backronym

§Alternative formsEdit

• bacronym

§EtymologyEdit

Blend of back-formation 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