Weekly English Words with Alisha Acronyms You Should Know
Hi, everybody! Welcome back to weekly words!
my name is Alisha and today we’re going to
talk about acronyms you should know, this
is probably gonna be pretty useful, let’s start!
“ETA”.
ETA stands for “estimated time of arrival”,
about what time you think you’re going to
arrive. When you are trying to plan something
with your friends, you might say “send me
a text with your ETA so I know what time you
guys will be here.”
The next one is “DIY”.
DIY means “do it yourself”. You might
see this in hardware stores in your country.
I like doing DIY projects because I’m very
creative. that was a lie.
“AKA”.
Stands for “also known as”, people nicknames,
or for Super Heroes, for example,
Superman AKA Clark Kent.
Name A AKA Name B.
Next is “MIA”, meaning “missing in action”.
This was used in military but it is also used
among a group of friends as well if somebody
from your group is missing. You go to a party
and you can’t find your friend, you could
say “oh my gosh! my friend is MIA, we don’t
know where he went.”
Next, “ID”.
ID is very very common. ID means “identification”,
you might need to show your ID at the airport,
for example.
Alright, and that’s the end of some common
acronym these are really useful so give them
a try, or be on the lookout for them especially
on the Internet. Thanks again for joining
us for weekly word this week, and we’ll see
you again next time! Bye!