Thursday, November 11, 2010

TAMO

A weird discussion with a friend of mine on campus revealed yet another in a series of odd acronyms. This one is more of a bit of verbal short-hand in that it is used as a written code but also used to express a concept.

TAMO.

Then A Miracle Occurred.

The expression is used in high-end math when you can't work through a problem's process but you already know the outcome. The situation is usually described as working one's way from what is known backwards and then working it from the other end hoping that the two meet in the middle.

If it doesn't meet or doesn't meet exactly, the researcher can just type "TAMO" in the margin and it's considered 'complete'.

So...how many people out there would just like to be able to write TAMO on an electric bill or a rent check for when the goals don't meet the means?

-Me