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1. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 08-Nov-2021 13:20:06 EST Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
   you guys realize "film" stands for Footage In Lively Motion, right? it was incredibly prescient, because the term was coined long before moving pictures
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 08-Nov-2021 13:34:41 EST lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      @lxo https://www.etymonline.com/word/film
      
      I only clicked the first link, but they disagree. Maybe your definition is a backronym.
      1. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 08-Nov-2021 15:46:06 EST Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)

         in reply to
         /me checks the calender
         sorry, I realize now that it's neither dec 28 nor april 1st. my bad
         
         @rysiek and myself and others have got into the habit (informal competition?) of posting unmarked nonsense. sorry you wasted your time on looking it up and correcting it