List of acronyms and initialisms
(Starting with "O")
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This list contains acronyms,
initialisms, and pseudo-blends.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g.,
SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or
portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)
WPA Wyoming Pipeline Authority, http://www.wyopipeline.com/
O
- O - (i) Oberst - Observer - Obstacle - Octal - Officer - Official - Oh - Operational - Operator - Oprah (magazine) - Outstanding - (s) Oxygen
OA
OB
- ob - (p) obiit (Latin, "(s) he died")
- OB - (p) Obedience - Obligation - Obligatory - Obsolete - Obstetrics - (i) Ocean Beach (California) - Off Break (cricket) - Old Bryanstonian - Order of Battle - Outlet Box (electrical) - (p) Overbought (stock market) - (i) Oversight Board
- OBE - (i) Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- OBJ - (p) Objective (military parlance)
- OBS - (p) Observation/Observer - Obsolete - Obstacle - (i) Off Balance Sheet - Optical Burst Switching (IEEE) - Organic Brain Syndrome - Organization(al) Breakdown Structure
- OBSS - (i) Off Board Sensor Systems - Ordo Byantinus Sancti Sepulchri (Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre) - Orbiter Boom Sensor System (space shuttle) - Origins Billion Star Survey
- OBX - (p) Outer Banks (North Carolina)
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- OG:
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Old Giggleswickian, a former pupil of Giggleswick School
- Old Gower, a former pupil of University College School
- Old Gregorian, a former pupil of Downside School
- Old Greshamian, a former pupil of Gresham's School
- Old Gold, a dark yellow
- Olympic Games
- Outpost Gallifrey, a Doctor Who fansite.
- Own goal, in soccer, a goal scored by a player in their own side's goal
- OG: Optimized Gaia, theory the earth optimizes itself to promote life, and popular movement to Promote Human Progress in Harmony with the Natural World.
- OG: Original Gangster, an album by Ice-T
- Original Gangster, see Gangster
- Objective Glass, see Objective (optics)
- Original Gravity, see Gravity (beer)
- Offensive Guard, see Guard (American football)
OH
OI
- OIC - (i) Officer In Charge
- OIE - (i) World Organisation for Animal Health (originally the Office international des épizooties, French for "International Epizootic Office")
- OIF - (i) Operation Iraqi Freedom
- OIOC - (i) Oriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
OJ
OK
- OK - (s) Oklahoma (postal symbol) - (i) oll korrect (facetious alteration of "all correct", 1839)
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Published - December 2008
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