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Newer editors will often encounter the first heavy use of these abbreviations in the talk pages of articles, Articles for Deletion discussions, or other administrative areas of Wikipedia. To keep the community open and inviting to newcomers, editors should avoid the use of cryptic language and acronyms, as it projects a sense of elitism that is ...
OMG may refer to: Oh my God! (sometimes also Oh my Goodness! or Oh my Gosh!), a common abbreviation; often used in SMS messages and Internet communication and often used to abbreviate shock or surprise.
Oh My God, O My God, Oh My God! or Ohmigod may refer to: . the first words of the Act of Contrition, a Christian prayer; a common phrase frequently abbreviated as "OMG", often used in SMS messages and Internet communication, and sometimes euphemised as "Oh my Goodness" or "Oh my Gosh".
Acronyms are created to shorten long phrases and speed up communication, much like abbreviations and initialisms. While these terms are similar, they do have distinct differences to note.
The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{abbreviations|date=December 2024}} at the top of the article or talk page. Add a new item to the talk page explaining the problem so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.
Examples include NATO, SCUBA, AIDS, SARS, etc. Plain initialisms, on the other hand, can't be pronounced as words and are thus known just as initialisms. Examples include the IRS, TNT, and any other initialism that doesn't really spell out anything that phonetically lends itself well to being pronounced as a word, like OMG, TMD and TLA.
An abbreviation or acronym with a tooltip displayed on mouse-over. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Term 1 Shows as text Line required Meaning 2 Shows as a mouse-over tooltip; do not use markup String required CSS style applies the specified CSS directives to the content of parameter 1 String optional Class class Adds a one or more CSS classes String ...
Upon re-use in a long article, the template {} can be used to provide a mouse-over tooltip, giving the meaning of the acronym again without having to redundantly link or spell it out again. The template inserts a <abbr> tag into the page's HTML. Example: {{abbr|CIA|Central Intelligence Agency}}, giving: CIA. (This mouse-over will not work on ...