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HMTDWHTTY???!!!
Okay, I got that one (I think), but what's the M word, please?
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Dear Hyla: I don't see much difference between acronym and initialization. What would you call "Fed" for Greenspan's outfit, or "FannieMae" for another federal entity? I used to see "GeeHaw" for a (?) federal insurance program, explication for which I can no longer recall.
I also am unhappy with seeing acronyms given as the way they are pronounced as above. At least nobody tried to pronounce IITYWYBMAD
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What's the M word please?
If I'm interpreting it right, the M word is "many."
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to hyla (and others); [since shona never(?) got around to imparting his secret on this] you can chop off everything after the post number to shorten these links, thus aleviating the screen width problem. thus: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=13315
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Just have to insert my two cents.
I always thought that true acronyms had to be pronounceable words: so NASA qualifies, but ROTFL doesn't, unless you really say 'rotfull' to yourself while reading
But those strings-of-initials-that-confer-meaning deserve a better name than initializations, don't they?
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>But those strings-of-initials-that-confer-meaning deserve a better name than initializations, don't they? IMNSHO, no. 
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IMNSHO, acronyms should be helpful, not impediments to comprehension. And they should not be weapons used by veterans to intimidate,torment,bewilder,and put down the uninitiate. Fighting off temptation to neologise one to get even. wwh
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wwh, as a VUD (veteran under duress), I have to say that you have been irony-deaf in responding as you did - and I even added a wink!! oh, and I agree that acronyms should be helpful, if they're used at all, and I thank you for the opportunity to expressly state that I *really dislike initializations such as IITYWYBMAD!
so there.
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