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Abbreviationitis vs Initialese - What's the difference?

abbreviationitis | initialese | see also |

Abbreviationitis is a see also of initialese.


As nouns the difference between abbreviationitis and initialese

is that abbreviationitis is (rare|humorous) the excessive use of abbreviations while initialese is (informal) language that is rendered confusing by many initialisms.

abbreviationitis

English

Noun

(-)
  • (rare, humorous) The excessive use of abbreviations.
  • * 1952 , Science progress (volume 40, issues 157-160)
    • We are evidently in for a bad patch of abbreviationitis . However, in the matter of chemical mechanisms we do seem to have passed the stage which could be referred to in general as OGIAGAA (one guess is as good as another).
  • * 1954 , British journal of photography (volume 101)
    • In the future, if this abbreviationitis continues, all makes of cameras and apparatus will be known by symbols and numbers instead of names. This regimentation will knock all the nonsense out of shopping.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 14, author=William Safire, title=Dictionaurus, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=(The New World guys chop off the ically ; maybe this lexie taciturnity led to the younger generation’s rampant abbreviationitis .) }}

    See also

    * initialese

    initialese

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) Language that is rendered confusing by many initialisms.
  • * 1965 , Design news (volume 20, issues 10-17)
    • Let me assure you, sir, that I will, in the interests of APANUA, continue the ceaseless fight against senseless acronymity, initialese , indecipherable abbreviation.

    See also

    * abbreviationitis