I think it’s about time we have a place to list and define them, you know, for simple people like me 
Cephalic_Carnage - like to help out here? lol
Anyone can answer, feel free…
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
I think it’s about time we have a place to list and define them[/quote]
I’ll help.
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Acronym (noun)
a) a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women’s Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
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Abbreviation (noun)
a) a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound.
b) an act of abbreviating; state or result of being abbreviated; reduction in length, duration, etc.; abridgment.
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Acronym and abbreviation, listed and defined for you. Anything else?
AIJMT - Another its_just_me Thread.
That’s a classic, gotta add that one…