GNU Emacs acronym expansions

Some funny acronym expansions of Emacs

From: The Unknown User <anonymous@nowhere.uucp>
Subject: EMACS -- What does it mean?
To: mit-prep!info-gnu-emacs@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU
EMACS belongs in <sys/errno.h>: Editor too big!

Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift

From: harvard!topaz!BLUE!BRAIL@mit-eddie
Date: 9 Sep 85 17:25:27 EDT
Subject: EMACS -- What does it mean?
To: mit-prep!info-gnu-emacs@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU
EMACS may stand for “Editing MACroS,” but some friends of mine suggested some more creative definitions. Here they are. Anyone have any additions?

Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping

Even a Master of Arts Comes Simpler

Emacs Manuals Are Cryptic and Surreal

Energetic Merchants Always Cultivate Sales

Each Manual's Audience is Completely Stupified

Emacs Means A Crappy Screen

Eventually Munches All Computer Storage

Even My Aunt Crashes the System

Eradication of Memory Accomplished with Complete Simplicity

Elsewhere Maybe Alternative Civilizations Survive

Egregious Managers Actively Court Stallman

Esoteric Malleability Always Considered Silly

Emacs Manuals Always Cause Senility

Easily Maintained with the Assistance of Chemical Solutions

EMACS MACRO ACTED CREDO SODOM

Edwardian Manifestation of All Colonial Sins

Generally Not Used

Except by Middle Aged Computer Scientists

Extended Macros Are Considered Superfluous

Every Mode Accelerates Creation of Software

Elsewhere Maybe All Commands are Simple

Emacs May Allow Customized Screwups

Excellent Manuals Are Clearly Suppressed

Emetic Macros Assault Core and Segmentation

Embarrassed Manual-Writer Accused of Communist Subversion

Extensibility and Modifiability Aggravate Confirmed Simpletons

Emacs May Annihilate Command Structures

Easily Mangles, Aborts, Crashes and Stupifies

Extraneous Macros And Commands Stink

Exceptionally Mediocre Algorithm for Computer Scientists

EMACS Makes no Allowances Considering its Stiff price

Equine Mammals Are Considerably Smaller

Embarrassingly Mundane Advertising Cuts Sales

Every Moron Assumes CCA is Superior

Exceptionally Mediocre Autocratic Control System

EMACS May Alienate Clients and Supporters

Excavating Mayan Architecture Comes Simpler

Erasing Minds Allows Complete Submission

Every Male Adolescent Craves Sex

Elephantine Memory Absolutely Considered Sine que non

Emacs Makers Are Crazy Sickos

Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo- Macros Are Completely Slow

Experience the Mildest Ad Campaign ever Seen

Emacs Makefiles Annihilate C- Shells

Eradication of Memory Accomplished with Complete Simplicity

Emetic Macros Assault Core and Segmentation

Epileptic MLisp Aggravates Compiler Seizures

Eleven thousand Monkeys Asynchronously Crank out these Slogans

From: ihnss!warren@mit-eddie (Warren Montgomery)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 09:14:24 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
Someone at a luncheon suggested it meant:

Evenings,
Mornings,
And a
Couple of
Saturdays

(In reference to the odd hours that went into the creation of my implementation).

Warren Montgomery
ihnss!warren
IH ((312)-979) x2494
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 85 10:11:04 edt
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Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
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/* Written  6:48 pm  Sep 14, 1985 by gml@ssc-vax in inmet:net.emacs */

/* ---------- "Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?" ---------- */

Pleeeeeeeze!!! Nice try on the meaning of EMACS. I believe the correct acronym is:

Emacs
Makes
All
Computing
Simple

Thank you, and Good Night

/* End of text from inmet:net.emacs */

From: ho95e!wcs@mit-eddie (Bill.Stewart.4K435.x0705)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 21:43:54 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
> > very interesting, but what does GNU stand for ?
> GNU = Gnu's Not Unix. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs.
> More recursive acronyms, anyone?
Many people have also seen FINE Is Not Emacs, but the one that has character is THief Isn't Even Fine.

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## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs

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From: edison!ta2@mit-eddie (tom allebrandi)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: Re: EMACS -- What does it mean?
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 18:11:55 EDT
Organization: General Electric's Mountain Resort
Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@mit-prep
> GNU = Gnu's Not Unix. There is also MINCE, for Mince Is Not a Complete Emacs.
>
> More recursive acronyms, anyone?
For the DEC-system-10/20: FINE - Fine Is Not Emacs…

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From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
Sender: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
To: jimb@gnu.ai.mit.edu, rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Subject: etc/emacs.names
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 00:54:57 edt

The following should be added:

Emacs
Makes
A
Computer
Slow

From: S_TITZ@iravcl.ira.uka.de (Olaf Titz)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs
Subject: Re: what emacs stands for
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:29:32 GMT
Emacs Masquerades As Comfortable Shell

Ever Made A Control-key Setup?

Emacs: My Alternative Computer Story

Emacs Made Almost Completely Screwed (by extensive use of M-x global-unset-key)

Emacs Macht Alle Computer Schoen (Deutsch: Emacs makes all computers beautiful)

Each Mail A Continued Surprise

Every Mode Acknowledges Customized Strokes (keystrokes, of course :-)

Eating Memory And Cycle-Sucking

Everyday Material Almost Compiled Successfully

now enough bashing for today :-)

From: elvis@gnu.ai.mit.edu
To: emacs-19-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Subject: missing from etc/emacs.names
Date: Thu, 20 May 93 02:21:27 edt
Elvis
Masterminds
All
Computer
Software

Just so you boys know the score.

Thank you very Much,
The King

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