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

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ATM adj. As they say in the barrio, this concert was A.T.M., totally awesome, so memorable that El Paso is asking promoters for a repeat performance. [English Slang Acronym] [full cite] (Mar. 12, 2007)

AWOL n. Diageo, the world’s leading beer, wine and spirits company, and an industry leader in promoting responsible drinking, announced its support for proposed Colorado legislation banning AWOL ("Alcohol Without Liquid") machines. [English Food & Drink Acronym] [full cite] (Feb. 11, 2005)

AWOL n. Awol, or Alcohol With Out Liquid, mixes spirits with pure oxygen to create a cloudy alcohol vapour that “can either be snorted or inhaled.” [English Food & Drink Acronym] [full cite] (Feb. 11, 2005)

balon n. Balon, Indonesian for “balloon,” is now jargon for referring to potential political candidates—perhaps an indication of the overinflated state of politics in a country heavily preoccupied with presidential and legislative elections this year. [Indonesia Politics Acronym] [full cite] (Aug. 30, 2004)

bappy n. Together making up over 27% of the country’s population, the rise of the lower middle classes has led the Sunday Times to coin the acronym “bappies”—booming, aspirational and previously poor. [ Class Acronym Language English Place South Africa Subject Money & Finance] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2005)

Barbie n. Fortunately, Brits can take advantage of the weak dollar in a different way, said Stephen Adams in Britain’s Daily Telegraph. Instead of vacationing in the States, we are buying investment homes there. The new army of “Barbies”—from BARB, the term for those who Buy Abroad but Rent in Britain—has targeted the cheap property flooding the American market as a result of the mortgage crisis. [Houses & Housing New or Nonce Slang Acronym] [full cite] (Apr. 15, 2008)

BARF n. Some owners take that to mean bones and raw food, better known as the B.A.R.F. diet. But vets who approve are difficult to find—especially if they’ve saved dogs from intestinal obstruction, perforation and peritonitis caused by splintered bone. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Food & Drink Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 1, 2007)

BAT n. Others are crammed into BATs (the soldiers’ acronym for Big-Assed Tents) where a couple hundred of them sleep in bunk beds and have no space at all. [English Military Acronym] [full cite] (Mar. 7, 2006)

BBC n. There are so many Africans working in Britain’s residential homes that they are sometimes referred to as “BBCs”—British bottom cleaners. [English United Kingdom Acronym] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2006)

BBW n. Advertisements typically describe events as being for BBW’s (Big Beautiful Women) and BHM’s (Big Handsome Men), but many of those involved simply call themselves fat. [English Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2005)

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