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backronym    
(Backward acronym) A word which has been turned into
an acronym by inventing an expansion, rather than the other
way around. E.g. "{ping}".

(2005-06-22)


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  • What is the difference between Backronym and Acronym?
    The backronym was a lighthearted compromise in recognition of the comedian's ability to sway NASA's online vote for the naming of an ISS module The word backronym was the brainchild of Meredith G Williams, the winner of the November 1983 edition of the Washington Post monthly neologism contest according to WordSpy
  • Is the cryptographical meaning of nonce a backronym?
    This seems like a (poor) backronym to me and unlikely to be the true etymology I haven't been able to find a definition specifically for the cryptographic sense in any other online dictionary so far, or on etymology online
  • single word requests - What do you call it when you come up with a . . .
    A backronym, or bacronym, is a constructed phrase that purports to be the source of a word that is an acronym (source: Wikipedia ) They give the AMBER Alert as an example; it was named after a girl whose name was Amber, but constructed the phrase "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" to fit the abbreviation
  • meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    This answer strikes me as the most likely interpretation if I were to hear the word from a teenager who likes video games I disagree with the etymology, though In the video game context "meta" comes from the term "metagaming", although the backronym you're quoting perfectly reflects what "meta" came to mean in the context of video games
  • Opposite of acronym - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The definition for backronym in the Oxford US Dictionary online sheds some light on the antonym for acronym: a fanciful expansion of an existing acronym or word, such as “port out, starboard home” for posh Notice that it is "a fanciful expansion" This seems to indicate that the antonym for acronym is expansion, based on backronym's
  • orthography - Free stuff - swag or schwag? - English Language . . .
    Stuff We All Get is a later "backronym" The first schwag as promo stuff I heard was stickers and so on given out by Flickr mid last decade, as their fun variation of swag (See also here for schwag as low grade marijuana, possibly from Yiddish )
  • meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    That's what is called a backronym, i e inventing a meaning for a word that already exists You can look up any etymology for news, like at dictionary com, to see that it comes from middle english newis, and is not an acronym at all
  • rhetoric - The same word used to define itself - English Language . . .
    The common term for this is a backronym, a back-formation acronym Also known as recursive acronym metacronym recursive initialism, this is a fun way to coin names for new programming languages and such RPM, PHP and YAML were originally conventional initialisms which were later redefined recursively
  • What is the etymology of the word bae? - English Language Usage . . .
    is a term of endearment for a significant other, similar to other pet names derived from the word “baby,” such as “B” and “boo ” Following the popularization of the term through various hip hop and R B songs in the early 2010s, “bae” also became alternatively interpreted by some as a backronym for “before anyone else ” Origin
  • word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    @HotLicks - "Swag" is a very old word, of course - I remember it as being interchangeable with "booty" in the tales of pirates and highwaymen I read as a kid - but when used in the context of "promotional giveaways", it has a backronym I really enjoy: Stuff We All Get –





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