backronym

Alternative formsEdit

• bacronym

EtymologyEdit

Blend of back and acronym

NounEdit

backronym (plural backronyms)

1. A word that is either not an acronym but is taken to be one and for which a full form is invented by back-formation, or is an acronym and for which an alternative full form is invented by back-formation.

Derived termsEdit

• backronymic

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

• recursive acronym
• Backronym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia