Questions tagged [acronyms]
An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other words. Acronyms, unlike initialisms, are pronounced as a single word. For example, "NASA" is an **acronym**, "FBI" is an **initialism**. Abbreviations (such as *Rd." for "Road") are pronounced the same as the word that they are abbreviating.
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What is "M.O.B."?
What is "M.O.B."? From Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
Now let's go up the mountain. Should we? Can we get the M.O.B.?
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The meaning of the acronym ITE?
I am reading a novel about North African prisoners of war and in it the writer uses the acronym "Ite" to represent a certain AXIS group of Soldiers. The best I can make out is that its the ...