I am posting this for several reasons.<p>1. I don't like the original acronym as it leaves out Microsoft.<p>2. Google renamed to Alphabet and Facebook renamed to Meta since then.<p>3. I don't know if N stands for Nvidia or Netflix.<p>What do we have now? Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Nvidia? Is it MMAAANN? or MAANMAN? What is it?
M'NAMANA<p>Solves all your issues and comes with a catchy theme tune.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA&t=2">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA&t=2</a>
I'm hoping we use this as an opportunity to move past the whole idea, because this isn't the last time that list will change. It's a badly named variable. Just say which companies you mean, or say "leading tech companies" or "big tech" if you absolutely have to.
TBH, people still say "FAANG", and it still works. Many acronyms stop being literal acronyms after a while, and start being just a word.<p>Although probably more people use "Big Tech" than "FAANG".
Netflix was never a significant company and was only added to make the acronym sound scary. It's funny that NVidia became significant, so that the acronym would make sense now were it for the renamings you pointed out.<p>In general, acronyms are always pointless shibboleths. "Big Tech" is perfectly fine.
I've been hearing a lot about the "Magnificent Seven" (Apple , Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Amazon). Between now, and when we were talking about FAANG, I did hear some talk about FANMAG to throw Microsoft into the mix.<p>Of course it'll keep changing with time. We haven't talked much about the Nifty Fifty in awhile, except as a modern day tale of Icarus.
I have been using GAMMA, for Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon.<p>"Gamma" as a word is sciencey, which I like, and swapping out Netflix for Microsoft seems reasonable to me.
facegoomicrappama. See this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60</a>