Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
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Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
ÿÿÿ https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.ÿ He didn't pronounce it as a word;
he spelled it out.
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym. He didn't pronounce it as a word;
he spelled it out.
On 10/14/2025 4:31 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:On 10/14/2025 4:31 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
ÿÿÿ https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.ÿ He didn't pronounce it as a word;
he spelled it out.
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym. He didn't pronounce it as a
word;
he spelled it out.
That may be a battle we're losing although I'm fighting it hard.
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism?
Both acronyms and initialisms are made up of the first letter or letters
of the words in a phrase. The word acronym typically applies when the resulting thing can be read as a word; for example, radar comes from
"radio detection and ranging" and scuba comes from "self-contained
underwater breathing apparatus." The word initialism only applies when
the resulting thing is read as an abbreviation; for example DIY, which
comes from "do it yourself," is pronounced by saying the names of the letters. Note that the word acronym is also sometimes used to mean "initialism."
M-W used to have a hard line between the two.
On 10/14/2025 4:31 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
ÿÿÿ https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.ÿ He didn't pronounce it as a word;
he spelled it out.
On 10/14/2025 4:31 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
ÿÿÿÿ https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.ÿ He didn't pronounce it as a word;
he spelled it out.
That may be a battle we're losing although I'm fighting it hard.
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
On 10/14/2025 9:13 PM, Jay Morris wrote:
On 10/14/2025 4:31 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
ÿÿÿ https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.ÿ He didn't pronounce it as a
word; he spelled it out.
On 10/14/2025 4:31 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
On 10/14/2025 5:08 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:That may be a battle we're losing although I'm fighting it hard.
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
ÿÿÿÿ https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
It's an initialism, not an acronym.ÿ He didn't pronounce it as a word;
he spelled it out.
We don't know if he spelled it out or not.
On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:08:24 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Crackshaft: Acronym Anonymous
https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/10/14
Yes, there are way too many acronyms nowadays.
I'm constantly encountering new ones when I read the News app.
Sometimes I look them up, sometimes I make up my own phrase. Depending
on how much I care, given the content of the story.
Both acronyms and initialisms are made up of the first letter or letters
of the words in a phrase. The word acronym typically applies when the >resulting thing can be read as a word; for example, radar comes from
"radio detection and ranging" and scuba comes from "self-contained >underwater breathing apparatus." The word initialism only applies when
the resulting thing is read as an abbreviation; for example DIY, which
comes from "do it yourself," is pronounced by saying the names of the >letters. Note that the word acronym is also sometimes used to mean >"initialism."
M-W used to have a hard line between the two.
That may be a battle we're losing although I'm fighting it hard.
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:13:06 -0500, Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me>
wrote:
Both acronyms and initialisms are made up of the first letter or letters
of the words in a phrase. The word acronym typically applies when the
resulting thing can be read as a word; for example, radar comes from
"radio detection and ranging" and scuba comes from "self-contained
underwater breathing apparatus." The word initialism only applies when
the resulting thing is read as an abbreviation; for example DIY, which
comes from "do it yourself," is pronounced by saying the names of the
letters. Note that the word acronym is also sometimes used to mean
"initialism."
M-W used to have a hard line between the two.
So if I refer to CPOC as "see-pee-oh-see" it's an 'initialism' but if
as "see-pock" it's an acronym - have I got it right? (It's the
initials of a non-American political party)
On 2025-10-15, Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> wrote:
That may be a battle we're losing although I'm fighting it hard.
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
Also, _The American Heritage Dictionary_:
Usage Note: In strict usage, the term acronym refers to a word
made from the initial letters or parts of other words, such as
sonar from so(und) na(vigation and) r(anging). The distinguishing
feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a
single word, in the manner of NATO and NASA. Acronyms are often
distinguished from initialisms like FBI and NIH, whose individual
letters are pronounced as separate syllables. While observing
this distinction has some virtue in precision, it may be lost on
many people, for whom the term acronym refers to both kinds of
abbreviations.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=acronym
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