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'(“cc” is a reference to credit cards)' - CC (and MUXACC1) is not a reference to credit cards, it's a reference to the Tsetse Fly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by gtrubetskoy 11y ago
'(“cc” is a reference to credit cards)' - CC (and MUXACC1) is not a reference to credit cards, it's a reference to the Tsetse Fly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly which spreads Sleeping Sickness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_trypanosomiasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_trypanosomiasis - for whatever reason it's part of the Russian folklore used as a metaphor for something particularly nasty.
Edit: (thanks rnovak!) apparently "cc" in thecc[dot]bz _is_ credit cards, though the CC in MUXACC1 is definitely a reference to Tsetse.
- rnovak 11y agoUh, he's referring to thecc[dot]bz which is a carding forum, which literally refers to credit cards (and is extremely common[1][2]). That excerpt is also nowhere near the MUXACC1 reference. [1] http://www.acronymfinder.com/Credit-Card-(CC).html http://www.acronymfinder.com/Credit-Card-(CC).html [2] https://books.google.com/books?id=lGC2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT48&lpg=PT48&dq=cc+abbreviation+credit+card&source=bl&ots=P4wmfyHr6o&sig=mIBAEuNy4EoEW0VCdx9RR4fG9vc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBjgKahUKEwiD3o_H5cfIAhUW0WMKHaz2ClI#v=onepage&q=cc%20abbreviation%20credit%20card&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=lGC2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT48&lpg=P...