As a longtime copy editor and certified word nerd, nothing drives me crazier than seeing words misused. Whether it’s people ...

In a recent newsletter, we asked the question “Who’s minding the acronym store?” The major point there was that our industry has a most confusing habit of reusing the same combinations of letters for ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. English speakers use acronyms every day: NASA, AIDS, ZIP code, and NAFTA are examples of acronyms ...

Acronyms and abbreviations are both commonly used in the English language. But interestingly, there are many of each that people don’t know the meaning of or how they originated. For the record, an ...

In the fire service, we enjoy using abbreviations and acronyms for things. Now within the context of this article, when I say fire service, I am considering all the different types of responses a ...

Many prescription abbreviations originate from Latin terms. But, pharmacists translate these into plain language on medication labels so you can understand the instructions clearly. The use of ...