Acronyms

Video Broadcast on November 26, 2020

Meaning

Acro (prefix) means High

• Acrobat
• Acrophobia
  
  Nym (root) means Name
  
• Pseudonym
• Synonym
• Antonym
• Homonym

Examples

In Military

• SNAFU
  Situation Normal. All Fouled Up
  
• FUBAR
  Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
  
  In Computer Systems and Applications
  
• FORTRAN
  Formula Translator
  
• BASIC
  Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
  
  In Models
  There are variants
  
• GROW
  Goal
  Review / Result
  Options
  What next? / Willpower
  
• SMART
  Specific
  Measurable
  Achievable
  Realistic
  Time-bound