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What does ICYMI Stand for? And it’s Antonyms and Synonyms
This might be news to you, but new acronyms (word phrases) have recently been added to the lexicon: ICYMI. Indeed, people often try to draw your attention to intriguing or enlightening content on the internet that exists, but, by default, doesn’t need to be indexed by search engines like Google and Yahoo. The brevity of the hashtag appeals to users, as well as attracting the notice of traditional media, as it appears in many social media posts.
To reiterate, ICY isn’t an abbreviation (this may be heard as E, I, SEE, or IS), and neither are we aware of anyone trying to say “icingeasingem” (this acronym doesn’t have the A), thus that cannot be an alternative term, In other words, it is instead an initialism, or, or it’s better still an acronym. If there are any further initialisms you want us to know about, how about we expand on this? Words we’re discussing but have not yet been accepted into use is a very real phrase that describes the language we see around us today.