Sunday, March 19, 2006

Via Bon, To Spite "Lazarus Girl"

in·i·tial·ism (ĭ-nĭsh'ə-lĭz'əm) pronunciation
n.

An abbreviation consisting of the first letter or letters of words in a phrase (for example, IRS for Internal Revenue Service), syllables or components of a word (TNT for trinitrotoluene), or a combination of words and syllables (ESP for extrasensory perception) and pronounced by spelling out the letters one by one rather than as a solid word.

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