ChristianBoyce and Christopher Stone: Thank you so very much for your help! I ended up going with Christopher's solution because there is a lot less code and the one-per-line "white list" feature is super convenient and easy to edit/use. Thanks again!
For anyone else who is interested, following is my whitelist of carefully and thorougly-screened acronyms and "short words" that I have set Christopher's script to ignore. 10th 1st 2D 2nd 3D 3M 3rd 4H 4th 4WD 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th a A.I. A.K.C. AA AAA AAAA AACN AADP AAPL AAR AARP AB ABA ABC ABM ABS ABT AC ACA ACARS ACCT ACDC ACEP ACH ACL ACLU ACM ACME ACRL ADA ADD ADHD ADMN ADN ADP ADR ADT AECT AED AES AEST AFC AFDC AFL AFL-CIO AFLCIO AFRICOM AFSCME AG AI AICPA AIDA AIDS AIG AIPS AIS AIU AJAX AK AKA AKO ALIR ALS AMA AMC AMD AME AMEX AMR AMS AMSN an ANA and ANOVA ANPS ANWR AOL AONE AP APA APD APEC APHA API APN APO APR APT APU AQOLI AQP AQP2 AR ARDS ARM ARPN as ASAP ASCA ASCE ASCII ASCO ASD ASDA ASDF ASEAN ASI ASL ASME ASP ASPCA ASX at AT&T ATF ATM ATP ATT ATV AUC AUS AVG AVON AWOL AZ AZT B2B BAA BAE BART BASF BATNA BBB BBC BC BCDR BCE BCG BCP BCS BETC BF BIM BIOS BLS BMG BMI BMW BMY BNP BNSF BP BPA BPL BPM BPR BRIC BSB BSC BSN BSRI but by BYOD C.S. CA CABG CAC CACREP CAD CAE CAFR CAFTA CAHP CALEA CALS CAM CAPM CARF CAUTI CBA CBCA CBE CBIS CBO CBR CBRNE CBS CBT CC CCTV CD CD83 CDC CDN CDO CDS CE CEC CEDAW CEO CES CF CFAM CFIM CFM CFO CFP CGI CHCCHILD401A CHF CHP CIA CIBA CIBC CIC CIO CIPD CIS CISM CJ CKD CLABSI CLIL CLS CMC CMHC CMM CMO CMOS CMS CNA CNC CNN CO CO2 COAG COBIT CODIS COMOPTEVFOR COPD CPA CPE CPI CPM CPO CPR CPS CPT CPTED CPU CQI CRIJ CRISS CRM CRPS CRU CS CSA CSB CSI CSR CSS CSX CT CTC CUNY CVA CVB CVP CVS D.C. D.H. DAP DB DBMS DBQ DBT DC DCF DDC DDOS DDS DDT DEA DEFD DES DF DFAT DFW DH DHA DHCP DHEA DHHS DHL DHS DHSS DHTML DIAC DIMHRS DIMM DJ DJE DJIA DMAT DMCA DMFC DMV DMZ DNA DNC DNI DNP DNR DNS DOA DOC DOCX DOJ DOS DOTATOC DP DQ DRB DRG DRNC DSE DSL DSM DSS DST DUI DVAAP DVD DVI DVN DVT DWI DWL DYN E E.E. E.M. E.P.A. EAPS EASTS EBBD EBD EBMUD EBO EBP EC ECB ECE ECG ECL ECMO ECRM ECT ED EDFD EE EEG EEO EEOC EFL EG EGF EGO EHR EIC EIP EIS EITC EIU EK EKG EL ELL EM EMA EMF EMH EMP