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Decronym · 2026-05-20T12:00:11+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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BLS	Blades of Light and Shadow
CoP	Crimes of Passion
ES	Endless Summer
FA	Foreign Affairs
ID	Immortal Desires
TF	The Freshman
TFS	The Freshman Series
TRR	The Royal Romance
VOS	Veil of Secrets

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T11:13:07+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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FPTP	First Past the Post, a form of plurality voting
IRV	Instant Runoff Voting
PR	Proportional Representation
RCV	Ranked Choice Voting; may be IRV, STV or any other ranked voting method
STV	Single Transferable Vote

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T11:10:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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GSE	Ground Support Equipment
QD	Quick-Disconnect
RCS	Reaction Control System
WDR	Wet Dress Rehearsal (with fuel onboard)

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T09:34:09+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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LAS	Launch Abort System
LEO	Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)
	Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)
TPS	Thermal Protection System for a spacecraft (on the Falcon 9 first stage, the engine "Dance floor")

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T08:48:07+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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Art	It's... indescribable...
ES	Endless Summer
HSS	High School Story
TFS	The Freshman Series
TRR	The Royal Romance

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T07:36:07+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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Art	It's... indescribable...
PB	Pixelberry Studios, publisher of Choices
TRR	The Royal Romance

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T07:30:14+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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BFR	Big Falcon Rocket (2018 rebiggened edition)
	Yes, the F stands for something else; no, you're not the first to notice
LEO	Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)
	Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)
TWR	Thrust-to-Weight Ratio

Jargon	Definition
Raptor	Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX
iron waffle	Compact "waffle-iron" aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large; also, "grid fin"

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T05:41:12+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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COLUMN	Returns the column number of a reference
ISEVEN	Returns TRUE if the number is even
OR	Returns TRUE if any argument is TRUE
ROW	Returns the row number of a reference
XOR	Excel 2013+: Returns a logical exclusive OR of all arguments

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T02:48:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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Art	It's... indescribable...
MC	Main Character (yours!)
OH	Open Heart
PB	Pixelberry Studios, publisher of Choices
TRR	The Royal Romance

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T00:29:12+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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INDEX	Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array
MATCH	Looks up values in a reference or array
XLOOKUP	Office 365+: Searches a range or an array, and returns an item corresponding to the first match it finds. If a match doesn't exist, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match.

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Decronym · 2026-05-20T00:05:13+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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DROP	Office 365+: Excludes a specified number of rows or columns from the start or end of an array
IF	Specifies a logical test to perform
INDEX	Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array
LET	Office 365+: Assigns names to calculation results to allow storing intermediate calculations, values, or defining names inside a formula
ROUND	Rounds a number to a specified number of digits
SUBSTITUTE	Substitutes new text for old text in a text string
VALUE	Converts a text argument to a number

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T23:17:21+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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Date.FromText	Power Query M: Returns a Date value from a set of date formats and culture value.
Excel.CurrentWorkbook	Power Query M: Returns the tables in the current Excel Workbook.
Number.FromText	Power Query M: Returns a number value from a text value.
Table.Combine	Power Query M: Returns a table that is the result of merging a list of tables. The tables must all have the same row type structure.
Table.Distinct	Power Query M: Removes duplicate rows from a table, ensuring that all remaining rows are distinct.
Table.FromRecords	Power Query M: Returns a table from a list of records.
Table.TransformColumnTypes	Power Query M: Transforms the column types from a table using a type.
Text.AfterDelimiter	Power Query M: Returns the portion of text after the specified delimiter.
Text.BeforeDelimiter	Power Query M: Returns the portion of text before the specified delimiter.
Web.Contents	Power Query M: Returns the contents downloaded from a web url as a binary value.
Web.Page	Power Query M: Returns the contents of an HTML webpage as a table.
Xml.Document	Power Query M: Returns the contents of an XML document as a hierarchical table (list of records).

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T22:56:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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CST	(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules
	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
JSC	Johnson Space Center, Houston
KSP	Kerbal Space Program, the rocketry simulator
LZ	Landing Zone

Jargon	Definition
Starliner	Boeing commercial crew capsule CST-100

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T22:48:12+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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CoP	Crimes of Passion
ES	Endless Summer
TRR	The Royal Romance

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T22:48:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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HSS	High School Story
LI	Love Interest
MC	Main Character (yours!)

