My vs Initialism - What's the difference?
my | initialism |
Belonging to me.
(dated) Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
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 nouns the difference between my and initialism
is that my is midge, blackfly, midget, gnat or my can be mu (greek letter) while 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.my
English
(wikipedia my)Etymology 1
From (etyl) my, apocopated form of min, myn, from (etyl) . More at (l).Determiner
- Don't you know my name?
- I recognised him because he had attended my school.
Derived terms
(terms derived using my) * my arse * my ass * my bad * my eye * my fellow Americans * my foot * my God * my goodness * my gosh * my pleasure * my son * my way or the highway * my wordSee also
(English personal pronouns)Etymology 2
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word'' or ''my lordInterjection
(en interjection)- My , what big teeth you have!
Derived terms
* my myinitialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.