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Re:Twitter accounts dropping “.eth” from usernames by onaworkcomputer on Friday April 08, 2022 @03:45PM (#30961644)
It's not recursive, though -- that would only be true if AOL stood for AIM On-Line.

Maybe "nested acronym" is a better term?

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Re:Twitter accounts dropping “.eth” from usernames by DougMellon on Friday April 08, 2022 @06:28PM (#30963284)
> Multi-layered acronyms: AIM: "AOL Instant Messenger," in which "AOL" originally stood for "America Online"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

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