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Both are the work of fans, and both bring home, with an occasionally numbing force, the etymology of that word: "abbr of fanatic" as my OED has it.

Abbess; Abbot; Abbey. abbr. or abbrev.

Advance degree seeker's test: abbr.

Nation that has apologized for its Holocaust role: abbr.

McCain's father and grandfather: Abbr.

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