: this month the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, the abortion-rights movement's leading organization, officially changed its name for the fourth time, to NARAL Pro-Choice America, dropping the word abortion and adopting the acronym instead...
...college in the nation. But U.N.H. is one of a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities that are hardening the line against smokers. The trend started in the late '80s with mild prohibitions on smoking in academic buildings and has recently gained a sharper edge. Under the subtle acronym COUGH (Campuses Organized and United for Good Health), student antismoking advocates at eight California state colleges have banded together to push for tougher smoking rules throughout the state system. Officials at the University of Washington have not only outlawed the sale and advertising of tobacco products but also divested...