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All posts tagged

acronyms

October 18, 2018

Fresh Middle-Ground Alternatives Between NIMBY and YIMBY

by Michael Ward and David Rosow
July 11, 2017

TMB4TM (Text Messages Before Text Messaging)

by Jack Schneider, Moses Rifkin, and William Williams
March 31, 2017

Our Top-Secret Army BASE Uses Too Many ACRONYMS

by Dan Caprera
June 21, 2013

Revised Acronyms for a Changing World

by Chris Miller
November 3, 2011

Honest Chat Room Acronyms

by Bryan Cook
June 2, 2011

Actually, “STFU” is an Initialism, Not an Acronym

by Eric Hague
June 11, 2009

Key to High School Yearbook Abbreviations, Updated and Expanded

by Marc Tyler Nobleman
December 5, 2008

What Could Have Been

by Colin Perkins
September 11, 2008

New Texting Acronyms for the Elderly

by Tominda Adkins
August 12, 2002

Military Acronyms That Are Also Men’s Names

by Laura Golembieweski

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September 2, 2021

Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks

by Wendy Molyneux
September 22, 2021

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

by Colin Nissan
September 7, 2021

A Short Quiz for My Students in Lieu of Asking About Their Vaccine Status or Requesting That They Wear Masks

by Victor Ray
September 8, 2021

Wake Up, Sailors, Scurvy Is a Hoax

by Kathryn Baecht

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September 23, 2021

Bruce Springsteen, Renaissance Poet

by Amanda Lehr
September 23, 2021

I Am an Anti-Racist Feminist, Except When It Interferes with My Career as an Academic

by Susie Aquilina
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

by Colin Nissan
September 21, 2021

A Middle of the Date Questionnaire

by Alyssa Moore