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- Why does the word emcee exist? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Others, such as teevee (TV, television), deejay, (DJ, disc jockey), See-Threepio (C-3PO, Star Wars robot) are easily understood, but the spelled-out versions aren't as popular as the initialisms I assume people calling themselves dj Pee Tee , dj Jay Kay , etc are bored with "deejay", but still like using the technique on their own names
- Acronyms and Initialisms- Uppercase, Lowercase, or either
The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) briefly addresses the question of whether the spelled-out form of an initialism or acronym should be initial-capped if the short form is capitalized, at 10 6 Capital versus lowercase for acronyms and initialisms:
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
get-go; git-go; gitty up noun the very start US, 1966 [First citations:] A clicker from the get-go, the sheet has become must reading for every deejay who sees it — New Pittsburgh Courier , 19 May 1962 — Stewart L Tubbs and Sylvia Moss, Human Communication , p 121, 1974
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