Harry Shannon
A couple of weeks ago the Toronto Star had a story on the big tech companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. The headline used an acronym to write: “Tech giants’ FAANGs sink teeth into our wallets.” (They also mentioned Microsoft, but I guess the acronym wouldn’t have worked.)
The story quoted a University of Ottawa professor, Tyler Chamberlain, as saying: “They have, to some, become the robber barons of the modern era.”
So is it just coincidence that the acronym could have been GANAF, Hebrew for thief?