NL
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NL
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NL (uncountable)
- (Australia, business, law, in a company name) Initialism of no liability.
- 2012, Paul Latimer, Australian Business Law, 2012 edition, unnumbered page,
- For example, a no liability company must include in its name the words “No Liability” or its abbreviation “NL” as a warning to persons dealing with such a company.
- 2012, Paul Latimer, Australian Business Law, 2012 edition, unnumbered page,
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NL
- Abbreviation of Newfoundland and Labrador, a province of Canada.
- Initialism of Neo-Latin.
- Initialism of New Latin.
- (US, Canada, baseball) Initialism of National League.
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NL
- Abbreviation of Neuvostoliitto (“The Soviet Union”).
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EtymologyEdit
Said to be either wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from normal + love; or from ノンケ (nonke, “hetero”, slang) + love.
Interpretation as normal is debated because of the heteronormative implications.
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- (fiction genre) hetero love stories (as opposed to BL or GL)
- Coordinate terms: BL (literally “boys' love”), GL (literally “girls' love”), NL (“heterosexual love”, literally “normal love; nonke love”), TL (literally “teens' love”)
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NL ?
- Abbreviation of Nuevo León (Mexican state)