Sometimes we have a lot to say, but little time to say it. That’s where acronyms come in and help speed things up. What exactly is an acronym? It’s a word comprised of the first initials of the other ...

As a longtime copy editor and certified word nerd, nothing drives me crazier than seeing words misused. Whether it’s people ...

There are so many ways to abbreviate and shorten what you want to say: from "ngl" and "IMO" to "tbh" and "hmu." You could form an entire sentence just by using text lingo. Even though these phrases ...

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 ...

Acronymph, developed by Calvin Robertson, is an iPhone app to discover the meaning of acronyms. With a variety of built-in categories that range from Internet slang and sports to music, economy, and ...

A new AI-powered feature in Office scans your e-mails and documents to help you tell one "SaaS" apart from another. Acronyms have long been something of a pet peeve for me. While I get that acronyms ...

From informal texts to published academic works, these common abbreviations appear everywhere. But do you know what they really mean? From Dr. to Dept., we rely on common abbreviations every ...

A well-defined set of acronyms and bookmarks can help Copilot Search deliver more accurate, organization-specific results for users. Copilot Search can be a very useful tool for helping your users to ...