*spits coffee* excuse me @TheEconomist, what is the scheme called???pic.twitter.com/QEgG4gPmH4
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Oh I had taken it for short hand, but yes I’m familiar with the word, ala magna cum laude. It still caught me off guard 


I must admit to a similar initial reaction.
Both “cum” and “ex” are Latin (“ex nihilo” and so on), but the hyphen threw my American context into “acronym.” I still suspect someone was being cheeky 


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