A few days ago
miss j

How come abbreviation is such a long word?

How come abbreviation is such a long word?

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A few days ago
AndrewG

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for the same reason that monosyllabic has more than one syllable.

And ‘short’ is shorter than ‘shorter’, and even shorter than ‘shortest’.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
That’s why they make an abbreviation for abbreviation!
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Because the person who made the word was having a bad day and decided to take it out on us.
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A few days ago
Kenn T
Because abbreviation is the long form.

The short form is… ab.

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A few days ago
Lauren
haha, thats funny, ur right. maybe to show the reason for why we want abbreviations.
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