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(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:50, archived)
# SMUG isnt an acronym, its a word :-)
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:51, archived)
# Hmm
Sounds like he's wilfully misinterpreting the word acronym then!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:54, archived)
# *hovvers over delete button in an attempt to preserve some self respect*
Clearly I should RTFM! =D
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:54, archived)
# Quick! Delete the post!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:56, archived)
# And incur the wrath of the Friday /board nazis?
Not on your nelly!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:59, archived)
# If not on his nelly, then whose?
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:09, archived)
# Erm.....
D'you know anyone that owns a Nelly?
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:18, archived)
# I believe there's one on the road to Mandalay.
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:26, archived)
# Aww man, don't tell me I polished my boots for nothing again
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:17, archived)
# Are you sure it's the boots you were 'polishing'?
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:19, archived)
# Among other things
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:48, archived)
# I don't think there is anything wrong with a slight deviation from the exact wording of the compo if the entry is amusing
which I think is so woo yay!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:56, archived)
# Thanks! :)
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:58, archived)
# Isn't that what an acronym is?
Where the initials spell out a word?
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:58, archived)
# Correct. I win!
Acronym
Noun: A word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g., radar)
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:00, archived)
# Laser!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:04, archived)
# pin!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:17, archived)
# Radar is a name
As in Walter Radar O'Reilly.
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:22, archived)
# True
whereas ATM, BBC etc are initialisms and not acronyms.
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:40, archived)
# it's a backronym now.
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:30, archived)
# MRS SMUG!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 11:55, archived)
#
I think this is his missus.
Much more smug!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:07, archived)
# oh she is smug alright!
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:21, archived)
[challenge entry] Gurns is a great word
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:07, archived)
# *waits for moustache to twitch*
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:08, archived)
#
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:11, archived)
# =D
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 12:20, archived)
# Goody?
(, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 14:49, archived)