What is an AOS bill?

[sukimi 0]

I've seen many people mention an AOS bill - what is it?

[Yodrak 7]

sukimi,

That will depend on what one means by "AOS" - the acronym is frequently used for two different things here at VJ.

Yodrak

I've seen many people mention an AOS bill - what is it?

[Peter Miami 0]

One is "Adjustment of Status".

Peter Miami

[john_and_marlene 162]

AOS abbreviation. All options stink; a situation in which there is no optimum or ideal course of action.

Example Citation:

"A new acronym has crept into the jargon-cluttered world of Washington. AOS. All Options Stink. It's a fair summary of the dilemmas facing George W Bush."

—Kate Ironside, "Why Bush has limited options for retaliation," Western Morning News, October 3, 2001

Earliest Citation:

"The question of how to battle terrorists in their remote and rocky Afghan havens has perplexed military planners in both the Clinton and Bush administrations, some of whom share a darkly comic answer when asked about the war plan.

'It's called AOS,' they say, using a barracks abbreviation for 'all options stink.'"

—"U.S. forces amassing, awaiting strike orders," New York Times News Service, September 30, 2001

Notes:

As the earliest citation shows, today's word is a brand new addition to the civilian lexicon, but it appears to have had prior use in military circles.

http://www.wordspy.com/words/AOS.asp

[Peter Miami 0]

AOS abbreviation. All options stink; a situation in which there is no optimum or ideal course of action.

Example Citation:

"A new acronym has crept into the jargon-cluttered world of Washington. AOS. All Options Stink. It's a fair summary of the dilemmas facing George W Bush."

—Kate Ironside, "Why Bush has limited options for retaliation," Western Morning News, October 3, 2001

Earliest Citation:

"The question of how to battle terrorists in their remote and rocky Afghan havens has perplexed military planners in both the Clinton and Bush administrations, some of whom share a darkly comic answer when asked about the war plan.

'It's called AOS,' they say, using a barracks abbreviation for 'all options stink.'"

—"U.S. forces amassing, awaiting strike orders," New York Times News Service, September 30, 2001

Notes:

As the earliest citation shows, today's word is a brand new addition to the civilian lexicon, but it appears to have had prior use in military circles.

http://www.wordspy.com/words/AOS.asp