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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·2 days agoFYI, DOW doesn’t stand for anything. “Dow” is commonly used to refer to the “Dow Jones Industrial Average.”
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThey weren’t implying it was an acronym. They were just shouting DOW at you.
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoNNNNNAAAAASSSSDDDDAAAAAAQ!!!
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoI’m fighting every urge to try turning that into an acronym.
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoDon’t fight it. If it feels good, do it.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoAnd yet, you knew what they meant.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoSure, this time I managed to figure it out. Next time they screw up an acronym, somebody else might not.
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHoly fuck, you’d have fun in the military.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNobody would be having any fun.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·2 days agoDow stands for Charlies Dow, the co-founder of Dow Jones & Company.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 day agoNo, his name is Dow. DOW doesn’t stand for anything.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoWe usually acronymize that as DoW, not DOW, though some people use all caps.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 day agoDOW is just his name in capital letters
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day agoTHIS IS JUST A COMMENT IN CAPITAL LETTERS
FYI, DOW doesn’t stand for anything. “Dow” is commonly used to refer to the “Dow Jones Industrial Average.”
They weren’t implying it was an acronym. They were just shouting DOW at you.
NNNNNAAAAASSSSDDDDAAAAAAQ!!!
I’m fighting every urge to try turning that into an acronym.
Don’t fight it. If it feels good, do it.
And yet, you knew what they meant.
Sure, this time I managed to figure it out. Next time they screw up an acronym, somebody else might not.
Holy fuck, you’d have fun in the military.
Nobody would be having any fun.
Dow stands for Charlies Dow, the co-founder of Dow Jones & Company.
No, his name is Dow. DOW doesn’t stand for anything.
Department Of War
We usually acronymize that as DoW, not DOW, though some people use all caps.
DOW is just his name in capital letters
THIS IS JUST A COMMENT IN CAPITAL LETTERS
Correct