Can you name the actual terms these common words are abbreviated from? by JayHankEdLyonJr

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Wait, that's an abbreviation? Quiz

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Created Nov 9, 2009 in Language
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	irice22:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 20:44 GMT		9 points
	Great quiz! Wish it was longer.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 20:49 GMT		5 points
	There aren't many apocopes that aren't super obvious, and lots of the more obscure ones aren't commonly used words.

	cep8888:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT		9 points
	I would probably take zoological park in addition to garden.

	Blaise:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 21:05 GMT		4 points
	I felt like such a nerd when I typed in Absolute for "absolute value"

	mattk77:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 21:26 GMT		11 points
	not bad, could you accept summariSe as well as summarize, thats how we spell it in the old country. SynchroniSation too.

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	andrea:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 21:50 GMT		7 points
	It wasn't clear which of the many meanings of "hash" you were after here. Also, maybe accept "repossess" as well as "repossession"?

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 9th, 2009 at 22:15 GMT		0 points
	"Repo" is used as a noun, not a verb. I'll clarify for hash.

	RS89:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 00:27 GMT		1 point
	Please accept "typographic error" for typo and "summary" for sum.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 00:54 GMT		4 points
	For typo, sure, why not. For summary, that's not what it sum is short for. You'd never say "to summary it all up." It's "to summarize it all up" or "to sum up."

	the_cgould:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT		-3 points
	wat the Tabulator key?

	MRL:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 21:24 GMT		11 points
	@the_cgould: It's that key next to the Q. The one that isn't W.

	blahquabats:	Nov 11th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT		8 points
	I'm afraid I don't believe you about the sum/summation/summarize thing. I think the latter two words (as well as "summit") are derived from the former, not the other way around ("sum" has been around since at least the 1300s; "summation" was first seen in 1760 and "summarize" in 1871, according to Merriam-Webster). otherwise a lovely quiz! maybe you'd want to throw "fax" or "movie" in there, though they'd certainly fall on the easy side of the spectrum.

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	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 12th, 2009 at 22:35 GMT		3 points
	Well, my good old OED was indecisive on the matter; it had some disputed old uses and whatnot. In any case, I'll just take those two out in case you're right and add in movie and fax, because honestly those two are pretty nifty answers.

	Catherine_F:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 11:15 GMT		1 point
	I wondered why movie and fax were so little guessed, I see now they've only been added today. I feel silly for having no idea about "abs". PS. In British English reconnaissance is usually shortened to "recce" (recky.) Doesn't make a difference to the quiz, just useful to know..

	Psycho:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 20:21 GMT		-1 points
	ABS also stands for "Anti-lock breaking system" in cars, and absolute value in mathematics.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 14th, 2009 at 04:26 GMT		5 points
	ABS is an acronym, not an abbreviation. And "Abs" in math is like "Sin" or "Cos;" it's rarely spoken, and it certainly isn't part of the lexicon that people are obviously referring to when the word "abs" is used. Still, I'll change it just to clarify.

	MorningBell411:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 15:28 GMT		0 points
	Rush fan?

	Sally:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 17:39 GMT		6 points
	I must have tried 10 different spellings for brassiere. Dang it!

	Matt999:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 19:57 GMT		2 points
	Omnibus for bus would be good

	Inyro:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 02:45 GMT		5 points
	I tried "typography error" for typo and got that wrong; also, if you check many art forums, 'typo' is a common abbreviation for typography in general. Also, I failed bookie by trying bookkeeper. Dammit.

	ereadalot:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 03:49 GMT		0 points
	I think you should accept "bookkeeper" for bookie. Otherwise, great quiz!

	batmann:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 05:35 GMT		3 points
	haha learned "confidence man" from Lost

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 15:50 GMT		9 points
	Omnibus is excellent, especially because its specific abbreviation is backed up by the OED. Otherwise, bookkeeping isn't the same as bookmaking. One is accounting, the other is gambling, and "bookie" always refers to gambling. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bookie&searchmode=none

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	blueshoelaces:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 07:08 GMT		1 point
	You come up with the funnest [sic] quizzes! :) This is another really educational one. I was surprised by how many I could guess correctly (not nearly all of them). I was on the right track for perm and prom (I actually guessed "promInade," and wasn't confident enough to check the spelling, haha), and I remembered tarpaulin right after I clicked "give up." Boo.

	cheezguyty:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 07:49 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz! You should be a little more lenient with acceptable answers, e.g. zoological gardens or repossess.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Dec 5th, 2009 at 15:46 GMT		1 point
	It's spelled synchronize. Syncronize isn't a word. In any case, "repo" doesn't stand for "repossess." Repossess is a verb, which repo isn't.

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	JayHankEdLyon:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 10:27 GMT		1 point
	Um, no. It'd be uneven, which I'm not a fan of, but moreso I'm not a fan of people making such rude posts.

	marzoz10:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 15:01 GMT		0 points
	Gee, I was always under the impression (I think someone told me once?) that "prom" was short for "promotion", i.e. to the next school grade level. Had to check my own sources. Hmph, you learn something new every day!

	leob:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 18:15 GMT		1 point
	Please accept "permanent curl" as a synonym for "permanent wave".

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	JayHankEdLyon:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 02:13 GMT		4 points
	Movie isn't short for motion picture. That would be a motie.

	DrEfficient:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 16:36 GMT		1 point
	Hmm maker a fan of Rush? Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves beside each other :) Good quiz too

	yankeespurs101:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 22:56 GMT		-1 points
	WTF my science teacher said BRA staands for blue red acid. F*** science

	Riko:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 17:41 GMT		1 point
	I've always heard 'bookkeeper' for bookie, but that may be a back-formation. Otherwise, great quiz.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Jan 12th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT		6 points
	Bookie is definitely for bookmaker and only bookmaker. A bookkeeper is a recorder of transactions, whereas a bookmaker deals with bets, which is what a bookie is always associated with. It's a tricky distinction (even I thought it was short for bookkeeper before researching for this quiz) but I'd still say it's valid as I've never heard "bookie" as meaning anything but someone who deals with bets.

	aross:	Jan 13th, 2010 at 21:48 GMT		3 points
	I'm pretty sure demo can also mean demolition.. and is it really necessary for me to write "key" after tabulator?