Acronym vs. Abbreviation vs. Initialism: What’s the Difference?
What's the difference when discussing acronym vs. abbreviation vs. initialism? It has to do with how you're shortening a word ...
New Test Detects Early Pancreatic Cancer with 85% Accuracy — and Researchers Say It Costs ‘Less Than a Penny’
The PAC-MANN test was able to differentiate — 98% of the time — between the blood of someone with pancreatic cancer and the ...
Reader's Digest8d
What does “lbs” stand for?
Like many things, the abbreviation lbs. can trace its beginnings back to the Roman Empire, or at least to its language. The abbreviation lb. entered English sometime in the 14th century ...
Naples Daily News15d
From the Archives: Naples’ motel era
“Mo-Tel” is an abbreviation of “motor hotel.” It was coined by the owner of the Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo, California. His name, Arthur Heineman of Chicago. And he was never able to ...
The Daily Dot6y
What does AF mean?
The AF abbreviation came later when text speak led to the shortening of phrases. It’s thought to have begun in the Los Angeles area, then spread until in 2014 it appeared on Aston University’s ...