Acronym

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An acronym is a word whose letters are the first letters of other words. People often create a short word that means the same thing as a much longer phrase (set of words), to make it faster and shorter to say the long phrase. Examples of acronyms are:

  • COBOL - COmmon Business Oriented Language
  • Laser - Light Amplification through Stimulated Emmission of Radiation
  • Posh - Port out starboard home
  • Quango - Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation
  • Radar - RAdio Detecting And Ranging
  • SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • Scuba - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
  • SNAFU - Situation Normal: All Fouled Up


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  • Acronym Finder - an acronym website with many ways to search for acronyms.
  • All Acronyms - a website with a large number of acronyms
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