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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months agoDOW is back over 51k. That means everything is good and nobody is allowed to complain.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·2 months 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 months agoThey weren’t implying it was an acronym. They were just shouting DOW at you.
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoNNNNNAAAAASSSSDDDDAAAAAAQ!!!
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’m fighting every urge to try turning that into an acronym.
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDon’t fight it. If it feels good, do it.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoAnd yet, you knew what they meant.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoHoly fuck, you’d have fun in the military.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNobody would be having any fun.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·2 months agoDow stands for Charlies Dow, the co-founder of Dow Jones & Company.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, his name is Dow. DOW doesn’t stand for anything.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe usually acronymize that as DoW, not DOW, though some people use all caps.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoDOW is just his name in capital letters
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoTHIS IS JUST A COMMENT IN CAPITAL LETTERS
DOW is back over 51k. That means everything is good and nobody is allowed to complain.
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