Mindy Weisberger (she/her) on Nostr: Please join me in appreciating the Dumb Or Overly Forced Astronomical Acronyms Site ...

Please join me in appreciating the Dumb Or Overly Forced Astronomical Acronyms Site (DOOFAAS), this list is stupendous and amazing.

Highlights include:

11HUGS (11 Mpc Halpha and Ultraviolet Galaxy Survey)

Hot DOGs (Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies)

GADZOOKS! (Gadolinium Antineutrino Detector Zealously Outperforming Old Kamiokande, Super!)

WISEASS (Weizmann Institute of Science Experimental Astrophysics Spectroscopy System)

https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~gpetitpas/Links/Astroacro.html

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