Abbreviations (Collins Word Power) by Graham King

Author:Graham King [King,Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007400959
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2000-03-11T05:00:00+00:00

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Oz Abbros

Australians are loth to use long words and they are ferocious verbal surgeons. But they also possess the curious habit of adding an ‘o’ at the end of words they abbreviate:

arvo afternoon

aspro aspirin

commo communist

doco documentary

garbo garbage collector

kero kerosene

metho methylated spirit

preggo pregnant

OST Office of Science and Technology

OT overtime; occupational therapy; Old Testament (also Old Test)

OTB off-track betting (US)

otc over the counter

OTC Officer Training Corps

OTE on target earnings

OTL overturned lorry

OTT over the top

OU Oxford University; Open University

OUP Oxford University Press

ov over; overture

OWLS Oxford Word and Language Service

OXFAM, Oxf am Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

Oxon Oxoniensis = Oxford; Oxford University; Oxfordshire

Oxbridge Oxford-Cambridge; also used to describe the older, classical universities in the UK

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