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For anyone else to whom TLA is a mysterious three-letter acronym, it stands for "three-letter acronym"

• rideontime 4y ago
  Which is strange considering TLA isn't an acronym.
  • cauthon 4y ago
    I'm assuming you're being pedantic about the acronym/initialism distinction, but initialisms are commonly understood to be a subset of acronyms rather than a complementary set [1,2]. i.e., TLA is an acronym [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym [2] https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/1844 https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/1844
    • rideontime 4y ago
      I guess this is the line you're referring to? > Note that the word acronym is also sometimes used to mean "initialism."