2008 - A.B.W.M.C.W.

[AVID]

Anybody But a War Mongering Corporate Whore

Is there a limit on initials (acronyms) length for efficacy?

edit - you know what i mean, you SMACKWHORS =(syntax masters always correcting knuckleheads who honestly overlook rules)

[Sweet Freedom]

1. If they can do seven letters for

P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act, I'm sure it's okay for your initialism to have six. ;-)

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[lojasmo]

7. Piff....I disagree

Sounds like somebody who's sick of kneepad democrats. I certainly am.

[Zhade]

8. I am, too - but you replied to a now-dead Freeper.

Hence, the Hillary joke.

[kiki]

3. That's not an acronym.

Acronyms have to be pronouncable, like NATO, PATRIOT or, George's favourite, AWOL. "Ab-wuh-muh-cuh-wuh" doesn't really roll off the tongue... :)

You'd have to go for a more European-style acronym using partial words, like "ABWarMCorWhore" or something like that.

[ArkDem]

4. ?????

ac·ro·nym ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kr-nm)
n.
A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.

[kiki]

5. Exactly - "a WORD".

Try pronouncing the word "abwmcw".

There's another word (not "acronym") for an abbreviation that makes an unpronouncable string of letters as opposed to an actual word, but I can't remember what it is... :/

Edit: Sorry AVID. I just enjoy being a smartass... don't take it personably... :)
Anyway, don't you like "abwarmcorwhore"? I thought it was kind of catchy...