| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| (AK-ruh-nim) A word formed by combining the beginning letters of a name or phrase, as in WASP for white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, or by combining the initial syllables of a series of words, as in radar, which stands for radio detecting and ranging. | 1 |
| ‡ Acronyms are often less clumsy than the complete expressions they represent and are easier to write and remember. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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