acronym for

[Tom Zurinskas]

Pompeii, an acronym?  Sure.  People of an Overconfident Metropolis Perished Eventually by Ignoring the Inferno.


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> "Pompeii is also an _acronym_ for sentient death in its most tormented form."
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> "Pompeii is also a _synonym_ for sentient death in its most tormented form."
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> 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.
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> 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 ...
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> -Wilson
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> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Mark Mandel 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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>> m a m
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> --
> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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