GRAMMAR CRIMES DIVISION

The first acronym was created because someone was too lazy to finish a sentence. Relatable.

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Abbreviations are ancient, such as SPQR in Rome, while the word 'acronym' itself arose in the 20th century. No single first acronym or laziness story is documented.

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