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Feuchtwanger, translated by W. Muir et al., Paris Gazette, iii, xlvii, p. 518:", "text": "Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.", "Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as \"TNT\")." ], "id": "en-acronym-en-noun-i4fBGlIz", "links": [ [ "linguistics", "linguistics" ], [ "abbreviation", "abbreviation" ], [ "initial", "initial" ], [ "Generally", "generally" ], [ "initialism", "initialism" ], [ "TNT", "TNT" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.", "Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as \"TNT\")." ], "topics": [ "human-sciences", "linguistics", "sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Linguistics", "orig": "en:Linguistics", "parents": [ "Language", "Social sciences", "Communication", "Sciences", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "28 21 28 23", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms prefixed with acro-", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2014 September 23, “Choosing a Primary School: A Teacher's Guide for Parents”, in The Guardian:", "text": "Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.", "Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as \"laser\")." ], "id": "en-acronym-en-noun-9h3TQIGI", "links": [ [ "linguistics", "linguistics" ], [ "abbreviation", "abbreviation" ], [ "initial", "initial" ], [ "Exclusively", "exclusively" ], [ "laser", "laser" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.", "Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as \"laser\")." ], "topics": [ "human-sciences", "linguistics", "sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Linguistics", "orig": "en:Linguistics", "parents": [ "Language", "Social sciences", "Communication", "Sciences", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "28 21 28 23", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms prefixed 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