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A November 2021 article in The Motley Fool jokingly suggested a version of this term that evokes a song by Italian composer Piero Umiliani associated with the Muppets. This term is sometimes followed by the term “MULA”, spelled M-U-L-A. (15[1])In October 2021, a name change led to a spate of tweets and articles suggesting an alternative version of this term, which were sometimes accompanied by pictures of Is the Order A Rabbit? and Sailor Moon. Mad Money host (*) Jim Cramer coined the first incarnation of this term (10[1])in 2013, which had a double meaning of suggesting the potential to “take a bite out of” the bear market. (10[1])A fifth letter was (-5[1])added to this term in 2017 after a good earnings report from Apple. For 10 points, name any popular variant of this abbreviation that usually (10[1])refers to five large tech companies. ■END■

ANSWER: FAANG [accept MANGA, MAANG, MAMAA, MANAMANA, or other even weirder abbreviations that indicate an acronym of big tech companies]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt Jacksonscreaming into the public static void main(String[] args)Edwardian Manifestation of All Colonial Sins3815
Ashvin SrivatsaEight Megabytes And Constantly Swappinga neural-net processor; a thinking machine8610
Dan Niplaying emacs while my parents are arguingWe Bought a Complexity Zoo Story10610
Aseem KeyalMacro EditorsDianetics for Diabetics110-5
Jaimie CarlsonDianetics for DiabeticsMacro Editors13510

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
EMACS at CO08/06/2023Y4100%25%25%91.25
EMACS Online10/01/2023N5100%0%40%128.80