| How does life work without Acronyms? |
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| Written by Gail Paparian |
| Thursday, 19 May 2011 00:00 |
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Acronym, according to Merriam Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, “a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or a major part of a compound term.” The beginning of my love/hate relationship with acronyms came to a head in 1985. I was in the shower, a place I considered private and a bit of a sanctuary. There were no cell phone and no cordless phones. If there were; I would have had them. In marches Bill Paparian to tell me that Jack was on the phone and needed me to get him some figures from the ERA--- fast. As I turned off the water and started toweling…
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