AOL for Acronym OverLoading

[Michael Handler]

> > 	Does anyone have a write-up on NES?  I believe that it is based on 
> > DES, but I am not sure.  It is for a paper that I am writing up.
> 
> The NES has been pretty much replaced by S-NES, the Super-Nintendo
> Entertainment System. Check it out in any toy store.

	What, no 3DO or Lynx? ;)	
 
> Oh, you meant something different? This exemplifies what I believe it
> was Eric Hughes who called it "acronym overloading," or "TLA overlaoding." I
> have thus dubbed this "AOL," standing for both America OnLine _and_
> Acronym OverLoading, thus defining itself by example.

	Amen to this. Perhaps Darren was referring to NewDES when he said NES?

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