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A backronym or bacronym
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backronym (BAK-ro-nim) noun ... In a backronym, an expansion is invented to treat an existing word as an acronym. An example is the PERL programming language whose name is now explained as an acronym of Practical Extraction and Report Language.
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I've written a PHP script I call a "Backronym Generator". The purpose of this script is for the user to enter a word that is intended to be the resulting abbreviation of an acronym, and upon submission the script will "make up" the acronym's constituent component words.
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backronym - 2 definitions - 1. A meaning assigned to an acronym, after the acronym has already been established, that is different from its origina... ... 1. CC used to mean "Carbon Copy," but recently it's been redefined with the backronym "Courtesy Copy." ; 2. The definition "Get Rid Of Slimy girlS" is a backronym set...
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A Backronym is the same as an acronym, except that the meaning was created after the abbreviation ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... This short article can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
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Definition of backronym from Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary » backronym...
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The term “backronym” is used to refer to a number of things. Most commonly, it means an acronym which is made by deciding on an acronym and then devising a name or title to fit it. The USA PATRIOT Act is one such example; lawmakers wanted t...
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An acronym in which the short form was original and words made up to stand for it afterwards is called a backronym. (For example, SOS was originally chosen as a distress signal because it lent itself well to Morse code.
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; An acronym that has been given new words for the same letters and is created when an acronym no longer stands for its original meaning. For example, DVD originally meant "digital video disc," but was later changed to "digital versatile disc." See acronym. ... Home > Solutions > Encyclopedia > backronym...
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I encountered a new, perhaps experimental, word today: Backronym (“a reverse acronym, that is, the words of the expanded term were chosen to fit the letters of the acronym”). I’m not sure I like it.
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