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  1. noun A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.

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  • For three years Little Pocahontas had been a crowd favorite of the Fabulous Ladies of Wrestling organization, popularly known as FLOW (someone had once suggested calling it the Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling, but the acronym was a problem for the networks). —  Drop Shot by Harlen Coben
  • Not everyone believed that the acronym was accidental. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
  • The O'Reilly Factor, informing host Bill O'Reilly that "the acronym -- I'm not kidding you -- the acronym is BARF that they're working on, OK?" —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • BECK: And the acronym -- I'm not kidding you -- the acronym is BARF that they're working on, OK? —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • LIGA: An acronym from the German words for lithography, electroplating and molding,
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