We spell out our love letter to a variety of acronyms found in the English language.
Lately we printed three articles using acronyms which really interested me. Two were guides to text speak in both English and Spanish and the other was an opinion piece using the word NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard).
Our language articles were both slightly dismissive of the many forms of abbreviated speech that have flourished with the rise of messenger apps. But, as I was reminded when I looked up the origins of NIMBY, acronyms have been around for longer than mobile phones and social media.