Legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney has earned praise on social media for referring to the AFL as ‘AFLM’ following an AFLW promo in this evening’s broadcast.

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It follows a week of debate about the addition of ‘M’ to the AFL moniker after Fairfax columnist and former Western Bulldogs skipper Bob Murphy used the term in a column.

McAvaney had just talked through a preview of Sunday’s AFLW grand final between Adelaide and Carlton when he threw back to the AFL clash between Sydney and the Crows.

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“Tayla Harris, Darcy Vescio among their (Carlton’s) superstars, looking forward to that,” he said.

“Well, the AFLM (Crows) are going all right tonight - they’re 4.5 to 1.2.”

Camera Icon Bruce McAvaney. Credit: supplied

Twitter soon lit up following the reference, with plenty of praise for McAvaney shining through.

Leading the charge was transgender footballer Hannah Mouncey, who predicted there would also be some backlash following the comment.

“Bruce McAvaney just said AFLM so let’s all sit back and watch everyone with nothing better to do with there (sic) lives have a hissy fit about a single letter,” she wrote.