Acronym
Abbreviation consisting of initial letters of a phrase
Summary
An acronym is an abbreviation formed using the initial letters of a multi-word name or phrase. Acronyms are often spelled with the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation.
Originally created by 64.20.82.xxx
9/13/2001, 8:35:46 PM
Modified
5/22/2026, 5:33:20 PM
Recent revisions
/* Redundant acronyms and RAS syndrome */ rm too many examples. There is "main
/* Examples */ it's definitely only Wine Is Not an Emulator
[[WP:AWB]] clean up, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: acronims → acronyms
/* Contrived acronyms */ Add 'citation needed' template
/* Russian */ more examples
/* Contrived acronyms */ adding DOGE
/* German */ Corrected claim that syllabic abbreviations are acronyms, with wikilink
/* Historical development and antedating */ Replaced "antedating", which is uninformative in isolation, with "early usage"
Reverting edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-20748-26|~2026-20748-26]] ([[User_talk:~2026-20748-26|talk]]) to rev. 1346430557 by Toast1454: Reverting [[WP:AGF|good faith]] edits [[w:en:WP:RW|(RW 16.1)]]
[[WP:CVPI|WP:Interceptor]]: Reverting [[WP:AGF|good-faith]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/Legaleagle71|Legaleagle71]]: how is this an acronym?
Acronymic suggestion
Remove excess example. Copyedit.
Copyedit.
holy bold
/* Historical and current use */Removed wrong info
/* Contrived acronyms */
/* Examples */
[[MOS:ACRO]]
