Roughlya +‎b +‎c +‎d +‎-ism; compareabecedarium.

abecedism (pluralabecedisms)

1. (very rare) Aninitialism.
   • 1949 April 17, editorial inThe Denver Post, quoted in Levette J. Davidson, “Folklore in Modern Speech”, inLouise Pound, “Miscellany”, inAmerican Speech, Volume 25, Number 4,Duke University Press (December 1950),page 303,

     The tampering with our language, like so many other things, can be blamed on theRooseveltnew deal which createdWPA,NRA,FDIC and so many otherabecedisms.

   • 1969, Saul Galin with Peter Spielberg,Reference Books: How to Select and Use Them‎^[1], Random House,→LCCN,→OL, page36:

     Contents: A key to over 45,000 acronyms (or initialisms orabecedisms), contractions, and similar condensed appellations.

   • 1996 February 21, “RossWilymz”, “Re: MENSA, a haven for people having trouble with English?”, inrec.org.mensa‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <4ggar6$ia3@newsbf02.news.aol.com>:

     "Brook" is a verb, H.M. (as in HMS) is a well-knownabecedism (how do you look in a pinafore? don't answer), and we all know what a peter is --[…]

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