Some claim it was first used in 1943 by scientists at Bell Laboratories from a blending of acro- meaning “tip” (like acropolis) and -nym meaning “word” (like synonym). Initialism is also pretty historical as it arose at the end of the 1800s, combining initial with the suffix -ism, which forms nouns from verbs like baptism.īut, acronym is relatively new. Even then, it was a way to save time in communication, writing larger ideas down in smaller ways.
Using abbreviations has been something people have been doing since the 1400s. Phew, that was a lot … but, fun fact, this isn’t a new invention. To complicate the issue, there are hybrid forms-part initialism, part acronym-like CD-ROM and JPEG-for which one term is as good as the other. They are also created when a phrase is represented by the first letter of each word that makes it up but they are usually pronounced by saying each letter of the acronym, like IDK and ATM (not ah-tem).
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