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0 pointsfolkrav3y ago0 comments

The one in my quote, that's used in multiple places in the very article...?

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I think it's a pedantic attempt to bring up the whole "initialism vs acronym" thing. You know, kinda thing that makes you real fun at parties.

crazygringo3y ago

Oh yikes. I've never even heard of the term "initialism" before.

I guess that's because it's barely used:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=acronym%2Cinit...

Maybe some people have tried to push it as a new word in common usage but they don't appear to have succeeded.

folkravOP3y ago

Yeah, I kind of figured that out as you responded - see my other comment hehe. For what it's worth, Merriam Webster seems to agree that the distinction is basically arbitrary, and OED has the more general definition first lol

akvadrako3y ago

I would say it's only an acronym if it's pronouncable.

Maybe that's what they mean.

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