Wren@lemmy.todayM to Brand New Sentence@lemmy.todayEnglish · 4 days agoWho was going to tell me larp isn't a real wordlemmy.todayimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down14
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoAnd an acryonym is specifically an abbreviation that makes a pronouncable word. Like SCUBA or NASA. But not ATM or USA.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI pronounce it Oosa, so USA is an acronym for me.
minus-squaretuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoAccording to Merriam Webster It’s short for “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus”
And an acryonym is specifically an abbreviation that makes a pronouncable word. Like SCUBA or NASA. But not ATM or USA.
I pronounce it Oosa, so USA is an acronym for me.
SCUBA is an acronym?
According to Merriam Webster It’s short for “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus”
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