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across the pond

TransAtlantic; referring to a country on the opposite side of the Atlantic from the country where this is said. E.G. in America, saying "across the pond" would usually refer to England, and vice versa. However, it could also refer to Africa or continental Europe.
And when I do some broadcasting across the pond, I have to speak with my best British accent or they won't pay attention to me.
by jengajam24 April 17, 2010
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recursive acronym

An acronym whose meaning contains the original acronym. For example, the programming language PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", where one of the words the acronym shortens is the acronym itself.
- Dude, I just thought of a great acronym: FIAW! It stands for "FIAW Is A Word"!
- That's a recursive acronym, you dummy.
by Geo1088 June 17, 2015
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Acrobuzzanym

An acronym that's also a pronounceable buzzword
ACROBUZZANYM examples:
e.g.1 SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

e.g.2.RAM - Random Access Memory

e.g.3 IDIOTS - Institutions for Decisions Involving Organization & Temporary Solutions
(still to catch on)
by Peter Greenwall February 4, 2009
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acrophilia

Being aroused or excited by heights, or by performing activities, perhaps of a sexual nature, at great heights.
Mark has a strong case of acrophilia, he wants to have sex at the top of the Empire State Building.
by DirkD January 24, 2007
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Acrost

Acrost = Across; usually takes the auxiliary preposition "from".
It is a dialectical form of the preposition which means "facing", as in: "The house sat ACROSS from the schoolyard", or "The house sat FACING the schoolyard".

Acrost is not correct. You will never, in your lifetime, find it in a dictionary, and you should never use it. I will repeat: YOU WILL NEVER FIND "ACROST" IN A DICTIONARY. People who use the preposition "acrost" as a replacement for "across" are usually ignoramuses and should be ignored.
We ran ACROST the parking lot.

Acrost, is, of course, completely incorrect. One should say:

We ran ACROSS the parking lot.
by Sebastian Elliott June 26, 2009
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acronymize

vt; vi To reduce a perfectly acceptable title or phrase into an acronym. . Generally thought to be best avoided in most cases, certainly those not in extensive use, or those whose original phrasing was selected for it's poetic or prosaic beauty or clarity. Especially egregious are acronyms that have been "Reverse Acronymized", or cooked up from acronyms that happen to be words, but whose constituent words are contrived at best.
e.g "Office of Academic Freedom" become OAF
"Compound Acronymizing" is practiced by techie geeks, e.g. JXML
by laramie2 June 3, 2005
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Teen Chat Acronym Decoder

Help for desperate paranoid parents who don´t feel having enough control on their kids, and who feel lost when they find acronyms like "ftw,” “pyt” and “otp,” when spying on their internet activities.
"Ever wonder what your child is really saying online?
Well now it’s easy to find out with the all new Teen Chat Acronym Decoder!"
by rperazag June 16, 2010
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