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Acronyms and Initialisms

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1981
In the beginning was the word, and only much later the acronym. The word "acronym" is fairly new, made up of the same elements as "acromegaly" and "patronymic," and the examples used in dictionaries to illustrate the device tend to stir recent memory ( anzac, SCUBA, snafu ). With the notable exception of posh (" p ort o utward, s tarboard h omeward"—to
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When is an acronym more than an acronym

ACM SIGLASH Newsletter, 1979
Acronyms are usually coined by specialists for use among themselves. Few achieve popularity, and fewer still permanence in the general vocabulary. Computer Science has certainly produced its share of acronyms, and a number of these have gained popular acceptance (e.g. FORTRAN).
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Acronyms in Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology, 2012
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Acronyms

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2006
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