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initialese|ɪnɪʃəˈliːz|
[f. initial n. 2 + -ese.]
Abbreviation by using the initial letters of the words to be shortened.
1955Amer. Speech XXX. 110 In a dinner speech to the National Institute of Social Sciences given in New York in November, 1952..Mr Lovett frankly advocated the convenience of what he called initialese, a system of using initials and contractions, in order to save time. 1961Engineering 17 Nov. 654 ASLE is initialese for American Society of Lubrication Engineers. 1962Guardian 31 Jan. 8/2, 2,000-odd abbreviations listed in ‘International Initialese’. |