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

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 ...

From informal texts to published academic works, these common abbreviations appear everywhere. But do you know what they really mean? From Dr. to Dept., we rely on common abbreviations every ...

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 ...