From: Gene McAloon 

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:50:05 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>In article , nomail{at}hotmail.com says...
>> > DDT, maybe. Of course, we could also include the non-people things like
>> > FBI, CIA, DEA, DHS, SSA.
>> >
>> > Or we could go to the actual subject line.
>>
>> I don't follow, IKE is a nickname for Eisenhower, DDE is the 3 initials,
>> hence, DDE fits, IKE doesn't.
>
>Gene's thing was on abbreviations. A nickname is an abbreviation.

>> Gene's thing was on abbreviations. A nickname is an abbreviation. <<

No, it is not. A nickname can be any length. It is not necessarily a
shortened form. A nickname for Gary B., for example, might be "the
abominable." 

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