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Originally Posted by Melissa Madyson
Can someone please tell me why when someone uses the word bbw why they always feel the need to put it in all capital letters??
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This is because the correct
formal grammar rule is to capitalize all letters of acronyms. With a few exceptions such as the inclusion of a word like 'of', 'or', 'a', etc as part of the acronym.
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Capitalization of Acronyms
Every letter in an acronym should be capitalized, regardless of whether the words those letters represent start with capital letters:
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I'm by no means an English or grammar expert, but that's how it was taught to me, and has stuck with me over the years.