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An acronym is a series of letters that stand for something (each letter stands for a word). For example,

Scuba (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)

PFD (Personal Floatation Device)

MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

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A word formed from the initial letters of other words (NASA, NAACP, FBI, etc.)

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a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words

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