a. Not for US citizens/residents:
POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS & SCOTUS
Comment about the above acronyms.
b. For everybody:
Since when do they exist?
The usage of -- OTUS was begun in the United States in the early 19th Century.
The earliest use of any variant of -- OTUS was from 1879, when SCOTUS appeared in a book titled "The Phillips Telegraphic Code for Rapid Transmission by Telegraph" by Walter P. Phillips.
POTUS was used as early as 1895. It began as an abbreviation used by telegraphic code operators.
FLOTUS appeared in the 1980s, where it may have originated as the Secret Service's codename for Nancy Reagan, the First Lady of the United States at the time.
The first known use of VPOTUS was in 1995.
Edited on July 26, 2022, 2:50 am
Puzzle Solution: Part B
