Speaking of recursive abbreviations, one of my favorite fun facts is that Nabisco originally stood for National Biscuit Company. Then they KFC’d themselves and officially changed their name to just NABISCO, not short for anything. Later still, they went back on that decision… sort of. Now, NABISCO officially stands for NABISCO Biscuit Company. Which, of course, stands for NABISCO Biscuit Company Biscuit Company. Which in turn stands for NABISCO Biscuit Company Biscuit Company Biscuit Company. And so on, and so on.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 18, 2025, at 2:25 PM, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's just too bad that the "N" isn't for "Now" :-) (Is there a name for > recursive abbreviations?) > > -Doug Elrod ([email protected]) > > On Monday, August 18, 2025 at 09:54:09 AM EDT, danny burstein > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [Brian Stelter] > > MSNBC is getting a new name as part of its split from NBC News > > As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also > dropping the NBC from its name. Later this year, the channel will become > MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World > ===== > rest (move anything breakable out of reach before reading): > > https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/media/msnbc-msnow-nbc-news-versant-split > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/506857967.636142.1755545049310%40mail.yahoo.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/7EF1E0B5-C9CD-4205-BA03-D441A7F87AC6%40att.net.
