Backronym
Backronym A backronym or bacronym is a type of acronym ... to the topic at hand. The word "backronym" is a blend of back and acronym ... actual word, for example ram. Details The backronym is a technique in which a phrase ... unofficial and often humorous backronyms. When a backronym is peddled as the origin of ...
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Backronym   (translated from German)
Backronym As Backronyme [ ] become Akronyme or Abkuerzungen designates, which later got new meaning contents. Backronym thereby one is Word crossing out "backwards ... English: acronym). A humorous example of a Backronym is the interpretation of AEG as "Auspacken ...
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Talk:Backronym
Talk:Backronym Early Comments I am a little confused ... other meaning (that I had never called "backronym"), while still having parts that imply the ... on? Where did you see that called "backronym"? - jbc May 28 09:15 UTC 2003 ... first, outer, inner, last) would be a backronym, but not a apronym (because it has ... true and an apronym, is not a backronym because nobody would ever use "SADDAM" ...
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List of backronyms
List of backronyms A backronym or bacronym is a reverse acronym, that ... audio, "Digital Versatile Disc" is a valid backronym for what was originally a digital video ... launched an advertising campaign that used the backronym "America's Roast Beef, Yes Sir!" Grace ... Guts". Euphemisms AFU - All Fouled Up (euphemistic backronym from the original All Fucked Up) BFD ... Good) RTFM - Read The Fine Manuals (euphemistic backronym from the original Read The Fucking ...
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Talk:-onym
Talk:-onym Hi, Violetriga, re backronym, you're saying that backronym was an acronym "that was not originally ... say that it was so in every backronym example? If it was so in the ... I took the meaning from the main Backronym article which makes the two things sound ... written it makes me think that a backronym is an acronym that forms another ...
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Talk:Cary, North Carolina
... or Cary is a tounge-in-cheek Backronym for the city of Cary, in North ... about eight years ago and cited this backronym. The following paragraph: The town's reputation ... 24 June, the "C.A.R.Y." backronym got re-added as an "Interesting Fact ... see that at least the latter humorous backronym does exist. So—are you claiming that the ... it's NPOV to state that the backronym exists. You seem to misunderstand: the ...
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Talk:BASIC programming language
... Quicksilver 19:22, 11 November 2005 (UTC) Backronym The statement read "it was a backronym", but was later reversed. This is: A ... Talk 00:12, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC) backronym, not acronym, right? From the Jargon File ... Symbolic Instruction Code, but this is a backronym. BASIC was originally named Basic, simply because ... this entry claiming this was a later backronym were incorrect. [2] It's a ...
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Recursive acronym
... acronym is an acronym (or occasionally, a backronym) which refers to itself in the expression ... Support (though Cygnus says this is a backronym, while opponents maintain Cygnus, Your GNU Sucks ... TOS") mung — Mung Until No Good (backronym, based on an earlier backronym "Mash Until No Good") NiL — NiL ... Liero PHP — PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (another backronym - originated as "Personal Home Page" tools) ...
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Talk:PLATO
Talk:PLATO PLATO is a backronym, not an apronym. The words were invented ... net if you want. "PLATO is a backronym, not an apronym..." is exactly what I ... can be either an acronym or a backronym, as long as the meaning of the ... forms it. So yes, PLATO is a backronym, because the phrase was invented later, but ... also an apronym. It's also a backronym for "Please Leave All Terminals On" ...
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Talk:Apronym
... over the exact meanings of apronym and backronym; please see Talk:Backronym for a discussion of how the two ... definiton. But the recent discussion at Talk:Backronym seems to be heading toward defining the ... was originally intended as such (a non-backronym apronym), I don't know what it ... These would be more suited to the backronym article (where they already appear): FORD - ...
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