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[–] StewartGilligan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

North, East, West, South?

[–] OskarAxolotl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the order I always say them in

[–] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago

I thought is was more "What's New"

[–] Galli@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There ought to be one of those quipy laws to the effect of "assume any acronym other than the name of an organization is a retronym until proven otherwise.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Backronyms are fun.

[–] MilliaStrange@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Idk, first tweet has more likes, must be right after all

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I kinda always thought it was the plural of new. Like "hey, I got a whole buncha news for ya'! A whole paper full of one new after another."