Acronyms (Was: mouse updates)

[Keith.McCasland@ti.com]

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BTW is an acronym for By The Way, a phrase used to introduce a related
side note.




Deryk Barker <dbarker "at" camosun.bc.ca> on 02/08/2000 09:59:46 AM

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Thus spake Daniel Hildebrandt (hildy "at" cig.mot.com):

> <pedant mode=on>
>
> >From the Merriam Webster dictionary ( http://www.m-w.com/ )
>
> Main Entry: ac
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=B7ro=B7nym
> Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
> Function: noun
> Etymology: acr- + -onym
> Date: 1943
> : a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or=

letters of
> each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
>
>
> >From the dictionary.com site (http://www.dictionary.com/ )
>
> ac=B7ro=B7nym (kr-nm)
>  n.
>      A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC fo=
r
Women's
> Army Corps, or by
>      combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as=

radar for
> radio detecting and
>      ranging.
>
> </pedant>
> I just love nit-picking nit-pickers.

OK, but tell me how either of those defintions covers BTW.....

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