Definition of stupor for English Language Learners. : a condition in which someone is not able to think normally because of being drunk, drugged, tired, etc.
It stands for India Pale Ale. IPA is a version of Pale Ale, which is beer brewed with pale colored malt, and typically more hops for a sharp, clean bitter taste.
An acronym (pronounced AK-ruh-nihm, from Greek acro-in the sense of extreme or tip and onyma or name) is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a pronounceable word. The word may already exist or it can be a new word. An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a word. 2  An initialism is an abbreviation that uses the first letter of each word in the phrase (thus, some but not all initialisms are acronyms).