How does a paradigm differ from an epitome?
What are we, the OED?
I don’t know, we could be.
If we were, we would’ve come up with a definitive answer on the whole acronym thing 
I was just trying to rhyme. Good point though. 
From the OED:
epitome, n.
- A brief statement of the chief points in a literary work; an abridgement, abstract.
b. A summary or condensed account of anything; a compendium of a subject. - transf. Something that forms a condensed record or representation