ACRONYM

In this note, we present Acronym CReatiON for You and Me, or ACRONYM, a command-line code that identifies English acronyms from any arbitrary string of text. All "astronomy-valid" acronyms, as well as the appropriate capitalization of the input phrase, are returned to the user, sorted with longest (and therefore best) acronyms first. With widespread use, ACRONYM should revolutionize the field of astronomy by freeing researchers from the burdensome task of brainstorming convoluted acronyms for their projects, adding back countless hours of productive work to the research cycle.

This actually works, and was trivial to install. Some examples :

acronym "Radio astronomy survey of gas in the Virgo cluster" :

• RADIANCE RADIo astronomy survey of gAs iN the virgo ClustEr
• RADIATES RADIo astronomy survey of gAs in ThE virgo cluSter
• RADISHES RADIo astronomy survey of gaS in tHE virgo cluSter
• RAISINGS RAdIo aStronomy survey of gas IN the virGo cluSter
• RAVENOUS RAdio astronomy surVEy of gas iN the virgO clUSter
• REGISTER Radio astronomy survEy of Gas In the virgo cluSTER
• RESINOUS Radio astronomy survEy of gaS IN the virgO clUSter
• RESOLUTE Radio astronomy survEy of gaS in the virgO cLUsTEr
• REVOLTER Radio astronomy survEy of gas in the VirgO cLusTER
• ROARINGS RadiO AstRonomy survey of gas IN the virGo cluSter
• ROASTETH RadiO ASTronomy survEy of gas in THe virgo cluster
• ROMANIST RadiO astronoMy survey of gAs iN the vIrgo cluSTer
• ROMANTIC RadiO astronoMy survey of gAs iN The vIrgo Cluster

acronym "neutral hydrogen in virgo" :

• NEARING NEutrAl hydRogen IN virGo
• NEUTRAL NEUTRAL hydrogen in virgo
• NUDGING NeUtral hyDroGen IN virGo
• NEARER NEutrAl hydRogEn in viRgo
• NEGRO NEutral hydroGen in viRgO
• NUDGE NeUtral hyDroGEn in virgo
• NAIN NeutrAl hydrogen IN virgo
• NEAH NEutrAl Hydrogen in virgo
• NEAR NEutrAl hydrogen in viRgo
• NERO NEutral hydrogen in viRgO
• NING Neutral hydrogen IN virGo
• NUDE NeUtral hyDrogEn in virgo

 acronym "Inspecting FITS files in three dimensions"

• INCLINED INspeCting fits fiLes IN threE Dimensions
• INCLINES INspeCting fits fiLes IN three dimEnsionS
• INFESTED INspecting Fits filES in ThreE Dimensions
• INSISTED INSpectIng fits fileS in ThreE Dimensions
• INSPIRED INSPecting fits files In thReE Dimensions
• INCEST INspeCting fits filES in Three dimensions
• INCHES INspeCting fits files in tHree dimEnsionS
• ISIS InSpecting fits files in three dimensIonS

ACRONYM: Acronym CReatiON for You and Me

Each year, countless hours of productive research time is spent brainstorming creative acronyms for surveys, simulations, codes, and conferences. We present ACRONYM, a command-line program developed specifically to assist astronomers in identifying the best acronyms for ongoing projects.