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One who is not educated in formalized spelling who is confined to using simple letter abbreviations for words and sentences to communicate with others through some electronic device. This person is known as an Acronist.
Being and Acronist Johnny's message was never understood by the 911 operator and hence he was not able to reach safety in time.

lol = Laugh out loud
ntc = I'm in the can
Acronist by basprimas March 16, 2010
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Acronize 

(v) to make a group of words an acronym.
Kate: Whoever acronized ROTFLOL is a genius.
Acronize by ZOMGKRIS May 28, 2008
Simply, "speaking in, or the language of, acronyms", including the abbreviated jargon of the particular subculture in which the acronymns develop. This results in different kinds of acronese, just like there are different languages. There are also unspoken rules of form in each subculture. So, in the IT world, TLA is a "Three Letter Acronym", but FLA is not a "Four Letter Acronym". That is too obvious, and would violate the unspoken rule that IT people are to look down and intimidate all other lesser mortals as inferior beings. So, XTLA is the proper form, an "Extended Three Letter Acronymn".
In computing acronese, the "IT Ten T" translates as "Moronic User Error". It is written as "ID10T!"
In the early acronese of letter-writing, LOL meant "lots of love". In acronese of social text messaging, it means "Laugh out Loud!" PIMP LOL means, "Pee in my pants laughing out loud!"
an abbreviated form of a set of words, that form being comprised of a combination of both an initialism(s) and acronym(s)
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is both an initialism (J+P..) and an acronym (.."PEG"), therefore it is an acronism.
acronism by Gentry Hoffman March 20, 2008
noun. The language formed as a fusion of Nerdanian and Geekish that results in speaking in acronyms.
An example of Acronese: "Will someone pass me that 2 TB EIDE for the SMTP server, please?"
acronese by Luciftias January 29, 2012
Parks way of saying acronym
An example of an acronism is “Walking in someone’s foot”
Acronism by Drewdepo February 23, 2021
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fache-couture 

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Usage:
* Often casual, ironic, or meme-y
* Can imply effortless weight loss, suppressed hunger, or being “powered by pharmaceuticals”

Notes:
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pajama casual 

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