“What is another word for `synonym`?” somebody asked me the other day. “What is the abbreviation of `abbreviation`?” I retorted. We laughed it off. But abbreviations are no laughing matter.
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LONDON — OMG! The exclamatory online abbreviation has won the approval of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term — short for “Oh my God” or “Oh my gosh” — is one of dozens of new entries in the ...
OMG! The exclamatory online abbreviation has won the approval of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term -- short for "Oh my God" -- is one of dozens of new entries in the authoritative reference book ...
“What is another word for 'synonym'?” somebody asked me the other day. “What is the abbreviation of 'abbreviation'?” I retorted. We laughed it off. But abbreviations are no laughing matter.