Acronym vs. Abbreviation vs. Initialism: What’s the Difference?
An abbreviation is a way to shorten a phrase. Many common abbreviations tend to shorten the word being referenced by ...
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7 words you probably didn't know were acronyms
Chris receives some more acronyms from listeners. Chris Evans and the rest of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show team had their minds blown this morning with the revelation that the words "scuba" and ...
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Acronym vs. Initialism: What’s the Difference?
Acronym is often used to describe any collection of first letters of words in a phrase: NASA for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CEO for chief executive officer, and so on.
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11 words you probably didn't know were acronyms
Acronyms show up everywhere in our everyday ... Swift's Electric Rifle," an homage to a fictional character from the early 1900s. The word caught on and eventually gave us the verb "tase," meaning ...