Experts decode some of the most frequently-used acronyms kids are using over text, and discuss the specific ones that should ...

Do acronyms such as YOLO, LOL, and OMG drive you crazy? Perhaps you'd rather not see a particular slur in your internet browsing? If you're a Chrome user the extension In My Words has you covered; it ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A news columnist, Reg Henry, recently assailed what he called “the attack of the killer acronyms,” which, he said, are ...

Acronyms: It feels like they’ve always been with us. Perhaps that’s why we’re constantly inventing retroactive etymologies for older terms like “fuck” and “posh.” (No, “fuck” does not stand for ...

Three-letter abbreviations are rife in all walks of life, from the military, police and hospitals to the internet. But what if all three-letter words were actually acronyms so that “dog” and “cat” ...

For several years, a rumor has attempted to convince people there’s a deeper meaning behind the word hospital. “How old were you when you found out that HOSPITAL stands for 'house of sick people ...