Why Should You Check out Under The Radar?

Because I said so.

Comments

[RLewis]

"abbreviations"? Not acronyms? lol.

[David Cote]

technically NYIFF et al are abbreviations not acronyms. Acronyms form words, like polical action group = PAC. TONY does copy edit ya know!

[RLewis]

Initialism? Who'd of thunk it? hahahahahaha...

Initialism originally described abbreviations formed from initials, without reference to pronunciation. During the mid-20th century, when such abbreviations became increasingly common, the word acronym was coined for abbreviations pronounced as words, such as NATO and AIDS. Of the names, acronym is the most frequently used and known; many use it to describe any abbreviation formed from initial letters. Others differentiate between the two terms, restricting acronym to pronounceable words formed from the initial letters of the constituent words, and using initialism or alphabetism[4] for abbreviations pronounced as the names of the individual letters.