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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Amber is an acronym named after a real girl.

AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX, and then brutally murdered.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

That would be a "backronym"

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response

Strange name for a child.

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