Etymology

TNT

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Today it means: Dynamite or any weak explosive. Full definition →

Tagalog tago nang tago
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  1. Tagalog · derived fromtago nang tago
  2. English todayTNT

All senses by acronymy or initialism formation or by metonymic relation thereto. The third sense is an initialism of Tagalog tago nang tago (literally “hide and hide”).

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