From informal texts to published academic works, these common abbreviations appear everywhere. But do you know what they really mean? From Dr. to Dept., we rely on common abbreviations every ...

An abbreviation is most commonly used in the written word and is a way to communicate a larger word or group of words into a shortened term. They have always been a part of how we communicate. Some ...

Here at Lexicon Valley we like to describe rather than prescribe, ruminate rather than ordain or decree. We are the contemplative cows chewing over the cud of language use, not the woodpeckers ...