Tech Acronyms
CPU
What is Central Processing Unit?
Orange is the New Black, Big Mouth, Black Mirror
What is Netflix?
It's a grape-based alcoholic beverage that is either red or white. Or, Panther when he doesn't get his way.
What is wine/whine?
In dating culture, this spooky phrase means to cut someone off without notice.
What is ghosting?
La Sagrada Familia is a humongous cathedral located in Barcelona, one of the largest cities in this country.
What is Spain?
HDMI
What is High Definition Media Input?
The Boys, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hunters
What is Amazon?
Someone who cleans your hotel room. Or, the past tense of producing something.
What is maid/made?
Similar to citing your sources in a paper, this usually refers to damning screenshots of text conversations. You might get a foot-long one of these at CVS too.
What are receipts?
Great Britain shares a troubled history with this island nation, whose 26 southern counties became an independent republic in 1916.
What is Ireland?
VPN
What is Virtual Private Network?
Pen15, The Handmaid's Tale, Letterkenny
What is Hulu?
Two peas in a pod. Or, a uniquely shaped green fruit.
What is pair/pear?
To spill this means to say something gossipy. Consider this a modern-day version of spill the beans?
What is tea?
This nation, known for its neutrality in wars, does not have a monarch or president, but a federal council of 7 members.
What is Switzerland?
USB
What is Universal Serial Bus?
Black Beauty, Beyonce: Black is King, Diary of a Future President
What is Disney+?
To require something. Or, to work something into bread dough.
What is need/knead?
Popularized by the Black Lives Matter movement, this 4-letter term means to be highly knowledgable about something especially as it relates to race or gender.
What is woke?
In "Game of Thrones," scenes in King's Landing and Qarth are filmed in Dubrovnik, located in this nation.
What is Croatia?
LAN
What is Local Area Network?
What is Showtime?
A sanctuary. Or, to change.
What is altar/alter?
When someone calls someone else this, it doesn't mean that they're a cannibal. It just means they find them attractive.
What is a snack?
In 2019, Macedonia officially became North Macedonia. "South" Macedonia isn't an official state but rather a region of this country.
What is Greece?