abbreviations

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Abbreviations like “idk” and “lmao” overrun ordinary speech.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Abbreviations seldom need further explanation. “Mr.” for “Mister” and “Dr.” for “Doctor” are well recognized. Being a shortened version of a word, usually there is enough of the word there that you know what it means.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2016

He followed his first directory with hundreds of other titles, including the Code Names Dictionary, the Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary, and Picturesque Expressions, a collection of sayings.

From Washington Post

Abbreviations in manuscripts, &c., 49-51, 92, 144, &c.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Abbreviations are used, which indicate that a nebula is bright, or very bright, or extremely bright, or faint, or very faint, or extremely faint.

From Great Astronomers by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir