Word: acronymous
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...rich history of allusions, invented mythologies, and shorthands. These can be sort of boring, e.g. the aforementioned EPMD (stands for Eric and Parrish Making Dollars). But others are both esoteric and extensively catalogued, in such an attractive way that learning every Nation of Islam-related acronym, every Black Panther name-checked in a Dead Prez song, and every slang term for cocaine seems like not only an executable idea, but a good idea. My love of hip-hop, for better or for worse, became the best class in the world.Of these rap universes, Wu-Tang?...
Violence remains near the surface as people search for scapegoats. Just a short distance away from the legislative palace, a Nigerian U.N. peacekeeper was killed execution-style in a crowded market in the heart of Port-au-Prince. Protesters were shouting "Down with MINUSTAH" - the French acronym for the 8,000-strong U.N. mission. Haiti still does not have an effective security force...
Then the serpent came. Vinny pulled into Jenny’s driveway on his cool, training wheels-less bike one day. Thinking he needed help on that day’s homework, a name-acronym poem, I was already thinking of words that begin with the letter V when he walked over towards me...and my bike—my pink, four-wheel bike...
...seen in years." We asked about the militant bases in the area. Adam said all outsiders - both the militants, and the Ethiopian and U.S. warplanes that hunt them - were a curse. "The Americans bomb. The Ethiopians bomb. And the ICU threaten us on the ground," he said, using the acronym for the Somali Islamic Courts Union, driven out of Mogadishu by a U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion. "None of these people are from here...
...Longchamp or WIB canvas bag—double if you hear the word, “WIB-ternship” 11.). You hear the phrase “I was soooo blackout last night” 12.) Somebody references a crazy acronym like OCEAAAAAN 13.) Someone references their thesis (double shot if they use the specific number of pages they’ve written / need to write) 14.) Someone uses the word “e-recruiting,” “Lehman brothers,” “Merril Lynch,” “Goldman?...