“What is another word for 'synonym'?” somebody asked me the other day. “What is the abbreviation of 'abbreviation'?” I retorted. We laughed it off. But abbreviations are no laughing matter.

Despite the fact that dictionaries are a treasury of linguistic and extra-linguistic information, most people believe that they are just meant for confirming meanings of words, and nothing more. In a ...

Subtitle: Abbreviations, acronyms, airlines, appelations, astronomical terminology, bafflegab divulged (euphemisms explained), birthstones, British and Irish county ...

Rev. ed. of: Dictionary of naval abbreviations / compiled and edited by Bill Wedertz. 3rd ed. 1984.

“What is another word for `synonym`?” somebody asked me the other day. “What is the abbreviation of `abbreviation`?” I retorted. We laughed it off. But abbreviations are no laughing matter.