When

• Gun shot wound = 3 syllables, and
• GSW = 5 syllables

We abbreviate to shorten, not lengthen.

  • derekabutton@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Just pulling this out of my ass, but perhaps it’s an artifact from handwritten medical charts. GSW is shorter to write.