Writing in the BBC News Magazine in 2014, Julie Bindel questions whether the various gender groupings now, "bracketed together"... "share the same issues, values and goals?" Bindel refers to a number of possible new initialisms for differing combinations and concludes that it may be time for the alliances to be reformed or finally we go, "our separate ways".
He had no chance of navigating the labyrinthine bureaucracy and alphabet soup of initialisms.
Acronyms are to be distinguished from initialisms such as U.S.A. and NCAA, which are spoken by reciting their letters.
The latest update includes a small but distinct subset of initialisms popularised by parenting websites and forums such as Mumsnet.
Most of the shortcuts used in texting are either self-evident (@ for "at" and "b" for "be") or new initialisms on the model of the old "A.S.A.P.," "R.S.V.P.," and "B.Y.O.B".: "imho" for "in my humble opinion," and so on.
"[i]f two or more distinct initialisms (or sets of initials), acronyms or abbreviations appear in juxtaposition, separate each from the other with a space". "av bet din ehilah edoshah" is written as "a.b.d.
Save initialisms and acronyms for occasions when you plan to use the term several times.
The initialism LGBTTQQIAAP (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Ally, Panssexual) has also resulted, although such initialisms are sometimes criticized for being confusing and leaving some people out, as well as issues of placement of the letters within the new title.
He christened one of his missions OMG, an initialism for 'Oceans Melting Greenland'.
(T.L.G.P. is the initialism for the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, F.D.I.C.'s loan guarantee program).
