Acronyms

An acronym is defined as, "an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word", so, in essence, it's just another word, albeit shorter, made up of a bunch of letters, just like all the other words. Designed to make communicating directions and tasks faster, they usually make sense after some learning and studying.

The one part I haven't figured out yet, is, why is 'Acronym' such a long word, and what does it stand for?!?!

 

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