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Acronyms and What They Stand For

• Acronyms and Their Expansions

Stenogger^TM automatically capitalizes acronyms for you:

usa = USA
nbc = NBC
msnbc = MSNBC

wto = WTO
nafta = NAFTA

aflcio = AFL-CIO

cspan = C-SPAN

ucla = UCLA

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Double the last character of an acronym to get the fully expanded phrase:

usaa = United States of America

wtoo = World Trade Organization
naftaa = North American Free Trade Agreement
uclaa = University of California, Los Angeles

A variation on the principle:

wapo = WaPo
wapoo = Washington Post
hfpo = Huff Po
hfpoo = Huffington Post

modo = MoDo
modoo = Maureen Dowd

gwbb = George W. Bush
jfkk = John F. Kennedy