Rodríguez González, Félix Abbreviations and American slang English Today. 1992, 8(3): 39-44. doi:10.1017/S0266078400006544 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/45065 DOI: 10.1017/S0266078400006544 ISSN: 0266-0784 (Print) Abstract: A survey of the acronyms and other types of abbreviation used among students, soldiers, nurses, hobos and others in the USA. Keywords:Abbreviations, Slang, United States Cambridge University Press info:eu-repo/semantics/article