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Initialism vs Dem - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between initialism and dem

is that 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 while dem is face.

initialism

English

Noun

(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
    • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    External links

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    dem

    English

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 25, Sia Michel, Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.}}

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (in the sense of "those")
    • What are dem fings doing 'ere?
  • (clitic, postfix) A group of.
  • * 2009 , ,
    • Chillin' wiv da man dem
    Jammin' wiv da man dem
    It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
  • * 2010 , ,
    • I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,
    Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.

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