backronym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
A phrase which assigns a morpheme or word to each letter of a pre-existing acronym.

verb

/ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backronym.wav

backronym backronyms bacronym backronyming backronymming backronymed backronymmed

Blend of back + acronym.

anacronym recursive acronym

backronymic

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