Betsy Ross
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Mon Sep-15-08 12:24 PM
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This is really stupid. What is the word for an abbreviation of first letters of a phrase: POW, FBI, etc.
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Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 12:26 PM by Rabrrrrrr
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Although technically, if not pronounced as a word, it's initialism, such as POW, FBI, IBM.
Acronym is more rightly saved for pronounced initialisms, such as LASER and RADAR and NATO.
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Mon Sep-15-08 12:26 PM
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All I could think of was anagram and I know what that is. Growing older ain't for sissies.
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