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

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 ...

Sometimes we have a lot to say, but little time to say it. That’s where acronyms come in and help speed things up. What exactly is an acronym? It’s a word comprised of the first initials of the other ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NASA, AIDS, ZIP code and NAFTA are examples of acronyms--words made up of the first letters of a ...

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 ...

A new AI-powered feature in Office scans your e-mails and documents to help you tell one "SaaS" apart from another. Acronyms have long been something of a pet peeve for me. While I get that acronyms ...