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

acronym???
Q. mAKe something up for b.i.t.c.h. please? dont report this either please..!! i need to find this out =\ the b word btw
Asked by mari a<3 - Tue Apr 29 17:00:57 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If it's the word I'm thinking, you can say that a ___ is a woman who is able to: B e I n T total C ontrol of H erself
Answered by Luna - Fri May 2 02:04:38 2008

I am trying to find a good word to use in an acronym that begins with the letter K?
Q. Any words that start with K as I do not have a dictionary or thesaurus in front of me, would be extremely helpful. K is the first letter of the word so the entire acronym will be based upon a useful K word. Thank you in advance for your input.
Asked by davage7 - Wed Mar 1 14:20:49 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There's oodles but here's my favorite K words kiss know karma kaput karat kooky kudo
Answered by Mary M - Wed Mar 1 15:30:30 2006

What does the acronym PIMP (English literature) stand for when characterizing someone?
Q. In english literature class my teacher told the class that when characterising someone the acronym PIMP is used to help characterise. I think one of the P stands for Physical or Personal and the M moral and I interlectual I am not 100% sure that this is right. Can somebody with the answer please help me. Thank you very much. The acronym is PIMPS not PIMP "sorry"
Asked by jahson - Fri Mar 28 00:45:51 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Physical intellectual moral psychological
Answered by schazjmd - Fri Mar 28 00:56:31 2008

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