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Abbreviations occur in every aspect of our daily lives. Some have become words in their own right, like radar and laser, and many are almost never used in their full form (phone, MOT, DVD). Others, like cf., ibid. and viz., are often seen but fewer and fewer of us know what they stand for. Thousands more belong to specialist jargon, understood by insiders - TLAs (three-letter acronyms) such as WAN or WAP and other acronyms such as NIMBY and BOGOF. This new book provides explanations for over 8,000 entries, and covers the full range of subject areas including law, computing, aviation, politics and medicine, as well as chemical symbols and txt msgs. From GDP to WHO and CPR to IMHO, this book will give you the meaning of every abbreviation you ever wondered about.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780747572305
eBay Product ID (ePID)90207940
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Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameAlphabet Soup: an A-Z of Abbreviations
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWriting & Reading
Publication Year2004
TypeReference
AuthorRosalind Fergusson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight147 g
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EditorRosalind Fergusson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom