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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    [email] address [5] admin administrator [6] administration [7] afish aficionado [citation needed] ag agriculture (informal) [8] aggro aggravation or aggression [9] agit-prop agitational propaganda [10] alky an alcoholic amp ampere [11] amphetamine (as in "amped up") [citation needed] amplifier [11] amputation or amputee [12] ampoule [12 ...

  3. Style (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    His Holiness (abbreviation HH), oral address Your Holiness, or Holy Father – the Pope and the Pope Emeritus (but Holy Father is not used for the latter); also the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch of Peć and the Serbs, Catholicos of All Armenians, Catholicos-Patriarch of All ...

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Abbreviations

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    An initialism is an abbreviation formed from some or all of the initial letters of words in a phrase. An acronym is sometimes considered to be an initialism that is pronounced as a word (e.g. NATO ), as distinct from an initialism pronounced as a string of individual letters (e.g. "UN" for United Nations ).

  5. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.

  6. Lists of abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Lists of abbreviations in the English language: . Athletics abbreviations; List of business and finance abbreviations; List of computing and IT abbreviations; List of ecclesiastical abbreviations

  7. What Do AM and PM Stand For? - AOL

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    Many of the English words and expressions we use daily can trace their origins back to Latin, and this is true for some of the English language’s more perplexing abbreviations and acronym examples.

  8. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    The last four digits identify an area within the post office. For example, 00716-2604: 00716-for the east section of the city of Ponce and 2604 for Aceitillo St. in the neighborhood of Los Caobos. US Post office is changing the PR address format to the American one: 1234 No Name Avenue, San Juan, PR 00901. Qatar: QA: no codes Réunion: RE: 974NN

  9. List of acronyms: E - Wikipedia

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    initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).