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abecedism

noun

Etymology

Roughly a + b + c + d + -ism; compare abecedarium.

  1. formed as abecedism — “a + b + c + d + -ism”

Definitions

  1. An initialism.

    • Contents: A key to over 45,000 acronyms (or initialisms or abecedisms), contractions, and similar condensed appellations.
    • "Brook" is a verb, H.M. (as in HMS) is a well-known abecedism (how do you look in a pinafore? don't answer), and we all know what a peter is -- […]

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for abecedism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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