acronym for

[Wilson Gray]

"Pompeii is also an _acronym_ for sentient death in its most tormented form."

 "Pompeii is also a _synonym_ for sentient death in its most tormented form."

Considering the trouble that I'm having understanding Jerry's comment,
perhaps my brain is shutting down, but I just don't see that this
discussion is going anywhere.

For example, don't we need to know what "sentient death in its most
tormented form" is and in what sense "Pompeii" is a -nym for it,
before there can be a decision made as to what kind of -nym is needed?
Or am I alone in not having sufficient background so as to be able to
understand WTF the point of the original quote is? Or should that be
... WTF is the point ...

-Wilson



On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Mark Mandel<thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Charles Cunningham
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>> Synonym?
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> ISTM quite possible that the author was reaching for "synonym" and
> retrieved "acronym" instead. Anyone care to look for instances of
> "synonym" in this sort of sense?
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