In a recent newsletter, we asked the question “Who’s minding the acronym store?” The major point there was that our industry has a most confusing habit of reusing the same combinations of letters for ...

Acronym is often used to describe any collection of first letters of words in a phrase: NASA for National Aeronautics and ...

IDK. That could be a reaction to a study just published in the scientific journal eLife The study showed how much the use of acronyms in scientific publications has exploded like TNT over the past 70 ...

As a longtime copy editor and certified word nerd, nothing drives me crazier than seeing words misused. Whether it’s people saying accept when they mean except, supermarket checkout signs reading “10 ...

For the sake of this story, I'd like to invent a new acronym: IAVS, which means, "I am very sorry." The reason for the apology stems from a story I wrote last year, "28 Internet acronyms every parent ...

Think you know your kids' online lingo? Think again! Parents, keeping up with the digital age can feel like a never-ending race. Just when you think you've mastered the latest trends, your kids have ...

Has someone ever used a text acronym and you don't know what it means? There are so many slang words out there used to abbreviate and shorten text conversations. While these acronyms may be quick and ...

If you’ve ever received an email from your boss stating that she will be OOO tomorrow and needs your report by EOD, so TIA, and you don’t have a clue what any of those acronyms mean, don’t beat ...

ICYMI (in case you missed it), acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms are ways to shorten phrases and ideas both in normal speech and through texting and email. But a common FAQ (frequently asked ...