24 Apr
2018
24 Apr
'18
5:18 a.m.
Tim Peters writes:
Regardless, Guido has already said "as" is DOA (Dead On Arrival) (illustrating that it's also common enough in English to give a short name before its long-winded meaning ;-) ).
The parens above are a gloss on a well-known acronym for those who have not encountered it before. Neologisms are usually written in the other order: "dead on arrival (DOA, for short)." ;-)