#backronym — Public Fediverse posts
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I still find it ... curious, but very #astronomy on-brand that one of the prime and best studies stars with earth-sized #exoplanets is named #TRAPPIST1, which comes from the telescope #backronym name that it was discovered with (Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope), which of course is Belgian, since #Trappist #beer is a signature drink in #Belgium.
So we have exoplanets, named after a beer, named after an order of #monks, named after a city in #France.
Classic astronomers!
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#MainframeMonday The #MANIAC I was a very early computer built at Los Alamos; and also a very early #backronym - ***M****athematical ****A****nalyzer ****N****umerical ****I****ntegrator and ****A****utomatic ****C****omputer Model. *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I
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I’m often critical of #branding, for various reasons. Which doesn’t mean that it doesn’t affect me.
And maybe this French #HardSeltzer brand has nothing to do with the (in)famous #covfefe meme. The “Fait En FrancE” capitalization smells of #backronym formation.
So it’s interesting to learn that the team included perfume makers.
(For the record: it tasted pretty much how you’d expect it to taste.)
https://www.bottl.fr/producteur/fefe-the-french-hard-seltzer/