Sekirov Dictionary

backronym

/ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/

noun2

  1. 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.
  2. A phrase which assigns a morpheme or word to each letter of a pre-existing acronym.

verb1

  1. To create a backronym.
forms

backronymed · backronymmed · backronyming · backronymming · backronyms

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