Acronym Section?

H2O_Doc · 12-19-2013, 06:14 AM

Lots of these are abbreviations and not acronyms. Acronyms for words that can be pronounced. (E.g. LASER, RADAR, or NASA). LOL, CBE, and the like are just plain- o abbreviations.

exsanity · 12-19-2013, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

Lots of these are abbreviations and not acronyms. Acronyms for words that can be pronounced. (E.g. LASER, RADAR, or NASA). LOL, CBE, and the like are just plain- o abbreviations.

I really hate to nit-pick, but you're wrong.

Acronym

Acronyms don't have to spell a word.

H2O_Doc · 12-19-2013, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by exsanity

I really hate to nit-pick, but you're wrong.

Acronym

Acronyms don't have to spell a word.

They do; if you are to use the word in its strictest sense. You can decompose the root words.

Websters might have acquiesced to common (incorrect) usage, but Webster's is crap.

H2O_Doc · 12-19-2013, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

They do; if you are to use the word in its strictest sense. You can decompose the root words.

Websters might have acquiesced to common (incorrect) usage, but Webster's is crap.

This is useful
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/edu...nd-initialisms

SouthArk370Z · 12-19-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

Lots of these are abbreviations and not acronyms. Acronyms for words that can be pronounced. (E.g. LASER, RADAR, or NASA). LOL, CBE, and the like are just plain- o abbreviations.

Pronounceability is optional for most definitions of acronym I can find.

Some acronyms that are pronounceable go on to become full-fledged words, eg, laser is now considered by many to be a word instead of an acronym and not capitalized.

falconfixer · 12-19-2013, 07:18 AM

BOHICA = Bend Over Here It Comes Again

zeeder · 12-19-2013, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

Lots of these are abbreviations and not acronyms. Acronyms for words that can be pronounced. (E.g. LASER, RADAR, or NASA). LOL, CBE, and the like are just plain- o abbreviations.

The word you're thinking of is initialisms. That said, acronym used to have to be a pronounceable word but has come to mean the same as initialism as that's how it's used most often these days.

Mt Tam I am · 12-19-2013, 09:15 AM

Not an Acronym but here is a Marine MOS 1369

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H2O_Doc A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,083 Drives: '14 370Z, '12 4Runr Rep Power: 16	Lots of these are abbreviations and not acronyms. Acronyms for words that can be pronounced. (E.g. LASER, RADAR, or NASA). LOL, CBE, and the like are just plain- o abbreviations.