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I have a few experiences working with acedemics, and it always seems to be abbreviation first, long form later. I kinda hated this practice. Not everything needs a catchy and marketable name. Often times it wasn't even an abbreviation, but instead it was like:
STUBBLES: Study of Faulty Abbreviations and Failure to Understand Words