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 and contractions were very extensively used, partly to avoid labor and partly to save material.

From Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Abbreviations for feather tracts in which downs were found: ca, capital; h, humeral; a, alar; d, d´, dorsal; cr, crural; v, ventral.

From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Woolfenden, Glen E.