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    An acronym, a type of abbreviation, is a word or name consisting of parts of the full name's words. Some authorities add that an acronym must be pronounced...
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  • A recursive acronym is an acronym that refers to itself, and appears most frequently in computer programming. The term was first used in print in 1979...
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  • Acronym (styled ACRONYM) is a Washington, D.C.-based American 501(c)(4) non-profit corporation, co-founded by Tara McGowan and Michael Dubin in 2017....
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    TERF (/tɜːrf/) is an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. First recorded in 2008, the term TERF was originally used to distinguish transgender-inclusive...
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  • List of acronyms: 0–9 List of acronyms: A List of acronyms: B List of acronyms: C List of acronyms: D List of acronyms: E List of acronyms: F List of...
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    Acronym Finder (AF) is a free, online, searchable dictionary and database of abbreviations (acronyms, initialisms, and others) and their meanings. The...
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  • Acronyms are very commonly used in healthcare settings. They are formed from the lead letters of words relating to medications, organisations, procedures...
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  • A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is an abbreviation consisting of three letters. These are usually the initial letters of the...
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    Backronym (redirect from Reverse acronym)
    A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase. Backronyms may be invented with either...
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    "redundant acronym syndrome", making the phrase "RAS syndrome" autological) is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym in conjunction...
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