Posted by Robert Hill on March 18, 2011 at 16:00:49 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Re: acronyms (was Tarboard black hole?) posted by Eric Abraham on March 18, 2011 at 15:06:51:
Ransome sometimes used words like and "thwart" and "sisterhooks" without explaining them.
Stricty speaking, most of the abbreviations used in Internet-speak are not acronyms. An abbreviation becomes an acronym only when it's pronounceable as a word, like NATO.