A Walk in the WoRds

Does drinking wine turn texting abbreviations into acronyms? This is what I saw as I turned the corner at the grocery store the other d...

ESL - English as a second language EFL - English as a foreign language TESL - Teaching English as a Second Language TEFL - Teaching English ...

Check out this New York Times article titled " Deciphering Old Texts, One Woozy, Curvy Word at a Time ." Not only does it provide...

The October 1 issue of The Week magazine mentions that the International House of Pancakes is suing the International House of Prayer (A Ka...

I am not much of a shopper, but as I passsed a store advertising a sale today it struck me how much the acronym for "BUY ONE, GET ONE...

One of my favorite blogs, Red Pen, Inc., recently included a post about the acronym "ZIP" as in "ZIP code." The gist o...

Acronyms are everywhere these days. They are so common that most people don't even give them a second thought...but what about bacronyms...

I want to call your attention to the comments (thank you readers) on today's post about acronyms and initialisms . I have added another ...

There was an article a week or so ago in the Detroit Free Press that mentioned something about "an NWA employee." As I was reading...