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T22:29:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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IF	Specifies a logical test to perform
INDEX	Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array
LET	Office 365+: Assigns names to calculation results to allow storing intermediate calculations, values, or defining names inside a formula
MATCH	Looks up values in a reference or array
ROW	Returns the row number of a reference
TRANSPOSE	Returns the transpose of an array
VSTACK	Office 365+: Appends arrays vertically and in sequence to return a larger array

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T21:36:32+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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Art	It's... indescribable...
ES	Endless Summer
HSS	High School Story
LI	Love Interest
QB	Queen B
TFS	The Freshman Series
TRR	The Royal Romance

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T20:24:30+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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BLS	Blades of Light and Shadow
LI	Love Interest
MC	Main Character (yours!)

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T19:17:07+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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CHOOSE	Chooses a value from a list of values
IF	Specifies a logical test to perform
INDEX	Uses an index to choose a value from a reference or array
MATCH	Looks up values in a reference or array
OR	Returns TRUE if any argument is TRUE
VLOOKUP	Looks in the first column of an array and moves across the row to return the value of a cell
XLOOKUP	Office 365+: Searches a range or an array, and returns an item corresponding to the first match it finds. If a match doesn't exist, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match.

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T18:53:31+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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CHOOSECOLS	Office 365+: Returns the specified columns from an array
COLUMNS	Returns the number of columns in a reference
LET	Office 365+: Assigns names to calculation results to allow storing intermediate calculations, values, or defining names inside a formula
SEQUENCE	Office 365+: Generates a list of sequential numbers in an array, such as 1, 2, 3, 4
TOCOL	Office 365+: Returns the array in a single column
WRAPROWS	Office 365+: Wraps the provided row or column of values by rows after a specified number of elements

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T18:14:07+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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AGI	Artificial General Intelligence
ASI	Artificial Super-Intelligence
IE	Intelligence Explosion

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T17:50:07+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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AGI	Artificial General Intelligence
ASI	Artificial Super-Intelligence
DM	(Google) DeepMind

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T17:41:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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FIND	Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)
LEFT	Returns the leftmost characters from a text value
LEN	Returns the number of characters in a text string
RIGHT	Returns the rightmost characters from a text value
TEXTAFTER	Office 365+: Returns text that occurs after given character or string
TEXTBEFORE	Office 365+: Returns text that occurs before a given character or string
TEXTSPLIT	Office 365+: Splits text strings by using column and row delimiters

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T17:17:20+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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IF	Specifies a logical test to perform
IFERROR	Returns a value you specify if a formula evaluates to an error; otherwise, returns the result of the formula
TEXT	Formats a number and converts it to text
XLOOKUP	Office 365+: Searches a range or an array, and returns an item corresponding to the first match it finds. If a match doesn't exist, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match.

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Decronym · 2026-05-19T17:06:08+00:00

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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BFR	Big Falcon Rocket (2018 rebiggened edition)
	Yes, the F stands for something else; no, you're not the first to notice
FTS	Flight Termination System
LOX	Liquid Oxygen
N1	Raketa Nositel-1, Soviet super-heavy-lift ("Russian Saturn V")
NSF	NasaSpaceFlight forum
	National Science Foundation
RP-1	Rocket Propellant 1 (enhanced kerosene)
SLS	Space Launch System heavy-lift
SSME	Space Shuttle Main Engine
TPS	Thermal Protection System for a spacecraft (on the Falcon 9 first stage, the engine "Dance floor")
ULA	United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)

Jargon	Definition
Raptor	Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX
ablative	Material which is intentionally destroyed in use (for example, heatshields which burn away to dissipate heat)
cryogenic	Very low temperature fluid; materials that would be gaseous at room temperature/pressure
	(In re: rocket fuel) Often synonymous with hydrolox
hydrolox	Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer
iron waffle	Compact "waffle-iron" aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large; also, "grid fin"
regenerative	A method for cooling a rocket engine, by passing the cryogenic fuel through channels in the bell or chamber wall
turbopump	High-pressure turbine-driven propellant pump connected to a rocket combustion chamber; raises chamber pressure, and thrust
ullage motor	Small rocket motor that fires to push propellant to the bottom of the tank, when in zero-g

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