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[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks title, I definitely wouldn't have figured it out after getting to the word "acronym".

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (3 children)

humans naturally gravitate towards phallic jokes

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I've dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It's funny to say they are small. It's funny to say they are big. I've been at parties where humans held bottles, pencils, thermoses in front of themselves and called out, 'Hey, look at me. I'm Mr. So-and-So Dick. I've got such-as-such for a penis.' I never saw it fail to get a laugh."

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I recognized the name, but couldn't place it until I heard the voice.

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I know what you mean he he ;) ;) ;)

[–] wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone -1 points 1 month ago

No males do.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 month ago
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta love a good backronym.

[–] KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think in this case its an actual acronym. They came up with and named the process, so its not after the fact.

[–] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Also, we'd have to hear them pronounce it to know if it was an acronym or an initialism, if my understanding is correct.

[–] erictile@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Amazingly ahead of their time. They were spinning right-round before it was even in a song.

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of Post-Exertional Neuro-Immune syndrome

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

very amusing grads, improper naming action.

[–] emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Dude I fucking love science

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, because those initials work out so much better than the other one...

[–] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Especially considering what the context already was

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

https://youtu.be/G5hViHTGC8w

Not quite the clip I was hoping for, but it’ll do :-)