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Practical, authoritative, and fun, The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary presents 20,000 terms for understanding business correspondence, deciphering personal ads, navigating the Internet, or composing text messages.
With entries ranging from TAS (time addressable storage) to POS (parent over shoulder), this handy volume is a must-have reference.
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The rate at which new abbreviations proliferate in English skyrocketed throughout the second half of the 20th century and continues unabated into the 21st.
This explosion of terms is reflected in the abundance of new material in The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition.
With almost 20,000 entries and meanings, this revised work includes:
Internet Chatroom Abbreviations
FCOL for crying out loud
POS parent over shoulder
Colleges and Universities
UM University of Michigan
LSU Louisiana State University
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Professional Baseball and Football Teams
NYY New York Yankees
CAR Carolina Panthers
Constellations
PEG Pegasus
UMA Ursa Major
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The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition, lists not only terms commonly encountered in newspaper ads, but also those encountered in specialized fields, whose language is often underrepresented in the general dictionary.
This Dictionary serves as a quick and easy reference for abbreviated terms that Americans may encounter in a multitude of situations. In addition to wide coverage of spheres of interest, the Abbreviations Dictionary also has a broad range of abbreviation types.
These include:
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Clippings
delts deltoid muscles
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Respellings
biz business
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