Fac
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of Forward Air Control. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A factotum letter, or a similar kind of ornamentally bordered letter formerly used at the start of a chapter or section of a book. rare
"If a Fac or Flowered letter be deeper than the Composing-stick we measure the exact width of it by Quotations, or common Quadrats; which we put into our Stick, and the Fac into the Galley, and then compose, and empty each time so many lines as our measure in the Stick will allow, till we have composed so many as reach something beyond the Depth of the Fac, that by justifying it up to the lines, its touching the letters underneath may be prevented."
- 3 A faculty within a university. colloquial
"Here's to Hibben. We call him Jack The whitest man in all the fac. Of Princeton spirit he does not lack"
- 4 Initialism of forward air controller. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 Initialism of Fatal accident control. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 Initialism of fast attack craft abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"If a Fac or Flowered letter be deeper than the Composing-stick we measure the exact width of it by Quotations, or common Quadrats; which we put into our Stick, and the Fac into the Galley, and then compose, and empty each time so many lines as our measure in the Stick will allow, till we have composed so many as reach something beyond the Depth of the Fac, that by justifying it up to the lines, its touching the letters underneath may be prevented."
Etymology
Clipping of factotum.
Clipping of faculty.
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