acronymically challenged
Quick: What’s the acronym for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
the federal agency formerly known as HCFA? If you said “CMMS” you
would officially be wrong (but see, One Look’s Acronym Finder). Instead,
you’ll find a “CMS” logo throughout the Centers’ website.
If you don’t believe the logo, “CMS” has made it easy to check further –
there’s a link in the Side Bar to an Acronyms Page, which offers a search engine
that features both simple and advanced acronym searches.
No kidding: A search engine just for relevant acronyms. Plus, another webpage
with an Acronyms List that is so long, they tell you:
Warning: Due to the size of the acronym list, you may experience a
long delay if you choose to view All Letters. We recommend limiting
your view to a particular letter. Alternatively, you can perform an
Plug CMMS> into the agency’s acronym search engine, and you are told “No
acronyms were found.” Try CMS> and you’re told “Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services.” That’s pretty definitive — only One M.
Well, this enquiringEsq wants to know why there’s a missing “m”.
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The acronymically challenged by David Giacalone, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.