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# Isn't that what an acronym is?
Where the initials spell out a word?
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# Correct. I win!
Acronym
Noun: A word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g., radar)
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# Laser!
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# pin!
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# Radar is a name
As in Walter Radar O'Reilly.
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# True
whereas ATM, BBC etc are initialisms and not acronyms.
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