ICYMI (in case you missed it), acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms are ways to shorten phrases and ideas both in normal speech and through texting and email. But a common FAQ (frequently asked ...

From informal texts to published academic works, these common abbreviations appear everywhere. But do you know what they really mean? From Dr. to Dept., we rely on common abbreviations every ...

IDK. That could be a reaction to a study just published in the scientific journal eLife The study showed how much the use of acronyms in scientific publications has exploded like TNT over the past 70 ...

Acronyms and initialisms are a great way to save time on writing or saying unwieldy phrases, from graphics interchange format (GIF) to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Many of us know how it feels to not ...

The Internet has been around for several decades, and in that time, communication has and continues to evolve. From AOL Instant Messenger to Instagram Notes, there are many different ways to connect ...

Have you ever been texting and thought, "idk" to a question? Or has someone made a statement that made you say "smh." Maybe you are confused by all these acronyms and Internet slang examples. New ...

Anyone who has spent any amount of time on the platform knows that acronyms are incredibly common on TikTok. And, you likely further know that users aren't always forthcoming about what these acronyms ...

Once upon a time, four letters were commonly used to describe the queer community as a whole: "L" for lesbian, "G" for gay, "B" for bisexual and "T" for trans, creating an acronym: LGBT. But that was ...