Even though the internet is putting an end to the space constraints that used to hamper classified real estate listings, there is a group of abbreviations that would make a technology geek cringe. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a great article on their use in todays paper.
U, L and M stand for upper, lower and main — the levels of a house. BICC is built-in china cabinet, BIBC is built-in bookcase and FPLC is fireplace.
Acronyisms is what Joan T. Seramur, president of Williams Realty in Minocqua, Wis., calls them. Often shorter than simple acronyms, these pithy snippets pepper for-sale listings and advertising.
“My favorite is WIC — walk-in closet,” said Bill Rossebo, senior vice president at the Relocation Center in Milwaukee.
Born decades ago of advertising space constraints — most likely, newspaper ad pricing — language shortcuts linger in today’s roomier online world. Realty Web sites generally use full words, but abbreviations still abound at Multiple Listing Service, the nation’s premiere databank of for-sale properties. via The Columbus Dispatch
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