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so is macaroni and cheese
"mac" because it's short for macaroni..or is it because
"mac" is an acronym for macaroni and cheese?

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[–] 131 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Macaroni and cheese and cheese

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)
  • [–] 68 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Mac is not an acronym.

    It is only an abbreviation of macaroni.

    Mac and Cheese would be redundant if it were an acronym.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yeah, nobody would say the words of an acronym, like PIN number or ATM machine!

    (you are correct)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There’s ATMs and there are ATM machines and you don’t want to get the two mixed up

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Oh yeah the Access To Money machines that you see at sketchy convenience stores and whatnot usually have bizarrely high fees

    Whereas Automated Teller Machines operated by established financial institutions are a little more trustworthy and reasonable

    (I'm only a little bit joking)

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I've never heard Mac and cheese referred to as 'mac'

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It's Mac and cheese, but through sheer awesome coincidence it's also the correct acronym.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's yara (yet another recursive acronym), not to be confused with the malware testing suit/programming language YARA (which stands for Yet Another Recursive Acronym)

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Macaroni and cheese and cheese

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My 6 year old calls it "Mac'n" he drops the cheese

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Also, keep in mind that the plural is macaronis and cheese

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No no, you've got it all backwards! The singular is macaron or macaronus. The plural is macaroni, like viri.

    Next time you order Mac and cheese, say it right 😉

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yay, recursive acronym!

    Like GNU’s Not Unix!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Somewhat on the same topic, can someone explain how "asf" came about (meaning "as fuck")? I mean I get it, some lazy bums can't be bothered to type "AF" (with the capital letters), but why add an extra letter out of nowhere?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Don't worry everyone, the experts are here.

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  • [+] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)
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    def mac():
        return mac()  + "aroni and cheese"
    
    print("mac" + mac())
    
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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Mac is just a synonym for "good European food Amerikanized into cheap junk with chemicals."

    Imagine! Why would one eat "Mac" when you can have pasta with sauce Mornay?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    How is mac and cheese not pasta with mornay sauce?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Where in your usual Kraft package is the sauce mornay? There is hardly even anything in there that legally qualifies as cheese, just enough so they can't put behind bars for false claims of "and cheese".

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