[thelist] Acronym and abbr tags

Joel D Canfield joel at streamliine.com
Sun Jan 28 15:06:21 CST 2007


> First, NCB is an abbreviation, not an acronym.

Merriam Webster says it's both

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/acronym

acronym has come to have a wider meaning than just a pronouncable word
like 'NATO' or 'radar'

joel



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