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Originally Posted by Mike Irwin
Another term for a set of letters such as CIA or FBI is initialism. . . . I've always preferred to use that term, and leave abbreviation to denote a shortened word.
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Really, this is different from the definition I quoted:
abbreviation 1. Abbreviating, being abbreviated. 2. a shortened form of a word of title . . . .
Of course, to really confuse matters, get the military involved in shortening titles or ranks. According to the above, LT is a perfectly good abbreviation, but what is 1LT?
Johnny