AAM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aam"

Translingual

Symbol

AAM

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Mala Mala Airport, which serves Mala Mala Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

English

Noun

AAM (plural AAMs)

1. (journalism) Initialism of Alliance for Audited Media.
2. (military) Initialism of air-to-air missile.
3. (sexuality) Initialism of adult-attracted minor (see usage notes on MAP).

   Coordinate term: MAP

   • 2022 June 10, Ben Goggin, “Wickr, Amazon’s encrypted chat app, has a child sex abuse problem — and little is being done to stop it”, in NBC News‎^[1]:

     One user appeared to be selling child sexual abuse material, writing "Sixteen is a cool number" and "Sells to anyone" alongside a Wickr handle and the acronyms "map" and "aam," which stand for minor-attracted-person and adult-attracted-minor respectively.

Derived terms

• BVRAAM, LRAAM, MRAAM, SRAAM, WVRAAM

Related terms

• SAM, SSM, ASM

Anagrams

• AMA, Ama, ama, maa