[Dixielandjazz] AARP - No longer an acronym

[Adaywayne at aol.com]

According to the OED, an acronym is simply a word (pronounceable or not) 
formed from the initial letters of other words. So AARP (pronounces "arpa"), ODJB, 
NORK, OMF, OKOM, ATRG, LABS, BWDGBF, CRK, DJML and so on ad infinitum, are 
all acronyms.
Arn
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In a message dated 12/5/03 1:29:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jerrygordon at juno.com writes:
That's very clever, Nancy, but I wouldn't brush off Bill's serious
question quite so lightly. If it's pronouncable, i.e., if it's a "word,"
it's an acronym. If not, it's an abbreviation.