Re: RARA-AVIS: How about:
Don Cannon (dcannon1@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:24:26 -0500 (CDT)
Someone asked about a more specific term for abbreviations like
ACLU
and MLA. It's acronym, which is the word for words composed of
the
first letter of the parts of a phrase. I was surprised that
Webster's
9th Collegiate used snafu as an example.
Don
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