The Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms (Wordsworth Reference)

Rodney Dale/ Steve Puttick

ISBN 10: 1853263850 / ISBN 13: 9781853263859

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

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242 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms (Wordsworth Reference)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853263850
• ISBN 13: 9781853263859
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.16 kilograms

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Synopsis

Like it or not, abbreviations and acronyms are now an essential ingredient of everyday life. Since the first edition of The Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms was published in mid-1997, the compilers have been diligently collecting further examples from many walks of life - including, for example, such gems as DISH: Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (the result of eating too much protein which causes the vertebrae to fuse, aka Friar Tuck syndrome), GROLIES: Guardian Readers Of Limited Intelligence in Ethnic Skirts, IYDLAOTMTFOAHABM: If You Don't Like Anything On The Menu, Then F*** Off And Have A Big Mac (seen at 'The Talkhouse', Stanton St.John, Oxford), and ROMP: Radical Office Movement Policy (at Pearl Assurance, where moving from one desk to another is alleged to reduce clutter).