Merriam-Webster’s Twitter is a gem.
Merriam-Webster’s Twitter is a gem.
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.
6ReplyShit - swimming, healing, integration, teamwork
3ReplySCUBA and RADAR are the only ones I know of.
2ReplyLaser too
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North, East, West, South ?
6ReplyNever eat wheat shredded, obviously.
4ReplyNaughty Elephants Water Squirt
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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?
5ReplyWhat would Merriam-Webster know about words?!
4ReplyI mean, it doesn't, literally speaking. But that does make a pretty good acronym for it, tbh.
1ReplyNew (plural)??
0ReplyI believe this is the answer.
The news are the new things. New stories, events.
Like the olds would be yesterdays news
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