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hunter2_ 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The history of 'OK' (2023)

The words (space-delimited) that you cited are each representing single letters, which I mentioned are popular. It's the compound words (deejay, emcee, okay) representing multiple letters that are rare.

FiatLuxDave 9 months ago [–]

Another example, going back to WWII, is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee

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