It’s a real word. And used correctly in context so unlikely to be a typo.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/backronym
https://www.wordnik.com/words/backronym
Acronyms were very rare prior to about mid 20thC.
A number of words sound like they should be an acronym or people searching for an explanation of them make backronyms out of them.
Posh and rap being turned into acronyms as per the first like are good examples of a backronym.
Although wikipedia has that as the origin several other internet sources suggested a pagan pre christian origin
https://www.readersdigest.com.au/culture/fascinating-origins-of-everyday-hand-gestures
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55702/why-do-we-cross-our-fingers-good-luck
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/why-do-we-cross-our-fingers-for-luck/p06j436j
Noting that these are not proper sources although mental floss links to a text that may be reliable
Which one though ? There’s literally 4 forks of infinity called Eternity coming up on obtainium
Jerboa is on Fdroid, but it’s not good I’m afraid. The keyboard bug is maddening.
True we say 15th September, not 15 September
I’d be curious to see the thread in question if you can recall where it was.
OK, the conspiracy theory that Musk is deliberately tanking the company is starting to become believable. Given his insistence on people working in the office, refusal to pay the rent seems to be a little contradictory. He may have to reconsider that policy
Former glories: like I said, they once were a leader.
They’re not now, and it’s damn hard to catch up when you’ve fallen behind.
Thanks, I’ll try and work it out.
So they’re going to double their battery’s range in 3 years time ? Uhuh.
I’ll believe that tech when I see it. Panasonic, BYD and LG Chem have spent literally decades incrementally improving batteries, and spending many billions on it over the years.
So unless this is a battery tech they’re bringing in from one of the battery powerhouses then I’m hugely skeptical that Toyota can suddenly magic up a breakthrough when they’ve had their battery tech outsourced to date.
Toyota were once a leader and are now seriously behind the curve. I can’t imagine a company who is still hedging their bets with hydrogen can get back in the lead. At absolute best they can manage to survive while sliding down the sales charts every year
I tried to use PDS to do a backup and it is only downloading the last 36 comments. I don’t suppose you have any ideas why ?
Generally 12ft.io or archive.ph will sort out a paywall, also there are a number of plugins which can unlock them
TIL, and thank you for allowing me to avoid googling that