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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Acronyms are words. They're words formed out of the initial letters of a phrase or name.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I went and looked it up.

    Acronym is the most correct term. GIF can be an initialism or an acronym, however it becomes an acronym when we pronounce it as a word.

    I’m not going to get into a debate over it obeying word rules when it starts as an initialism. That’s for scholars and asklemmy shenanigans.

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