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Thread #135512   Message #3091396
Posted By: saulgoldie
08-Feb-11 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Appropriate acronyms
Subject: RE: BS: Appropriate acronyms
For the sake of accuracy in this thread, please note that an "acronym" is an "initialism" that can be pronounced as a word. An "initialism" is merely the first letters of a commonly used expression that does NOT suggest a word.

SNAFU--acronym for "situation normal, all fouled up."
FBI--INITIALISM that refers to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not pronouncable as a word.

And yes, I WILL be back to call out anyone using these terms interchangeably, which they ARE NOT!!! NO ONE IS IMMUNE from my wrath!

Words and definitions DO MATTER!!!

Saul