Sometimes we have a lot to say, but little time to say it. That’s where acronyms come in and help speed things up. What exactly is an acronym? It’s a word comprised of the first initials of the other ...

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Acronyms and abbreviations are both commonly used in the English language. But interestingly, there are many of each that people don’t know the meaning of or how they originated. For the record, an ...

On a recent radio commercial the advertiser said “We are rated A+ by the BBB.” I might have opted to say “rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau.” Yes, BBB and Better Business Bureau are the same ...

Testing how quickly you can pair each abbreviation with its state is a great way to refresh your geography knowledge and make ...

In the fire service, we enjoy using abbreviations and acronyms for things. Some fire service personnel tend to go a bit overboard when talking, by using too much "alphabet soup." I'm not providing ...

Spend long enough cruising chat rooms, message boards or question-and-answer sites, and you'll get used to common internet acronyms such as LOL, WTH, FTW and AFAIK. Certain niche sites, such as ...

A comment on our new "He Said, She Said" feature discussing the likelihood of either an Apple Mac Tablet or a Mac UMPC took us to task for our reliance on acronyms and abbreviations. It started me ...

Many prescription abbreviations originate from Latin terms. But, pharmacists translate these into plain language on medication labels so you can understand the instructions clearly. The use of ...

In the fire service, we enjoy using abbreviations and acronyms for things. Now within the context of this article, when I say fire service, I am considering all the different types of responses a ...