Backronym
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title:
Backronym
text:
A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase. Backronyms may be invented with either serious or humorous intent, or they may be a type of false etymology or folk etymology. The word is a portmanteau of back and acronym. A normal acronym is a word derived from the initial letters of the words of a phrase, such as radar from "radio detection and ranging". By contrast, a backronym is "an acronym deliberately formed from a phrase
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encyclopedia
description:
Acronym invented to fit an existing word
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
date created:
2002-01-29T07:16:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T14:41:01Z
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