abbreviations
Words made shorter
Abbreviations is the plural of abbreviation—a shortened form of a word or phrase.
Common types include initialisms spoken letter by letter (FBI, ATM), acronyms pronounced as words (NASA, scuba), and truncations (Dr., etc.).
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shorthand
Compressed symbolic writing system
- GreggA shorthand writing system
- stenotypePhonetic speech transcriber
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- dictationOral text for writing
initialisms
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
truncation
Shortened written form
stenography
Compressed symbolic writing system
- GreggA shorthand writing system
- stenotypePhonetic speech transcriber
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
FBI
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
abbr
Shortened written form
LOL
Internet amusement abbreviation
BTW · FYI · FOMO · DM · TL;DR · AFK · NVM · IDK · ICYMI · SMH
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
- SCUBAUnderwater breathing acronym
- LASERAmplified coherent light beam
- RADARRadio-based distance measurement
AIDS · NAFTA · OPEC · SWAT · JPEG · GIF · ASCII · NATO · UNICEF · PIN
- internet slangomg, yolo, hashtag, yeet, sus
- netiquetteread receipts, ghosting, emoji use, typing indicator, privacy settings
- terminologyterms, jargon, lingo, nomenclature, vocabulary
- epigraphyinscriptions, transcription, decipherment, stone inscriptions, rubbings
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
- abbreviationsMr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Jr
- Latin abbreviationsShortened classical language terms
- address abbreviationsCondensed location label parts