EMR EMS EMT EMTALA EMV ENG ENSO ENT EOC EOP EOT EP EPA EPM EPS EQ EQUIS ER ERG ERM ERP ES ESCM ESI ESL ESOL ESP ESPN EST ESTJ ETA ETS EU EVA EVM EWB EWOM F.D.R. FAA FAC FACTA FAQ FAS FASB FAX FBAR FBI FBO FCC FDA FDI FDIC FDNY FDR FE FEAF FEC FedEx FEMA FERPA FFA FFM FGC FGM FHA FHMA FIBA FIFO FIMA FINRA FIP FISA FL FLA FLSA FMC FMEA FMLA FOC FOIA FOMC for FOX FP FPO FR from FSH FTC FTD FTP FTPS FTSE FX GA GAAP GAAS GABA GAGAS GAO GASB GATT GCC GCSE GCU GDP GE GED GEL GES GFC GFCI GGI GHB GHG GHz GI GIBCA GID GIF GIS GLBT GLONASS GM GMAC GMAT GMC GMD GMF GMO GNP GOP GPA GPD GPRS GPS GRE GREP GSMC GTU GUI GVHD GWOT GWU H.G. H&M H2AX HACCP HBO HBR HBS HBU HCC HCI HCS HD HDL HDNB HDTV HG HGH HHE HHS HIAA HICOM HIH HIPAA HITECH HIV HK HM HMO HNRNA HP HPC HPCL HPTC HPV HR HRALY HRD HRIS HRM HS HS2 HSAS HSBC HSC HSE HTM HTML HTN HTTP HUD HUE HW I I/O IA IaaS IAEA IAS IASB IBI IBM IBNR IBO IBS ICBM ICC ICD ICE ICES ICH ICT ICTR ICTY ICU ID IDF IDS IEA IED IEEE IEP IFB IFC IFIS IFP IFRS IGS II III IJV IKEA IL ILM ILPE IMAP IMAX IMC IMF IML IMMELT in INA INFJ INS into IOC IOM IP IPAMG IPDS IPE IPN IPO IPSA IPSEC IPV IPV4 IPV6 IQ IR IRA IRAC IRB IRDS IRHM IRR IRS IRTPA IRTS ISBD ISBN ISCM ISDN ISI ISIL ISIS ISO ISO/OSI ISP ISPS ISTE ISTJ it ITIL IV IVF IX J.D. J.F.K. J.K. J.M. J.R.R. JC JCAHO JCB JCI JD JDAM JDL JFK JIB JIT JK JM JMP JOPP JPEG JPG JROTC JRR JSPN JSTOR JV JVA KBR KDD KFC KG KGB KKK KLM KM KMIA KS KY LA LACMA LADMH LAN LAPD LASD LAX LBJ LCD LDL LED LEED LG LGBT LICSW LIDAR LIFO LLC LMP LMS LMX LNG LNOC LOL LP LPI LRAD LSD LSI LSJ LTC LTE LTP LV LVAAF LVMH MA MACC MADD MANET MBA MBO MBT MBTI MCD MCI MCMI MD MDG MDMA MDMP MDS MEPIS MGM MGMT MGSM MGT MHA MHC MHS MI MI5 MI6 MIS MIT MIX MJ MKT MLA MLB MLK MLKJ MMOG MMPI MMR MN MNC MNE MNGT MO MOMA MP MP3 MPA MPD MPEG MPEG2 MPI MPIS MRAP MRI MRP MRSA MS MS-DOS MSA MSF MSG MSM MSMBA MSN MSNBC MSPMBA MSRP MSW MT MTA MTC MTV MVP NAACP NAEYC NAFTA NAICS NAMBLA NAPCAN NASA NASCAR NASDAQ NATO NB NBA NBC NC NCAA NCATE NCLB NCO NCR NCTM NCVS ND NDAP NE NEMC NESB NetBIOS NFL NFP NGO NH NHL NHS NIBRS NIDS NIH NIM NIMS NIMSAD NIOSH NIST NJ NJH NLM NLRA NLRB NM NMC NMCI NMR NNC NOAA NOC nor NORAD NPD NPO NPR NPV NQA NRA NRF NSA NSDM NSG