Educational Acronyms

noun A person who serves in the military.

• The GI tract is responsible for digesting food and absorbing nutrients.
• I think I have a GI bug because my stomach has been hurting all day.
• I can't eat that, it always gives me GI issues.
• His attention to detail is like a GI inspection, nothing gets past him.

noun TBR (To Be Read) is a commonly used acronym in the book community to refer to books that a person plans to read in the future.

• I have a long TBR list of academic journals to read for my research.
• My TBR pile of books is getting out of control, I need to start reading them soon.
• I keep adding more books to my TBR stack, it's never-ending.
• My TBR mountain of tasks keeps growing, I need to start crossing them off one by one.

noun It is a common term in the English language to refer to short forms of longer phrases or names.

• The TLA stands for 'Three Letter Acronym' in the field of linguistics.
• I'm tired of all these TLAs in the tech industry, can't they just use full words?
• TLA? Oh, that's just short for 'Too Long Acronym' in my book.
• Her TLA for success was hard work, determination, and perseverance.

noun a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words

• The committee discussed the use of the acronym in the report to make it more concise.
• I couldn't understand the memo because it was full of acronyms.
• I had to Google what that acronym meant, I had no clue!
• Using acronyms in our conversation is like speaking in code.