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Oct 4, 2020 By Mark Hofmann mhofmann@heraldstandard.Com 5 min read

Welcome to the first, and most likely last installment of According to Hofmann无毛视频檚 World of English (AHTWOE). This week无毛视频檚 subject is acronyms.

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The second part, 无毛视频渘ym无毛视频�, means 无毛视频渘ame无毛视频�, and the acronym of NYM is New York Mets because NYM is shorter to write than just writing 无毛视频淢ets无毛视频�, I guess.

So, 无毛视频渁cronym无毛视频� pretty much means 无毛视频渉eight of a word无毛视频� while its definition is an abbreviation formed from initial letters of other words. The height must be the fact that we use capital letters for our acronyms because they then look taller and wider, SEE WHAT I MEAN?

Because I don无毛视频檛 trust my own mind to come up with answers anymore as it normally ends with a car being set on fire, I decided to look up basic rules when coming up with acronyms.

First, acronyms need to be at least two letters because using one letter makes you sound dumb.

Just imagine two people talking about a job.

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Now, if you无毛视频檙e using two letters for your acronym, more than likely you won无毛视频檛 pronounce it as a word, even if they actually do spell a word.

For example, back to the job-announcing scenario, say you get a job at a place called Manufacturing Engineering and if their acronym is ME, you better say your work for 无毛视频淢-E无毛视频�, not 无毛视频渕e无毛视频� or you无毛视频檙e going to confuse a lot of people, especially at the unemployment office.

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Acronyms between three and four letters can either go with naming each letter or saying the word it creates, but acronyms five letters or over must make a word无毛视频�at any cost.

For example, I无毛视频檓 sure when they came up with the name for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, they probably didn无毛视频檛 think it would be known as NASA as they probably thought it would be NAASA, but decided to not have the 无毛视频淎无毛视频� represented because people pronouncing it would sound like a bunch of hillbillies calling in their pigs from the pasture.

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For my job, I have to write about organizations, programs and initiatives that use acronyms all the time, and I realized the 无毛视频渁cro无毛视频� in 无毛视频渁cronym无毛视频� has nothing to do with height Instead, 无毛视频渁cro无毛视频� most likely means twisting and contorting like an acrobat to make an acronym work for them in creating a, somewhat, word.

Here are some examples of actual acronyms I found online and how I think they either came about or need some fixing:

First, we have the Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS). I imagine meteorologists had something to do with that, but then they无毛视频檇 be stuck with either MAWIPS, and nobody wants to pronounce that without sounding like a country bumpkin. The other alternative was AWIMPS, but weather science people have enough of a hard time looking tough without WIMPS in any name.

Second, we have NUBE, the National Union of Bank Employees. I无毛视频檓 guessing there was some disappointment following that acronym as nube is slang for someone who无毛视频檚 inexperienced with something. However, a simple switch-a-roo to be the Bank Employees National Union (BENU) would be a sci-fi handle that those geeks at AWIPS would adopt.

Next we have BREW, which stands for Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless. You know they originally had it as BREFW, but the intern probably interrupted the meeting by saying, 无毛视频淲ait a sec, brah! If you drop the F, you get BREW, dude! Whaaaaass uuuuup?!无毛视频� Really, who can argue with that?

Finally, there无毛视频檚 All Intellectuals Rarely Put On Dumb Stuff (AIRPODS). Now, a rule in acronyms is to have the acronym/word properly represent the words that make it up. I无毛视频檇 love to be there when that acronym was uttered for the first time, so I could have retorted with That无毛视频檚 the One Exception (TOE).

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According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. His books, 无毛视频淕ood Mourning! A Guide to Biting the Big One无毛视频�and Dying, Too无毛视频� and 无毛视频淪tupid Brain,无毛视频� are available on Amazon.com. He co-hosts the 无毛视频淟ocally Yours无毛视频� radio show on WMBS 590 AM every Friday.