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Acronym - Word of the Day - Mon Jul 27, 2020

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Acronym - (noun) - a word formed from the beginning letter or letters of the parts of the compound term.

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Laser is actually an acronym: LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Scuba is also an acronym: SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.  Radar is also an acronym: - RADAR - RAdio Detection And Ranging

 

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Daddydavek

So are NASA, AWOL, SNAFU, HIV, SWAT, TGIF, GIF, NATO, and that's just off the top of my head.  There are probably dozens more we use without thinking about it. 

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drpaladin
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Acronyms can either be useful shorthand or an annoying PITA.  :P

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Graeme
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My favourite acronym is TLA which stands for Three Letter Acronym. The reason it's my favourite is because TLA is a TLA...

Another interesting acronym from the computer industry is GNU, which stands for GNU is Not Unix (a recursive definition).

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