It’s an acronym, tho. From the Wiktionary page for ‘acronym’:
The broader sense of acronym inclusive of initialisms (as TNT) is sometimes proscribed[3] but was the term’s original meaning and remains its more common meaning.
So it seems like a bunch of prescriptivists just made up this distinction, included it in some style guides, and then tried to proscribe the other meaning or something.
It’s an acronym, tho. From the Wiktionary page for ‘acronym’:
So it seems like a bunch of prescriptivists just made up this distinction, included it in some style guides, and then tried to proscribe the other meaning or something.
Every time you communicate an idea in a way a prescriptivist doesn’t like, an angel gets its wings