Tim Peters writes:

 > Regardless, Guido has already said "as" is DOA (Dead On Arrival)
 > (illustrating that it's also common enough in English to give a short
 > name before its long-winded meaning ;-) ).

The parens above are a gloss on a well-known acronym for those who
have not encountered it before.  Neologisms are usually written in the
other order: "dead on arrival (DOA, for short)." ;-)

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