abecedism at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Etymology

Roughly Inter: term » a + Inter: term » b + Inter: term » c + Inter: term » d + Inter: term » -ism; compare Inter: term » abecedarium.

Noun

Inter: en-nou » n

Inter: rar » e An initialism.

1. 1949 April 17, editorial in Category: w - :The Denver Post|The Denver Post, quoted in Levette J. Davidson, “Folklore in Modern Speech”, in Category: w - :Louise Pound|Louise Pound, “Miscellany”, in American Speech, Volume 25, Number 4, Category: w - :Duke University Press|Duke University Press (December 1950), page 303,
2. : The tampering with our language, like so many other things, can be blamed on the Category: w - :Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt Category: w - :New Deal|new deal which created Category: w - :Works Progress Administration|WPA, Category: w - :National Recovery Administration|NRA, Category: w - :Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation|FDIC and so many other abecedisms.
3. Inter: quote-book »

| year = 1969
| first = Saul
| last = Galin
| coauthors = Spielberg, Peter
| title = Reference Books: How to Select and Use Them
| publisher = Random House
| lccn = 69016443
| ol = 5684721M
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=w7ZGAAAAMAAJ
| page = 36
| passage = Contents: A key to over 45,000 acronyms (or initialisms or abecedisms), contractions, and similar condensed appellations.

Inter: quote-newsgroup »

| date = 1996-02-21
| id = 4ggar6$ia3@newsbf02.news.aol.com
| author = “RossWilymz”
| url = http://groups.google.com/group/rec.org.mensa/msg/5701cf7e5bc0a762
| title = Re: MENSA, a haven for people having trouble with English?
| group = rec.org.mensa
| passage = "Brook" is a verb, H.M. (as in HMS) is a well-known abecedism (how do you look in a pinafore? don't answer), and we all know what a peter is -- {{...
}}

Usage notes

* This word is extremely rare.

Related words:

ABEC  abecadło  abecar  abecarnil  ábécé  abece sayısal  abece sırası  abece-sayısal  abeceda  abécédaire  abécédaires  abecedama  abecedar  abecedari  abecedaria  abecedaria, abecedariae  abecedariae  abecedariam  abecedarian  Abecedarian psalms  abecedarians  abecedariarum  abecedarias  abecedarie  abecedaries  abecedarii  abecedariis  abecedarij  abecedario  abecedariorum  abecedarios  abecedariu  abecedarium  abecedarium, abecedarii  abecedarius  abecedarius, abecedaria, abecedarium  abecedarius, abecedarii  abecedariuses  abecedary  abecede  abecedi  abecediaries  abecediary  abecedirati  abecedisms  abecedni  abecedni rječnik  abecedno  abecedo  abecedom  abecedu  abecee  ābecei  ábécék  abėcėlė  abėcėlei  abėcėlėje  abėcėlėmis  abėcėlėms  abeceler