Sconfidently_incorrect·Confidently IncorrectbySomeoneElse Merriam-Webster’s Twitter is a gem.View original on lemmy.world320Comments15
HHotdogman lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyLook, I don't know who you are, Webster. I have done my own online research using a dictionary and that is what it means. Do you even know what a dictionary is?21
RRhin0 replylemmy.worldFucking Webster chugging beers on his porch in Atlanta thinks he knows it all, what an asshole.5
UUltraviolet lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesWith very, very few exceptions (mostly technology related), if someone claims the etymology of a common word is an acronym, they're full of shit.12
MMr_Dr_Oink replylemmy.worldI believe this is the answer. The news are the new things. New stories, events. Like the olds would be yesterdays news1
wwheeldawg sh.itjust.worksI mean, it doesn't, literally speaking. But that does make a pretty good acronym for it, tbh.1
North, East, West, South ?
Never eat wheat shredded, obviously.
Naughty Elephants Water Squirt
My favorite cereal, I love NEWSOs
Look, I don't know who you are, Webster. I have done my own online research using a dictionary and that is what it means. Do you even know what a dictionary is?
Fucking Webster chugging beers on his porch in Atlanta thinks he knows it all, what an asshole.
What would Merriam-Webster know about words?!
With very, very few exceptions (mostly technology related), if someone claims the etymology of a common word is an acronym, they're full of shit.
Shit - swimming, healing, integration, teamwork
SCUBA and RADAR are the only ones I know of.
Laser too
New (plural)??
Sup, what's new?
Oh shit..
I believe this is the answer.
The news are the new things. New stories, events.
Like the olds would be yesterdays news
I mean, it doesn't, literally speaking. But that does make a pretty good acronym for it, tbh.