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# Initialism?
Do you mean abbreviation?
(Northern Lovely, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:35, archived)
# abbreviation?
Isn't that like "abbr"? or is that a contraction?
(I helped save b3ta! coder.keitaro I like pies!, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:36, archived)
# Abbr is an abbreviation, not a contraction
a contraction is when two words are merged such as 'its' or 'they're'.
(Northern Lovely, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:38, archived)
#
("it's")
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:41, archived)
#
or 'their'
(I helped save b3ta! mrlogic is copying your beard, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:45, archived)
# Quite.
(Also, "merged" words are portmanteaus, not contractions. And pedancy isn't what it used to be.)
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:51, archived)
# but then
BBC is not an abbreviation as it is not abbreviating "British Broadcasting Company".

That would be something like "BritBroCo", um, or some such.
(I helped save b3ta! coder.keitaro I like pies!, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:44, archived)
# no.
(I helped save b3ta! my mum, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:37, archived)
# Well you're wrong then.
(Northern Lovely, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:38, archived)
# no.
SMFO
(I helped save b3ta! my mum, Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:42, archived)
# No......
....not an abbreviation. its a word made up from the initial letters of each word.
(bobnoxious, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:51, archived)