Made For Each Other Phrases What Is The Name For The Thing When You Take The First Letter Of Each Word In A Phrase And Make It Short?
What is the name for the thing when you take the first letter of each word in a phrase and make it short? - made for each other phrases
For example: U.S. = United States
As soon as possible, as soon as possible
also the name of the thing, if you recall something on the order of the planets and make a set with the first letter of each planet.
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1) It is an acronym or an abbreviation. An acronym is when the initial and the word pronounceable example of NASA and UNESCO. Abbreviation is if the new word is not pronounceable as a word, for example, IBM, USA.
2) As I think someone said that the second answer is a memory aid, or to be more accurate (thanks Wikipedia!) A letter from the "first" mnemonic.
The first is an acronym.
The second is a memory aid.
The first is an acronym. The second is a memory aid.
Abbreviation
His name is an acronym.
Keep in mind Why 2 thumbs down?
Acronym
Acronym
Is not it an acronym?
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