I can do this all day. CMA I've never seen clued as Cover My Ass. Or ORS as registered trademarks
MBS is the Saudi Prince, MTG is the nutty congresswoman. If you are feeling politically edgy, TDS and FJB are out there, though I suspect most editors would avoid them.
TYH is a super common Jewish abbreviation meaning Thank You Hashem, which has now morphed into its own merch line. In a Jewish themed crossword its appropriate.
OGS, for originals, slangily.
ZZ'S what some might catch. BZZ for the actual sound a Bee makes.
EWR for Newark Airport.
NTs and XPs for old Windows. XPS is also Dells high-end business line.
VRs for Virtual Realities and VMs for Virtual Machines. (ARs for Augmented reality as well).
PSH can be onomotopiac for "ooh wow".
ZOS and ZHO are both valid dictionary entries if crosswordese.
I have *not* seen the kosher markings, though those terms have gotten in my database for other reasons: OUD as a musical instrument, -OUS as a common suffix, and OK'D as short for "okayed." I feel like we're due to acknowledge opioid use disorder with OUD, too.
CVV and CVC - the numbers on the back of the credit card - are common usage, yet I've never seen them used.
TVY just made its NYT debut this year!!
BDE is a funny one - in colloquial Jewish usage it stands for Baruch Dayin Emet - Blessed is the True Judge - and is used after someone who died! For example, Rabbi Matisyahu Solomon passed away - BDE! Not quite BIG DICK ENERGY.
CVV and CVC are great-- I'll get those tomorrow. I'll have to check and see if TV-Y is in my database.
I appreciate learning the other meeting for BDE. When researching it, I did see it on the occasional death notice. At that point I only knew of the two definitions cited above... And while those definitions were both complimentary, they still seemed like a strange way to honor the deceased!
Do you think GRY is too unusual if it is clued as "There are supposedly only three common English words that end this way" in reference to the famous riddle?
I wasn't sure if I'd address this in the main text. Twenty years ago, I think I would've considered it worthy of inclusion, but since then, things have gotten complicated by the rise of the word HANGRY. The word is in the OED, Merriam-Webster, Wordnik, and Wiktionary, and *I'd* certainly count it as a word...but it's still far less established than "angry" or "hungry," as you can see here: https://onelook.com/?w=*gry&ws1=1&ssbp=1 I feel like this old poser might now divide people too much along generational lines. But I should probably talk about it separately at some point!
And has WTF ever appeared in the NYT yet?
The world trade federation, of course.
"WTF" has appeared in one NYT, but not as the World Trade Federation. It was referencing the podcast WTF with Marc Maron.
LYS for adverb endings.
EVs has appeared a shockingly low amount of times for that word.
MYS as words that used to appear before "Computer" or Documents " in old Windows versions.
BYS in the free playoff game meaning - a common one and one that AFAIK has never appeared in a crossword.
TEH as supercommon typo. It has essentially earned its own wordiness.
SHO for Sure. Slangily.
REZ for resolution. As in HI REZ.
SDH is a type of subtitle.
WUZ for Was, slangily.
Is LEZ still considered offensive?
MMR is a common vaccine.
OMI God.
AVG anti-virus.
SSD is a supercommon hard drive type, but I've never seen it used yet.
I can do this all day. CMA I've never seen clued as Cover My Ass. Or ORS as registered trademarks
MBS is the Saudi Prince, MTG is the nutty congresswoman. If you are feeling politically edgy, TDS and FJB are out there, though I suspect most editors would avoid them.
TYH is a super common Jewish abbreviation meaning Thank You Hashem, which has now morphed into its own merch line. In a Jewish themed crossword its appropriate.
OGS, for originals, slangily.
ZZ'S what some might catch. BZZ for the actual sound a Bee makes.
EWR for Newark Airport.
NTs and XPs for old Windows. XPS is also Dells high-end business line.
VRs for Virtual Realities and VMs for Virtual Machines. (ARs for Augmented reality as well).
PSH can be onomotopiac for "ooh wow".
ZOS and ZHO are both valid dictionary entries if crosswordese.
Other ones I know which is on many food packages but I've never seen in a crossword:
OUs - kosher symbols.
OU-D Dairy kosher symbol.
OKD - also dairy Kosher symbol. These are common enough, especially OU to be crossword worthy.
Have the letters after a senators name been used (I-NY, or L-PA for a libertarian, say?) That adds a ton more new ones. R-KA.
Definitely seen letters after a senator's name.
I have *not* seen the kosher markings, though those terms have gotten in my database for other reasons: OUD as a musical instrument, -OUS as a common suffix, and OK'D as short for "okayed." I feel like we're due to acknowledge opioid use disorder with OUD, too.
CVV and CVC - the numbers on the back of the credit card - are common usage, yet I've never seen them used.
TVY just made its NYT debut this year!!
BDE is a funny one - in colloquial Jewish usage it stands for Baruch Dayin Emet - Blessed is the True Judge - and is used after someone who died! For example, Rabbi Matisyahu Solomon passed away - BDE! Not quite BIG DICK ENERGY.
CVV and CVC are great-- I'll get those tomorrow. I'll have to check and see if TV-Y is in my database.
I appreciate learning the other meeting for BDE. When researching it, I did see it on the occasional death notice. At that point I only knew of the two definitions cited above... And while those definitions were both complimentary, they still seemed like a strange way to honor the deceased!
Do you think GRY is too unusual if it is clued as "There are supposedly only three common English words that end this way" in reference to the famous riddle?
I wasn't sure if I'd address this in the main text. Twenty years ago, I think I would've considered it worthy of inclusion, but since then, things have gotten complicated by the rise of the word HANGRY. The word is in the OED, Merriam-Webster, Wordnik, and Wiktionary, and *I'd* certainly count it as a word...but it's still far less established than "angry" or "hungry," as you can see here: https://onelook.com/?w=*gry&ws1=1&ssbp=1 I feel like this old poser might now divide people too much along generational lines. But I should probably talk about it separately at some point!