Noun

Singular acronym

Plural acronyms

acronym (plural acronyms)

  1. An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, and which is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
  2. A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.
  3. Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as TNT, IBM, or XML.

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Fri Mar 5 13:07:04 2010

Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name. These components may be individual letters (as in CEO) or parts of words (as in Benelux). There is no universal agreement on the precise definition of the various terms (see nomenclature), nor on written usage (see orthographic styling). While popular in recent English, such abbreviations have historical use in English as well as other languages. As a type of word formation process, acronyms and initialisms are viewed as a subtype of blending.

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Mon Feb 8 17:52:17 2010

What is the acronym that identifies the great lakes of the united states?
Q. What is the acronym for all of the planets in the solar system??
Asked by Sea Shell - Fri Feb 23 23:03:03 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Lakes- HOMES- Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. Planets - My Very Educated Mother Just Said U're Next Pluto. - Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto But I've heard Pluto isn't considered a planet anymore?
Answered by Barbara S - Fri Feb 23 23:11:56 2007

What is a good acronym for WGN and CSN related to the Chicago Bulls?
Q. The Chicago Bulls who are a NBA team will either be playing on WGN or CSN. So I want to make a poster board that has a acronym of the channel they play on so we can get on TV. Any ideas related to the Bulls or something clever would really help! GO BULLS!!!
Asked by GQ - Tue Oct 14 00:08:28 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. We Got Nocioni or how about Woo! Go Nuggets!!
Answered by Zander - Tue Oct 14 02:53:48 2008

What is your favorite made-up word, or internet acronym?
Q. My favorite made-up word is "shizz" and my favorite internet acronym is "GTFO".
Asked by Andrew - Sat Dec 5 21:59:57 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. This is easy: Prestofrigeration - n. The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have materialized.
Answered by my mirror speaks - Sat Dec 5 22:04:11 2009

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