thebaconsandwichofregret:submalevolentgrace:robotjamie:ardri-na-bpiteog:skulkingwriter:amarlex:vulca
thebaconsandwichofregret:submalevolentgrace:robotjamie:ardri-na-bpiteog:skulkingwriter:amarlex:vulcankirkspock:hoekagei:tellyjpg:u mean to tell me its not north east west south!?Bitch I thought they called it news because it was that new NEW shitThe things you can still learn … you can google stuff like this. u can just google it. just look it up. please. im begging youAnthony and Cleopatra, William ShakespeareAct 1 Scene 1Attendant: Noteworthy Events, Weather And Sports, my Lord, from Rome! Not everything is an acronym You mean Not Everything Was Shortened“u can just google stuff. im begging u” is like, words that echo in my very soulThese kinds of words are called Backronyms - ones that were just normal words on their own and then later on people try to attach an acronym to them. One of the most famous is Apgar. The Apgar test is named after Virginia Apgar who invented it as a way to test the health of newborns. But later on students who were learning the elements of the test began to use Apgar’s name as a mnemonic to help them remember it: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration. And so Apgar became APGAR and turned from a name to a backronynm. -- source link