# AcronymFinder.com says....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 24, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482 "2003-09-24T04:51:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/1 "2003-09-24T04:51:59Z")

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[We’re #1](http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=sdmb)!

Take that, Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists! In your face, Small, Disadvantaged, and Minority Business!

😃

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/2 "2003-09-24T06:48:35Z")

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In your face Structure et Dynamique des Macromolécules Biologiques. Yeah, way to show those French how much the doper rule!

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/3 "2003-09-24T07:52:47Z")

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Excellent - MPSIMS goes one better by being the [only entry](http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=mpsims&Find=Find)!!

Grim

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/4 "2003-09-24T20:05:31Z")

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What about Sado-Domination Masochistic Bondage? Where’s that on the list?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/5 "2003-09-25T01:39:34Z")

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**sigh** ATMB apparently doesn’t even rate.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/6 "2003-09-26T14:07:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Chronos \*  
> \*\*What about Sado-Domination Masochistic Bondage? Where’s that on the list? \*\*

Does anyone else feel that D should be ‘dyslexic’?

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/7 "2003-09-27T05:09:49Z")

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IMO, it has always been Sun Devil Marching Band and always will be Sun Devil Marching Band. Who are these Straight Dope Message Board pretenders?

Sorry, no more political posts in ATMB. 😃

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/8 "2003-09-27T17:38:10Z")

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Well, according to [Google](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=sdmb), the SDMB is still #2 behind the Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists.

So, who’s more right? I’ll go with Google, since everyone looks there anyway.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/9 "2003-09-27T18:59:05Z")

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Yeah, well they have the darn URL. We have to do something about that. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/10 "2003-09-27T19:33:31Z")

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Yeah, but google isn’t for handling acronyms specifically.

I mean, if I search for butt, it doesn’t know whether I’m looking for porn, or for Bathyscaphic Underwater Towing Trestles.

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronymfinder-com-says/203482/11 "2003-09-28T20:35:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Gadfly \*  
> Yeah, but google isn’t for handling acronyms specifically.

There’s all kinds of ‘Google’s’ that aren’t widely know - for example, this finds definitions for words, phrases and acronyms. It’s in beta and it doesn’t contain ‘SDMB’, at least not yet:

[http://labs.google.com/glossary](http://labs.google.com/glossary)
