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[Soloist]

DECO is an acronym for "decompression". Acronyms are typically written in all caps.

How do you say touché in Greek? Toupee is tουπέ, but that's not helpful. Although my 8th grade biology teacher had a nasty little toupee. Looked like it was made from epoxy and shoelaces! He was a real POS...speaking of acronyms. My apologies for going off topic. Ahh, and what was the topic again?

 

[LI-er]

FFS (yes, an acronym, formed from the initial letters of three words), you even defined the term above. The relevant portion: "formed from the initial letters of other words". Since you believe DECO is an acronym, what are the four words those four letters replace?

An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. Abbreviations can be shortened forms of any kind. For example, appt is an abbreviation of appointment, and ASAP

Definition of ACRONYM

a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[LI-er]

Communication via forum is difficult enough with people from different regions, many of whom speak english as a non-native language; why do you insist on making it more difficult?

I don't make the rules of grammar. I just follow them.

 

[inquis]

Deco is an abbreviation for "decompression".

FTFY

 

[lostsheep]

I don't make the rules of grammar. I just follow them.

Do you even read your own links?

 

[LI-er]

FTFY

Changing the words when you quote other members is very deceptive and can confuse others reading the thread because it appears they wrote something they never did.

 

[USdiver1]

DECO = Demonstrable Error Compounding Obsession

 

[iliketopetsharks]

Changing the words when you quote other members is very deceptive and can confuse others reading the thread because it appears they wrote something they never did.

That's why he wrote "FTFY". You like acronyms, right?

 

[LI-er]

That's why he wrote "FTFY". You like acronyms, right?

They can come in handy.

I'm partial to DM. It stands for divemaster.

 

[gregbenson314]

They can come in handy.

I'm partial to DM. It stands for divemaster.

Strictly speaking, DM is an initialism, not an acronym

An initialism is pronounced as individual letters (e.g. FBI, CIA, MI5), whereas an acronym is a word.