Ab vs Initialism - What's the difference?
ab | initialism |
(informal) abdominal muscle.
* 2006 , H. Peter Steeves, The Things Themselves (page 75)
* 2010 , Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
As a verb ab
is (first person singular present form of the negation verb).As a noun initialism is
a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.ab
English
(wikipedia ab)Etymology 1
Abbreviation of (abdominal) (muscles).Noun
(en noun)- The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows have abs . Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty?
- When possible, do your ab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group.
Usage notes
Most often used attributively. Substantive use is more common in the plural form (abs).Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (abscess).Etymology 3
Abbreviations, see definitions.initialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.