UncommonNo. 1 of 872
abbreviationship
noun. Two people who have known each other so long that entire quarrels are conducted in initials.
Case in pointThe telegram legend of Victor Hugo and his publisher, 1862: "?" answered by "!" (probably apocryphal).
- + Pros
- You can have a whole argument in four letters and be done by dessert.
- − Cons
- Nobody else at the table has any idea what just happened.