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“There seems to be a lot of FOMO,” he said, using the acronym for “fear of missing out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
"We're all going to learn a new acronym: DTC - direct-to-customer," he said.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
The Scientific Panel for the Global Energy Transition was amusingly dubbed the "Spaghetti" group because of its acronym -- SPGET.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
SaaSpocalypse is the portmanteau combining the acronym for software-as-a-service, SaaS, with apocalypse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
His first name, Rem, was an acronym for revolutsky mir, Russian for "world revolution."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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