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Paultx Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Common (or not so common) abbreviations

0I think it'd be useful, specially for "EFLers" like myself, to know more of those abbreviations that are used in everyday life.02br
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00There go the ones I know, or remember now. Please, contribute.02br
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00Pro - professional02br
00Mobo - motherboard02br
00Spec - specification02br
00Vet - veterinary, veteran02br
00Stats - statistics02br
00Rep - reputation, representative02br
00Bot - robot02br
00Con - convicted0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00This is a good idea. 02br 01font 02br 02br 00Pro - professional02br 01font 00Mobo - motherboard02br 02font 00Spec - specification02br 00Vet - veterinary, veteran02br 00Stats - statistics02br 00Rep - reputation, representative02br 01font 00Bot - robot02br 02font 00Con - convicted02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 00 0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00This is a good idea.
  • 02br 01font 02br 02br 00Pro - professional02br 01font 00Mobo - motherboard02br 02font 00Spec - specification02br 00Vet - veterinary, veteran02br 00Stats - statistics02br 00Rep - reputation, representative02br 01font 00Bot - robot02br 02font 00Con - convicted02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 00 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00This is a good idea. Howevr, I'd say the ones in 01font00red02font00 are not common in everyday, non-technical speech.02br
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00Pro - professional02br
01font00Mobo - motherboard02br
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0con - I'd say con is short for convict not convicted.02br
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00mag - magazine02br
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00tele - television02br
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00bike - bicycle or motorbike0-
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0phone - telephone02br
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00Con can also be short for confidence-artist or confidence trick - as in, "What a con!"0-
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0Logo - logotyoe02br
00Memo - memorandum02br
00Fed - federal02br
00BBQ - barbecue02br
00Hubby - husband02br
00Pic - picture0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10tele - television12blockquote
10Tele? ..what about "tv"? It sounds more "English". Is "tele" used? 02br
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00Thanks in advance!:) 0-
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0 TV used to be primarily American and telly (or tele) was British, although TV is becoming more widely used in BrE. Most people in my neck of the woods say telly. 0-
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0 Thanks Lil' Ruby Rose!:D 0-
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0Dorm - dormitory02br
00Perm - permanent wave02br
00Prom - promenade02br
00Doc - doctor02br
00Condo - condominium02br
00**** - ***********02br
00Limo - limousine02br
00Cig - cigarette0-
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01cite10Paultx12cite10Perm - permanent wave12br
10Prom - promenade12br
10Cig - cigarette12br
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10The first two are pretty old-fashioned - I don't think anyone would say 'permanent wave' in full any more - and the abbreviated form has become standard in the same w
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