I was thinking about yesterday’s post and wondering just how difficult it is to reverse engineer an acronym. For example, even knowing the general context, could you actually look at the acronym NOW and figure out that it stands for “National Organization of Women?” Or is the search space simply too large?<\/p>\n
It’s certainly easy enough to construct acronyms:<\/p>\n
Any Clever Rubric Of Neologisms You Might Suggest,
\nAwfully Corny, Rather Often Nutty (Yes, Maybe Silly),
\nAlas Clearly Representing Odd, Not Yet Mature Sensibilities
\nAnd Casual Rituals Of Nerdy Young Masochistic Semanticians.<\/p>\n
But going the other way is a lot trickier. Even if you already knew the context in which they were written, would you be able to look at “AWOL” or “OMG” or “KISS” and figure out their individual component words?<\/p>\n
IDK. OK, TTYL. BTW, HAGN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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