acronym for

[Randy Alexander]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:

> "Pompeii is also an acronym for sentient
> death in its most tormented form."
>
> as so often happens with incorrect word choices, the word that's
> actually used blocks me from retrieving the word that *should* have
> been used.  well, i'd probably have used "a symbol", but that's not
> even close to "acronym" phonologically.  "icon"?
>

Euphemism.

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Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu

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