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What does ACME mean?

April 26, 2017acme mean

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What does ACME mean?

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ACME is an English word meaning the peak, or highest point. It’s derived from the Greek word meaning mountain peak. Long ago in America, the telephone book was the supreme reference guide to local businesses. Around 1925, business owners realized that the phone book listed businesses alphabetically. Since the first one listed often received the most phone calls, many businesses were renamed to the beginning of the alphabet. Soon, many small shops were named Acme – plumbers, florists, mechanics, contractors, etc. So many small businesses were named Acme that it became a joke by 1938 — seen in the Looney Tunes Cartoons showing Wile E. Coyote using Acme Dynamite. There’s a catalog of Looney Tunes Acme products. As an acrynym, ACME is said humorously to mean, “American Company Makes Everything”. It’s sometimes is used as a fictional corporation name (in the same way as “John Doe”). It’s the fictional detective agency in Carmen Sandiego series. An Acme Thread is a lead

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ACME is an English word meaning the peak, or highest point. It’s derived from the Greek word meaning mountain peak. Long ago in America, the telephone book was the supreme reference guide to local businesses. Around 1925, business owners realized that the phone book listed businesses alphabetically. Since the first one listed often received the most phone calls, many businesses were renamed to the beginning of the alphabet. Soon, many small shops were named Acme – plumbers, florists, mechanics, contractors, etc. Many small businesses were named Acme – and by 1938, it had become a joke, seen in the Looney Tunes Cartoons showing Wile E. Coyote using Acme Dynamite. There’s a catalog of Looney Tunes Acme products. As an acrynym, ACME is said humorously to mean, “American Company Makes Everything”. It’s sometimes is used as a fictional corporation name (in the same way as “John Doe”). It’s the fictional detective agency in Carmen Sandiego series. An Acme Thread is a lea