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Monday, August 07, 2006AcronymsSome of these acronyms are of my own devising (or distortion), and others are in more or less frequent use in the blogosphere. ACLU: Anti-Christian Liberals Union. I know it's officially called the American Civil Liberties Union, but I like my version better. If it walks like a duck . . . BMA: Big Media Acronyms. As far as I know, I'm the only one who uses this. MSM, meaning mainstream media, is more common and roughly equivalent. I have in mind ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and so on. Yes, the slightly derisive tone is intentional. CESM: Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys. Though used more generally by some, as of December 6, 2006, here at the blog this refers specifically to the Iraq Study Group. The term comes from Groundskeeper Willie of The Simpsons but also has gained some currency in politics in recent years. It is intentionally derisive. DTM: Dead Tree Media. Newspapers are made of paper, and paper is made of dead trees. So DTM in common Web usage refers to newspapers, magazines, and books. LBB: Life Beyond the Blog. The chief characteristic of LBB is that it interferes with blogging, so some bloggers try not to have any LBB at all. Others, such as I, resort to it as an explanation or excuse for not blogging about something as quickly or thoroughly as we might have wished to. MFCC: My Favorite City Councilor. In other words, my wife. NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard. This is a standard acronym for the familiar attitude of people who use or favor all sorts of government and other services and institutions (e.g. a landfill, a low-income housing development, a homeless shelter, a nuclear waste disposal facility, Wal-Mart), but insist that it, whatever it is, not be located in their neighborhood. NIMBY isn't always reasonable, but it's not always bad, either. (Updated Tuesday, December 12, 2006.) Copyright 2006 by David Rodeback. |
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