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Subject:Re: Not an acronymn.... From:Brian Bertrand <bertran -dot- de -dot- st -dot- jean -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 20 May 2010 13:41:48 -0400
but is it a *Illudium Q-36 explosive* space modulator?
sorry couldn't resist that outburst of silliness
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> It's a space modulator
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> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com
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> > It's indeed an abbreviation but more importantly it's a homophone.
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> > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:34 AM, <mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
> > > Anyone know what to call constructions like "K9" (as in "K9 Unit,"
> > referring to a canine unit of a police department)?
> > > It's not an acronym, abbreviation or initialism....
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