#backronyms — Public Fediverse posts
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From ABRACADABRA¹ to ZEBRA² – a giant list of amazing astronomical backronyms:
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~gpetitpas/Links/Astroacro.html¹ A Broadband/Resonant Approach to Cosmic Axion Detection with an Amplifying B-field Ring Apparatus
² Zurich Extragalactic Bayesian Redshift Analyzer
#words #astronomy #acronyms #backronyms #jargon #etymology #language
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My wife has recently been reading a bunch of scientific literature for a new job. She's noticed that we are really bad about creating #backronyms. Would there be any interest in a hashtag or an account to collect the ones that we all come across*? #Science #TeamMassSpec #scientists
Her inaugural one is:
"SARGON ( SmArt eneRGy dOmain oNtology )"** to be clear I don't mean in a malicious manner. I work on " TOPP (The Openms PiPeline) for goodness sakes #OpenMS
