acronym for

[Jonathan Lighter]

Synonym.

JL

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Randy Alexander
<strangeguitars at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
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> > "Pompeii is also an acronym for sentient
> > death in its most tormented form."
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> > 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"?
> >
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> Euphemism.
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> Randy Alexander
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