My new acroymn: WAFG

[Xhad]

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WAFG is not an acronym. . . .

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Why not?

[Stork]

Because "wafg" is not a word.

[Xhad]

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Because "wafg" is not a word.

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Merriam-Webster entry

[glen]

"Main Entry: ac·ro·nym
Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters : INITIALISM
- ac·ro·nym·ic /"a-kr&-'ni-mik/ adjective
- ac·ro·nym·i·cal·ly /-mi-k(&-)lE/ adverb"

That's interesting. I was taught by several different english teachers growing up that acronyms had to something you can pronounce as though it were a word - like N.O.W. for National Org. of women or S.A.D.D. That F.B.I. was in there is intersting. . . so, ok then - WAFG IS an acronym. .

[bwana devil]

"Some have erroneously extended the term acronym in meaning to describe all abbreviations made from initial letters, regardless of pronunciation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

EDIT: you can't say WAFG is or isnt an acronym just on sight. WAFG could be an acronym if you PRONOUNCE it like single a word rather than say each letter. so if it's "waffegah" and not W-A-F-G then you're good.

[Xhad]

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Some have erroneously extended the term acronym in meaning to describe all abbreviations made from initial letters, regardless of pronunciation.

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If society as a whole decides that a word means something, then that's what it means. There are no grammar gods that hand down definitions of words.

The MW entry for podium now includes "lectern" as a subdefinition. At one time a podium was something you stood on, while a lectern was something you stood behind, but the incorrect usage of "podium" has become so popular that it's now considered correct usage.

[Rduke55]

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"Some have erroneously extended the term acronym in meaning to describe all abbreviations made from initial letters, regardless of pronunciation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

EDIT: you can't say WAFG is or isnt an acronym just on sight. WAFG could be an acronym if you PRONOUNCE it like single a word rather than say each letter. so if it's "waffegah" and not W-A-F-G then you're good.

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Screw Webster. Screw Wikipedia (although it's right).
When it comes to words you have to go to the Oxford English Dictionary for the final say.

Acronym - A word formed from the initial letters of other words.

So if you say wah-fug then it's an acronym. If not, it's not.

[SoloAJ]

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"Some have erroneously extended the term acronym in meaning to describe all abbreviations made from initial letters, regardless of pronunciation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

EDIT: you can't say WAFG is or isnt an acronym just on sight. WAFG could be an acronym if you PRONOUNCE it like single a word rather than say each letter. so if it's "waffegah" and not W-A-F-G then you're good.

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Screw Webster. Screw Wikipedia (although it's right).
When it comes to words you have to go to the Oxford English Dictionary for the final say.

Acronym - A word formed from the initial letters of other words.

So if you say wah-fug then it's an acronym. If not, it's not.

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It says it can also be just initials (like FBI)...no one says effbeeeye in one word thats stupid....so its an acronym. End of story.....

But yeah..no need for another one.

[Xhad]

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"Some have erroneously extended the term acronym in meaning to describe all abbreviations made from initial letters, regardless of pronunciation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

EDIT: you can't say WAFG is or isnt an acronym just on sight. WAFG could be an acronym if you PRONOUNCE it like single a word rather than say each letter. so if it's "waffegah" and not W-A-F-G then you're good.

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Screw Webster. Screw Wikipedia (although it's right).
When it comes to words you have to go to the Oxford English Dictionary for the final say.

Acronym - A word formed from the initial letters of other words.

So if you say wah-fug then it's an acronym. If not, it's not.

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Read my last post. If God can't tell me how to talk neither can Oxford. ;P