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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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Laugh out loud (lol) vs Laughing my ass off (lmao)
This is a subjective question. "laughing out loud" is less forceful than the cruder "laughing my ass off," but these are often used somewhat sarcastically, so sometimes the stronger version is used in …
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