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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. 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. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License ICQ (from "I seek you ") is neither an abbreviation nor an initialism, but what kind of linguistic term is it Q. ICQ (from "I seek you ") is neither an abbreviation nor an initialism, but what kind of linguistic term is it Asked by Alex N - Sun Jan 27 14:35:21 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. It's called acronym. An acronym is a word whose letters represent other words each. For example, I stands for I, C stands for C and etc, even though this one is a bit weird, because Q doesn't stand for you, but it's still an acronym, because that's the original purpose of ICQ, to shorten words (in this case, 3 words) with their initials. Answered by Kool J. B. - Sun Jan 27 14:50:12 2008 what does the initialism PDBAZ stand for? Q. see or Asked by AntonAnswers - Tue Apr 6 21:05:04 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Just watched the latest Video? It means: Please Don't Be A Zombie. In reference to his Please don't be a zombie video. Answered by DJ - Tue Apr 6 22:17:40 2010 Eagle, Globe, and Anchor vs. EGA?
Q. I'm looking for a news article or official USMC document that talks about the use of the initialism 'EGA' in place of Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and how the term EGA is not preferred among Marines because it's considered lazy or just plain disrespectful of our Marine Corps Emblem. Any help would be appreciated. hyperlinks are perfectly fine, thanks. Asked by CT - Sun May 11 15:18:48 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments From Yahoo Answer Search: "initialism"  pcpro.co.uk Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:25:06 GMT+00:00 PC Pro UMA stands for Unlicensed Mobile Access, so you can see why Orange prefers to use the initialism . I'm deliberately using the term initialism rather than ...  publishersweekly.com Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:55:02 GMT+00:00 Publishers Weekly (blog) ... expressed in capital letters (FBI, IBM, LOL) could now be described as "acronyms" rather than the old-fashioned and little understood term " initialism . ...  narcosphere.narconews.com Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:31:11 GMT+00:00 The NarcoSphere Among the cakewalk m trail, to the initialism once pc sound cards, a book per a volume depicts, meaning above itself entails faster mildly slated, ... From Google News Search: "initialism" From Yahoo Image Search: "initialism"  crosswordcorner.blogspot.com CC Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:30:00 GM From Wikipedia: An . initialism. of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, which means "that which was to be demonstrated". 12. Ocean State sch. : URI 13. Mail Boxes __ : ETC 21. Give one's two cents : chime in ... From Google Blog Search: "initialism" |
