If there’s anything that the Internet is good at, it’s pointing out mistakes – especially inappropriate ones – and not letting the person, or in this case, an institution, forget about it.
On March 31, George Mason University announced that the George Mason School of Law would be renamed The Antonin Scalia School of Law in order to honor the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia. It did not take long, however, for the Internet to discover an amusing acronym (ASS) for the newly named school.
George Mason School of Law renamed Antonin Scalia School of Law, or ASSLaw…ASSOL. Did NOBODY proof those acronyms? pic.twitter.com/D1C6HncReT
— 🌸🏰Brieahn J. DeMeo🏰🌸 (@Brieeeeee) April 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/andybakker/status/715618403562688512
.@georgemasonlaw Please tell me I am not the first person to tell you that your new name acronyms to "ASSLaw." pic.twitter.com/r6bTLN0VWC
— taber טבור (@taber) April 1, 2016
Not surprisingly, George Mason University quickly revised the law school’s name. In an April 5 announcement, the school sated that the name has been changed to The Antonin Scalia Law School (ASLS).
The new, Internet-friendly name, should be effect on July 1.
