When you take the first letter of a bunch of words...?

Question

When you take the first letter of a bunch of words and make it a word what is that called?

example:Mothers Against Drunk Driving=MADD

Answer 1

its called an acronym

ACRONYM: A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.

Answer 2

Acronym and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and LED, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form.


S.M.O.M.

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.).

It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican.

It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

See webpage below.....

Answer 3

It's an acronym.

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.

Answer 4

It's called an Acronym

Answer 5

It's also known as 'computer speak' like GTFO (Get The Fwuck Out) STFU (Shut The F*** Up) LOL (Laughing Out Loud) CD (Compact Disc) and millions of others!

http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/

Answer 6

Just to make sure I repeat...it's an acronym

Answer 7

chair sit down back chilly chinchilla poultry chat chant chanting charred char chap chaps chicago chutney churn churn chive chives ching chang cha chin chins baby little ones charles charlie chad chart charts charted chafe chafing chap chapped chapping chia chew chewing chewed.

Answer 8

Its an acronym

Answer 9

Anagram

(Might be spelled wrong)

Answer 10

acronym