initialese
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Etymology edit
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initialese (uncountable)
- (informal) Language that is rendered confusing by many initialisms.
- 1965, Design news, volume 20, numbers 10-17:
- Let me assure you, sir, that I will, in the interests of APANUA, continue the ceaseless fight against senseless acronymity, initialese, indecipherable abbreviation.