ACRONYMS – THE WORLD OF WORDS AND OUR REALITY.

ACRONYMS – THE WORLD OF WORDS AND OUR REALITY.

 An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word. These components may be individual letters (as in laser) or parts of words (as in Benelux and Ameslan). There is no universal agreement on the precise definition of various names for such abbreviations (see nomenclature) nor on written usage (see orthographic styling). In English and most other languages, such abbreviations historically had limited use, but they became much more common in the 20th century. Acronyms are a type of word formation process, and they are viewed as a subtype of blending.

Acronymy, like retronymy, is a linguistic process that has existed throughout history but for which there was little to no naming, conscious attention, or systematic analysis until relatively recent times. Like retronymy, it became much more common in the 20th century than it had formerly been.

Ancient examples of acronymy (regardless of whether there was metalanguage at the time to describe it) include the following:

• Acronyms were used in Rome before the Christian era. For example, the official name for the Roman Empire, and the Republic before it, was abbreviated as SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus). Inscriptions dating from antiquity, both on stone and on coins, use a lot of abbreviations and acronyms to save room and work. For example, Roman first names, of which there was only a small set, were almost always abbreviated. Common terms were abbreviated too, such as writing just "F" for "filius", meaning "son of", a very common part of memorial inscriptions mentioning people. Grammatical markers were abbreviated or left out entirely if they could be inferred from the rest of the text.
• So called Nomina Sacra were used in many Greek biblical manuscripts. The common words "God" (Θεός), "Jesus" (Ιησούς), "Christ" (Χριστός), and some others, would be abbreviated by their first and last letters, marked with an overline. This was just one of many kinds of conventional scribal abbreviation, used to reduce the time-consuming workload of the scribe and save on valuable writing materials. The same convention is still commonly used in the inscriptions on religious icons and the stamps used to mark the eucharistic bread in eastern churches.
• The early Christians in Rome, most of whom were Greek rather than Latin speakers, used the image of a fish as a symbol for Jesus in part because of an acronym—fish in Greek is ΙΧΘΥΣ (ichthys), which was said to stand for Ἰησοῦς Χριστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ (Iesous CHristos THeou hUios Soter: Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior). Evidence of this interpretation dates from the 2nd and 3rd centuries and is preserved in the catacombs of Rome. And for centuries, the Church has used the inscription INRI over the crucifix, which stands for the Latin Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum ("Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews").
• The Hebrew language has a long history of formation of acronyms pronounced as words, stretching back many centuries. The Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament") is known as "Tanakh", an acronym composed from the Hebrew initial letters of its three major sections: Torah (five books of Moses), Nevi'im (prophets), and K'tuvim (writings). Many rabbinical figures from the Middle Ages onward are referred to in rabbinical literature by their pronounced acronyms, such as Rambam (aka Maimonides, from the initial letters of his full Hebrew name (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon) and Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzkhaki).
• The use of Latin and Neo-Latin terms in vernaculars has been pan-European and predates modern English. Some examples of acronyms in this class are:
• A.M. (from Latin ante meridiem, "before noon") and P.M. (from Latin post meridiem, "after noon")
• A.D. (from Latin Anno Domini, "in the year of our Lord") (whose complement in English, B.C. [Before Christ], is English-sourced)
• O.K., a term of disputed origin, dating back at least to the early 19th century, now used around the world
• The etymology of the word alphabet itself comes to Middle English from the Late Latin Alphabetum, which in turn derives from the Ancient Greek Alphabetos, from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. In colloquial terms, learning the alphabet is called learning one's ABCs. Since the letter names stand for themselves in these examples rather than being the initials of other words, these are not really acronyms.
• The use of acronyms has been further popularized with the emergence of Short Message Systems (SMS). To fit messages into the 160-character limit of SMS, acronyms such as "GF" (girl friend), "LOL" (laughing out loud), and "DL" (download or down low) have been popularized into the mainstream

HOPE = Have Only Positive Expectations
SINGLE = Stress Is Now Gone, Life's Easier
DIET = Do I Eat Today?
WIFE = Washing, Ironing, Feeding, Etc.
HIM= He Is Mine!
TEMPLE = Telling Everyone Must Pray, Like Everyday!
MAID = Mother Actually In Disguise
LIFE = Let It Flow Easily
CLASS = Come Late And Start Sleeping
HATERS = Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success
OSAMA = Oh Shit, Another Monday Again
BEER = Beginning Enjoy, Ending Regret
SMILE = Showing Miracle In Little Effort
UGLY = Unperfect Guys Loving You
DEMON = Dead; Everyday Making Others Nauseous
PLAYBOY = Perfect Liar And Young Bastard On You
FATHER = Faithful And Trustworthy, Honoring Every Responsibilities
UGLY = U Gotta Love Yourself
ABC = Always Be Careful
FAMILY = Father And Mother, I Love You
TWITTER = Things Which I Type That Everyone Reads , Thoughts Which I Think They Enjoy Reading
JOY = Jesus Overshadows You
TIME = Thing I Must Learn!
SHIT = So Happy Its Tuesday or Thursday!
BOSS = Built On Self Success
RIP = Rest In Planking, Really Inspiring Person
TEAM= Together Everyone Achieves More
INSOMNIA = I Never Sleep On Most Nights, I'm AwakeAIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndromeJPEG: (jay-[pɛɡ]) Joint Photographic Experts Group
ATM: Automated Teller Machine
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
PIN: Personal Identification Number
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display LOL" (laughing out loud),
"DL" (download or down low)
"GF" (girl friend), A.D. (from Latin anno domini, "in the year of our Lord") B.C. [before christ], is English-sourced)
A.M: (from Latin ante meridiem, "before noon")
P.M.(from Latin post meridiem, "after noon")
INRI:
over the crucifix, which stands for the Latin Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum ("Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews").
NTK : Never knew that.