acronym

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But in this case, the acronym stands for Honey Banana Mat -- Korean for "flavour".

From Barron's

Once Ms. Aikin reaches the postwar period, the myriad bibliographic and library-science programs and groups, with their ubiquitous acronyms, becomes dizzying.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Pentagon’s Central Command has described the inmates at Al Sina as an “ISIS army in detention,” using the acronym that many use to refer to Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal

Industry experts and former explosives workers say plants take many precautions to avoid setting off a blast, capturing the dangers in the acronym “FISH”—friction, impact, shock and heat.

From The Wall Street Journal

MS NOW — an acronym for “My Source for News, Opinion and the World” — is the result of the politically progressive network being spun off into a company called Versant.

From Los Angeles Times