# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1041 "2016-12-21T14:02:55Z")
ND - nod ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1042 "2016-12-21T14:22:20Z")
NE: nontransferable ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1043 "2016-12-21T14:23:30Z")
NF - Nerf ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1044 "2016-12-21T14:53:21Z")
NG - neighboring ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1045 "2016-12-21T14:55:42Z")
NH - neigh ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1046 "2016-12-21T15:48:11Z")
NI = nuclei ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1047 "2016-12-21T20:15:45Z")
NJ: Natraj (also as _nataraja_; “[Lord of the Dance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataraja)”, depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the cosmic ecstatic dancer, going back at least 1500 years) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1048 "2016-12-21T22:28:38Z")
NK = nighthawk ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1049 "2016-12-21T22:42:50Z")
NL- nocturnal ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1050 "2016-12-21T23:12:52Z")
NM - Nim (game) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1051 "2016-12-21T23:33:57Z")
NN: neutron (or Necronomicon) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1052 "2016-12-22T01:46:20Z")
NO - neutrino ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1053 "2016-12-22T02:00:50Z")
NP: nincompoop (from Latin _non compos mentis_ ‎(“not of sound mind”)\*; in usage since at least 1680) - EDIT: disputed etymology ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1054 "2016-12-22T02:44:27Z")
NQ = non-q as in “non-q wave myocardial infarction” ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1055 "2016-12-22T03:00:32Z")
(also Nasdaq Stock Market, albeit of acronym origin) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1056 "2016-12-22T03:41:21Z")
NR - northerner ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1057 "2016-12-22T03:44:26Z")
NS = nutritious ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1058 "2016-12-22T03:50:04Z")
NT - nitwit ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1059 "2016-12-22T09:13:50Z")
NU - nouveau ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1060 "2016-12-22T14:11:59Z")
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