Am I to assume that if nobody actually can remember what an abbreviation means, it's appropriate to go with it anyway? Example: I. X. L., Okfuskee County, Oklahoma: I can't find an expansion of this town's name, and suffice to say the town's population is small enough with a high enough turnover that it's not something that can be readily determined by asking around. Closest I've come to expanding it is regional lore that it's the initials of a wildcatting company, or a portmanteu of the initials of the town's founders, though I've yet to be able to substantiate either etymology. I strongly suspect that whatever IXL originally stood for is completely beyond long forgotten at this point, so, safe to give up?
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