Welcome to the guide on unconventional abbreviations. Because, let's be real, who needs brevity when you have verbosity?

An acronym is a type of abbreviation that's a word in itself. Like "SCUBA" (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) for instance. It's like a word, but not a real word. Confused yet?

Check out some examples of acronyms. They're a real thing!

Abbreviations, on the other hand, are like acronyms, but without the word part. Like "etc." or "etcetera". They're like a wink-wink, nudge-nudge, "I'm too lazy to type this, so here's a letter".