Acronym Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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3G n. Third generation networks…will enable users to make video calls and receive high-speed downloads of music, news, even short films. Overseas, 3G content has been dubbed as “girls, games and gambling.” [ Class Acronym Language English Subject Technology] [full cite] (Nov. 2, 2005)

A and A n. The other two A and As—U.S. Army slang for Afghan army soldiers—hit the deck directly in front of the Humvee and quickly bring their rifles up to the prone position. [English Military Slang Acronym] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2007)

acronym creep n. Acronym Creep—a condition known to beset the Canadian Chinese Christian Community (CCCC) and United Nations (UN) staff. Akin to what’s known in software developing parlance as “feature creep”, acronym creep is a prediliction or tendancy to using using more and more acronyms. [English Acronym] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2005)

AG n. The street word is AG, a term popular among women of color to describe females very much in touch with their masculinity. Historically, the words used to describe such women have been butch, passing woman, bull dagger, bull dyke, and stud. AG has joined this corner of the language of gender expression, as a positive word that these women use to communicate both empowerment and community.…Gunn, who friends described as an AG, was murdered after she went to the defense of her girlfriend who was being hassled by two black men cruising the city’s downtown streets in the early morning hours. [English Gay Acronym] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2005)

AIF n. The 2- 7’s own briefing package for dignitaries and reporters describes Shalon al Boyisa as being “likely linked to AIF,” the military’s acronym for “anti-Iraqi forces,” or insurgents. [English Military Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 14, 2005)

algo n. More sophisticated thieves will seek out a vendor of encoding devices, and others who sell “plastic,” or blank credit cards, and “algos,” algorithms that are needed to properly encode the magnetic strip and produce a usable card. [Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 22, 2005)

AMW n. We stopped to let some AMWs (actress-model-whatevers) cross the street from SkyBar toward Chateau Marmont. [Entertainment Slang Acronym] [full cite] (May. 5, 2004)

AMW n. He would rarely sleep with friends or colleagues. He preferred to hit on AMWs (actress-model-whatevers) who would do it for a few lines of blow and a bottle of Cristal, or do a casting-couch number. [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

AMW n. Today, hyphenates abound among himbos, many of whom are the male equivalent of AMWs (actress-model-whatevers). [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

AMW n. I don’t need the image of a AMW (Actress, Model, Whatever) flashing her thighs and pouting saucily to encourage me. [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

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