The PNAS Game

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A game played between graduate students, adjunct professors, and tenure-track professors in which the acronym "PNAS" is whispered by someone before the next person whispers, says, or shouts it louder than the previous person. Eventually, "PNAS" sounds like "PENIS' when shouted loudly enough. The first person to get a tenured professor's attention (or law enforcement attention) loses while everyone else wins.

Named after the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a publication used by aforementioned academics to share their findings.

Student John: Let's play the PNAS Game. PNAS.
M.S. Stewart: PNAS!
Ph.D. Clark: PNAS!!
Adjunct Professor Mills: PNAS!1!!!
Tenure-track Professor Dingleberry: PNAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!1337!

Tenured Professor: Alright, Dr. Dingleberry. You lose.

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