Category:TLA: Difference between revisions

A '''TLA''' is a Three-Letter Abbreviation - a string of exactly three letters that means something to somebody. Other names for this sort of TLA include Three Letter Acronym (when the three letters can be pronounced as a word) and Three Letter Code.

Unfortunately, there are only 17,576 possible TLAs, and that includes all the three-letter words such as "the"<ref>[https://scrabblelists.com/lists/threes ByScrabblelists lists over a thousand three-letter words in English]</ref> which sometimes leads to [[Fun with Acronyms]]. nowThus, mostmany of them mean more than one thing, and what comes to mind when you think of a TLA isn't necessarily what comes to somebody else's mind. (For example, there are hundreds if not thousands of people who hear "[[BFGWWW]]" and ''don't'' immediately think of the [[RoaldThe Dahl]]'sWonderful bookWizard ''Bigof FriendlyOz|Wicked Giant''Witch of the West]].)

Since "TLA" is itself a [[TLA]] (complete with multiple meanings), this is a [[Self-Demonstrating Article]] (... and somewhat recursive).