Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abbreviationitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ab-bre-vi-a-tioni-tis
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The excessive use of abbreviations.

Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We are evidently in for a bad patch of abbreviationitis. However, in the matter of chemical mechanisms we do seem to have passed the stage which could be referred to in general as OGIAGAA (one guess is as good as another)."
"In the future, if this abbreviationitis continues, all makes of cameras and apparatus will be known by symbols and numbers instead of names. This regimentation will knock all the nonsense out of shopping."
"(The New World guys chop off the ically ; maybe this lexie taciturnity led to the younger generation’s rampant abbreviationitis.)"

Etymology

From abbreviation + -itis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: abbreviation

Usage

Phrases

alphabet soup

Frequently Paired Words

initialese alphabet soup

Questions

What does abbreviationitis mean?: The excessive use of abbreviations.
Where does abbreviationitis come from?: From abbreviation + -itis.

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