This thread was updated, Novenber 2019, and replaced with: https://www.popupportal.com/threads/acronym-list-we-use-a-lot-of-acronyms.127382/ The list had grown so large, that I had reached the 10,000 character limit. I had started chopping words, and it became almost unreadable. So, the need for the new post. AC- Alternatng Currnt A/C- Air Condtiong AEP- Americn Electc Pwr AF- Anti-Frez AFAIK- As Far As I Knw AGL- Abov Ground Levl This thread was updated, Novenber 2019, and replaced with: https://www.popupportal.com/threads/acronym-list-we-use-a-lot-of-acronyms.127382/
Definition #2- An initialism is an acronym. ac·ro·nym [ ak-r uh-nim] NOUN 1. A word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation. 2. A set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism. 3. An acrostic.
definition 1 Initialism an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g., CPU ).
Looks like some work went into making the list do we now spend the next two weeks debating what an "acronym" is?