were abbreviating

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of abbreviate.
  abbreviate

  verb (used with object)

  to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian.

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were abbreviating

E-sports fans took notice that casters were abbreviating “Hong Kong Attitude,” an LoL team’s name, to HKA on stream.

From The Verge ● Oct. 11, 2019

Related Words

• abridge
• compress