mõistatuse alaliik, mille küsimuspoole moodustab tuntud lühend ehk abreviatuur, millele antakse vastuses tavapärasest erinev, vaimukas ja humoorikas lahtiseletus
Folklorists have come to call such abbreviations abbreviation riddles, although their popular character is also conveyed by terms abbreviation parodies, humorous abbreviations, alternative interpretations of abbreviations or quasi abbreviations
