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Are initialisms that sound like existing words in English still called initialisms? Or are t...
An initialism has come into common parlance as a word on its own.
An initialism is a word made from the first letters of each word in a phrase. Unlike acronyms, initialisms cannot be spoken as words: …
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Is there a term for a compound word that may be split in multiple places? [duplicate]
The only example I can currently think of is from the Spawn comic book. The compound word “Hellspawn” may be split two different ways:
Hell spawn (creature born of Hell)
Hell’s pawn (a minor figure …