Abbreviation

/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl.ɪ.zəm/

noun — “the cousin of acronyms that refuses to be spoken as a word — it insists on spelling itself out, letter by letter.”

/ˈæk.rə.nɪm/

noun — “the lazy typist’s dream: squeezing a mouthful of words into a handful of letters.”

/ˈæb.rəv/

noun — “a shortcut for when typing the full thing feels like running a marathon in molasses.”