aka = 'in other words'

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have hated this "a.k.a." since the first time it jumped from police
> blotters to general usage in the 1970s.

I was hoping that it had died out.

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