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Message:: [QUOTE="AZSteve, post: 4857522, member: 114396"]Thanks for the help.  I guess my misstep was searching for "abbreviations" rather than "acronyms". I actually did a Google search on it, and from several sources came away with this > An "initialism" is a series of initial letters of words in a phrase that form an abbreviation but aren't pronounced as a word, so I guess most of our terms, such as "BU" and "FBL", are technically initialisms.  An "acronym" is an initialism that is typically pronounced as a word, such as "POTUS" or "Scuba".  An "abbreviation" is a shortened version of a word or phrase, such as "circ" or "DCAM".  Plus we have the beloved "slang", like "Frankie" and "Wheatie". But since "initialism" isn't in general use, we'll go with "acronym". OBSLN - Old But Still Learning Numismatist <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]