https://www.mexperience.com/the-proliferation-of-abbreviations/ Experience More of Mexico Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.mexperience.com/the-proliferation-of-abbreviations/#comment-27474 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:00:36 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/foreignnative/?p=100---c8de1260-05b3-4e54-b227-720209545a4a#comment-27474 How about “el mini” for “mini super” which is already an abbreviation for minisupermercado”.

]]> https://www.mexperience.com/the-proliferation-of-abbreviations/#comment-27473 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:09:19 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/foreignnative/?p=100---c8de1260-05b3-4e54-b227-720209545a4a#comment-27473 Another one I’ve heard from Mexicans is “Face” for Facebook, pronounced the way we would say it.

]]>