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# Hahaha.
That makes ~6 times.

I presume you haven't noticed, but variations of this have popped up a lot (same acronym too).

This is probably the most well done of the lot though.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 17:28, archived)
# ahhh
been away from the board (and the internet) for about a week and a half, torture it was.
(I helped save b3ta! Iananan Formerly known as el-rodente, not that you care, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 17:28, archived)
# Well you weren't to know.
Welcome back :)
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 17:31, archived)
# Hmmm
I thought it was Nelson Mandella in a bandanna and couldn't work out the acronym!
(Dangerous Disco Trev Isn't my real name, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 17:33, archived)
# Acronym?
abbreviation, shirley?

/pedant
(I helped save b3ta! Araucaria is such a tit, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 18:08, archived)
# Er no
Acronym!
(Dangerous Disco Trev Isn't my real name, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 18:24, archived)
# YOU'RE BOTH WRONG, IT'S A BACKRONYM.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Sat 23 Aug 2008, 18:29, archived)
# Nope
Good answer, but you're wrong again.

If the letters are said like a word, it's an acronym.
If the letters are said one-by-one, it's an abbreviation.

See, you've learned something, good isn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! Araucaria is such a tit, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 18:58, archived)
# no, an abbreviation
is when you make one word briefer, hence abBREViation, for brevity


you are thinking of an initialism.

edit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialism
(I helped save b3ta! Iananan Formerly known as el-rodente, not that you care, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 19:02, archived)
# Close
"Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are abbreviations"

from:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialism
(I helped save b3ta! Araucaria is such a tit, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 19:14, archived)
# well, in that case we are both right
i'm just more precise


edit: haha, i'm just being a cock for no good reason here, ignore me if you want.
(I helped save b3ta! Iananan Formerly known as el-rodente, not that you care, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 19:16, archived)
# What
makes you think its an acronym?

dictionary.reference.com/browse/acronym
(I helped save b3ta! Araucaria is such a tit, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 18:55, archived)