Acronyms are an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. They are pronounced differently than the expanded forms (Federal Bureau of Investigation, is pronounced ef-bee-I).
Abbreviations are written differently from the expanded form but are pronounced the same (Mr. = Mister).
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Now let’s look at this recent IG post from MTV. Can you figure out the abbreviation or acronym and understand the message MTV is saying here? Good luck!