Working with words

WHAT IS ABBREVIATION?
 Abbreviation is a shortened form of a written word or
phrase. Abbreviations may be used to save space and
time, to avoid repetition of long words and phrases, or
simply to conform to conventional usage.
Eg:
"Amt" is an abbreviation for “amount”.
 "USA" is an abbreviation of “United
States of America”.
WHAT IS ACRONYM?
 Acronyms is abbreviations formed from the initial letters of
an expanded phrase and usually do not include periods:
 PR for public relations,

 BTW for by the way.

 Some acronyms are pronounced as words:

 FEMA for Federal Emergency Management Agency
LIST OF COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS:
 UNESCO: United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization.

a department of the United Nations

that aims to encourage peace between
countries through education,
science, and culture.
 WHO : World Health Organization

a specialized agency of the

United Nations that is concerned
with international public health.
It was established on 7 April 1948,
and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
 UNICEF: United Nation International Children’s
Emergency Fund

UNICEF was created in 1946 to

provide relief to children in
countries devastated by World
War II. After 1950 the fund
directed its efforts toward
general programs for the
improvement of children’s
welfare, particularly in less-
developed countries and in
various emergency situations.
 OAU: Organization of African Unity

is founded at a conference in 1963 in

Addis. Its purpose is to promote solidarity
between African nations and to eliminate
colonialism in Africa
 NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

is an international
organization which consists
of the USA, Canada,
Britain, and other European
countries, all of whom
have agreed to support one
another if they are attacked.
 UNO: United Nations Organization.
The United Nations
Organisation is an
international organisation
founded in 1945 after the
Second World War by 51
countries committed to
maintaining international
peace and security,
developing friendly relations
among nations and promoting
social progress, better living
standards and human rights.
  FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

is a government agency in the United States that investigates crimes in which

a national law is broken or in which the country's security is threatened.
 CIA: Central Intelligence Agency.
 FIFA: Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
In English, the translation is: International Federation of
Association Football.
It is an organisation that
is very well known around
the world as it is the
governing body of football,
beach soccer and futsal and
has more than 200 member
countries from different
parts of the world. It is in
charge of organising and
advertising many
international tournaments
such as the World Cup and
the Women’s World Cup.
 BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
 OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries

It is a group consisting of 14
of the world’s major oil-
exporting nations. OPEC was
founded in 1960 to coordinate
the petroleum policies of its
members and to provide
member states with technical
and economic aid.
 MBC: Middle East Broadcasting.

It is the largest private free-to-air satellite broadcasting company in the Middle

East & North Africa region. It was launched in London in 1991 and later moved to
its headquarters to Dubai in 2002.
SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREVIATION
 AD - awesome dude
 AFAIK - as far as I know
 AFK - away from keyboard
 ANI - age not important
 BRB - be right back
 CUL - see you later
 CWYL - chat with you later
 LOL - laugh out loud
 NP - no problem
 ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
 TY - thank you
 WC - wrong conversation