List of abbreviations

Words that are short for something else.

Photo of men in a gymnasium
Expert Infantry / CC BY-SA

Gis forGym

Gym is short for gymnasium.
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Photo of a hippopotamus
Heath Windcliff / CC BY-SA

His forHippo

Hippo is a short form of hippopotamus.
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Magic Mart.
Mike Kalasnik / CC BY-SA

Mis forMart

Mart is an abbreviation of the word market, which is a store or shop that sells a variety of things such as food, clothing or household items.
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Photo of morning light
Per Ola Wiberg / CC BY-SA

Mis forMorn

Morn is a shortened form of morning, most often used in poetry. Not to be confused with mourn.
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A normal machine.
Scott / CC BY-SA

Nis forNorm

Norm is an abbreviation of normal, which means that something is standard, average, or typical. Warm and sunny weather during summer is the norm.
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Photo of a man making an ok hand signal
Thomas Quine / CC BY-SA

Ois forOK

O.K. is an abbreviation of okay. O.K. is also an abbreviation of Oklahoma.
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Photo of a cellphone
Jeramey Jannene / CC BY-SA

Pis forPhone

Phone is an abbreviation for telephone, either a fixed phone or a cellphone.
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Photo of a photograph
Bart Everson / CC BY-SA

Pis forPhoto

Photo is short for photograph.
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Photo of an airplane.
James Wang / CC BY-SA

Pis forPlane (air)

Plane is short for airplane, or aeroplane.
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A prefab home.
Jon / CC BY-SA

Pis forPrefab

Prefab is an abbbreviation of the word prefabricate.
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And also ...

Ain't, Amp, Bye, Chub, Droid, Fab, Gent, It's, Lib, Lube, Marge, Oft, Psych, Quad, Sarge, Sub, Suss, Synth, Temp, They're, Vibe

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