NSW NTN NTSB NTT NTUC NV NVP NY NYC NYCB NYPD NYS NYSE NYTS NYU OAPEC OAS OCA OCD OCR ODBC OECD OEM of OH OI OIG OJ OK OLAP OLC OLTP OM OMB on ONG onto ONUC OOP OP OPEC or ORD ORP OS OSHA OSHRC OSI OST OSX OTC OUP OXO P53 PA PaaS PACEX PACS PACU PAI PALS PBL PBS PC PC-DOS PC-I/O PCA PCAOB PCB PCDOS PCI PCIT PCP PCR PCS PD PDA PDCA PDF PDP PE PECC PERL PERT PESTEL PESTLE PETA PG PG&E PGA PGI PGP Ph.D. PhD PHI PHP PICO PIE PIP PKS PLC PLO PM PMDD PMO PMS PNC PNG PNP PO POP3 POS POW PPACA PPD PPI PPO PPP PPR PPT PPTX PR PRC PRCM PREA PRI PRK PSA PSAP PSAT PSI PSL PSP PST PSTN PTA PTP PTS PTSD PTSS PV PVC PW QA QALY QC QED QOL R&B R&D RAD RADAR RAM RBV RC RCA RCRA RCS RCT RDBMS RDD REBT RECON REI REIT REL REM RF RFID RFP RFQ RGB RHIO RI RIAA RIC RICO RIP RISC RN RNA RNC ROA ROE ROI ROK ROM ROS ROTC RPG RPM RSS RSV RSVP RTI RUP RV RX S&P SA SAARC SaaS SAD SAP SARA SARS SAS SAT SB SBAR SBE SBH SBL SC SCFB SCHIP SCM SCOT SCP SCSI SCSU SD SDI SDLC SDS SEAL SEC SEM SERVQUAL SES SETI SF SFAC SFAS SFBT SFO SFPD SFSU SFTP SIDS SIM SIP SKU SLF SLO SLP SMC SME SMES SMI SMS SNCC so SOA SOAS SOI SOLOM SOPA SOX SP SPA SPAM SPARC SPC SPCA SPL SPMC SPS SPSS SQL SRAM SRS SS SSC SSD SSI SSL SSN SSO STD STEMI STP SU SUV SVC SVU SWAT SWLOM SWOT TAJ TANF TB TBC TBI TBS TCA TCAS TCM TCP TCP/IP TD TDAC TEC TESOL TFAH TGR the TJX TLC TMA TMC TMJ TN TNA TNT to TOC TOEFL TOGAF TOS TPIY TPS TQM TR TRW TSA TSO TTIC TTP TUI TV TVM TX U.C. U.K. U.N. U.S. U.S.A. U.S.S. U.S.S.R. UAE UAL UAS UAV UAW UBL UC UCAV UCB UCC UCITA UCLA UCO UCR UF UFC UFO UFPR UHS UI UK UMBC UMTS UN UNCF UNESCO UNICEF UNIX UNMIK UOP UPC UPN UPS URL US USA USAA USAF USB USC USCA USCIS USD USDA USDOJ USFA USMC USO USPACOM USPS USPTO USS USSR USWA UT UTI V V.P. VA VACTERL VARK VAT VATER VCR VF VGA VHS VHSIC VI VII VIII VIP VITA VMI VOIP VP VPN VR VRAM VRE vs VT VZ W.B. W.H.O. WA WACC WAIS WAIS-IV WAN WAREZ WASP WB WBS WCDMA WEF WI WIC WIMAX with WK WLAN WMD WMI WMS WNBA WSJ WSPA WTO WV WW1 WW2 WW3 WWE WWF WWI WWII WWIII WWW WY X XBRL XDE XI XII XIV XIX XL XLS XLSX XM XML XP XSL XV XVI XVII XVIII XX XXI XXL XXX XYZ Y YMCA YRS ZIP -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. 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