单词 | initialese |
释义 | initialesen. Abbreviation by using the initial letters of the words to be shortened. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > abbreviating using initial letters initialism1899 acronym1940 initialese1955 1955 Amer. Speech 30 110 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. 1961 Engineering 17 Nov. 654 ASLE is initialese for American Society of Lubrication Engineers. 1962 Guardian 31 Jan. 8/2 2,000-odd abbreviations listed in ‘International Initialese’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1955 |
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