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* In chemistry, abbreviation is necessary to use the completely-descriptive but incredibly long formal names of most chemicals. Or they're simply referred to by some kind of informal or brand name. At the extreme end of this scale is [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028203952/http://othyr.com/titin.html Titin], the largest known protein, which has an ''incredibly'' lengthy chemical name.
* Many [[Mormonism|Mormons]] know what RM, BYU, PEC, BYC, YM, YW, and many others mean.
* When the Short Message Service was first popular, the combination of a 160-chr<ref>character</ref> limit, charge per txt and limited kbd<ref>keyboard</ref> led to [[w:SMS language|a lot of abbreviations]]. Many of these were actually inherited from former telegraph operators (who would send abbreviated messages to each other in between official communications) and other Morse users (who found full sentences just TLTT<ref>too long to type</ref>).
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