These regular deliveries developments are in some cases combined with occasional jocular or accidental distortions. The National Economic Development Council is facetiously termed Neddy. Elementary education is colloquially reffered to as the three R's - reading, (w)riting and 'rithmetic. The two well - known Americanisms jeep and okay may be mentioned in this connection. Jeep meaning 'a small military motor vehicle'  comes from g.p. ( the initials of general purpose). Okay, OK may be an illiterate misinterpretation of the initials in all correct.

Abbreviations can receive the plural and Possessive case inflections: P.O.W.'s (from prisoner of war), also the verb paradigm: okeys, okeyed, okaying.

E.g. A hotel's no life for you... Why don't you come and P.G. with me? ( A.Wilson) Here P.G. Here P.G. is an abbreviation for paying guest.

Like all nouns they can be used attributively: BBC television, TV programme, UN vote.

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