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TLA-N is an acronym for "Three Letter Acronym - Not", a term first coined by Howard Taylor, founder of www.language.co.uk.

The term is meant as a light hearted jibe at the widespread use of TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) and to encourage the use of longer and shorter ones.

By using the 'Statement - Not' construct, TLA-N is logically correct in that TLA-N is not a three letter acronym.

The similarity to GNU (Gnu is not Unix) is not coincidental, but unlike GNU, TLA-N is not a recursive acronym.