Phrasal verbs

An abbreviation is a short form of a word or expression. An acronym is a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization.

Fest: festival
FM: Foreign Minister
FOB: free on board
4WD: four-wheel drive
FPA: Family Planning Association
FRCP: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FRCS: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
FT: Financial Times
GB: Great Britain
GCE: General Certificate of Education
GM: General Manager
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: gross national product
Govt: government
GOSL: Government of Sri Lanka
GP: General Practitioner (Medical doctor)
GPO: General Post Office
G7: Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA)
HB: hard black pencil
HC: High Commissioner
HE: His Excellency
HH: His Holiness
Hi-fi: high fidelity
HIV: Human Immunode-ficiency Virus
HK: Hong Kong
HND: Higher National Diploma
Hony: Honorary
Hp: horsepower
HQ: headquarters
HTML: hypertext markup language (World Wide Web)
http: hypertext transfer protocol
ibid: ibidem (in the same place)
IBS: irritable bowel syndrome
ICJ: International Court of Justice
ICU: intensive care unit
ID: identification (card)
i.e.: id est (that is)
IGP: Inspector General of Police
ILO: International Labour Organization
infradig: infra dignitatem (beneath one’s dignity)
Interpol: International Criminal Police Organisation
IOU: I owe you
IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union
IQ: Intelligence Quotient
IRA: Irish Republican Army
IRC: International Red Cross
ISBN:International Standard Book Number
IT: Information Technology
ITN: Independent Television Network
JAL: Japan Air Lines
JP: Justice of the Peace
kg: kilogram
KISS: keep it simple, stupid!
LAMDA: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
LLB: Bachelor of Laws
LLD: Doctor of Laws
LLM: Master of Laws
LNG: liquefied natural gas
MA: Master of Arts
MD: Managing Director
MBA: Master of Business Administration
MEP: Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
MO: Medical Officer
MOH: Medical Officer of Health
MP: Member of Parliament
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
Ms: optional prefix for a woman, whether married or not