backronym

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• bacronym

EtymologyEdit

Blend of back +‎ acronym.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/

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.
   • 2018 March 14, Sarah Lewin, "Meet ‘Steve,’ the Aurora-Like Mystery Scientists Are Beginning to Unravel," space.com (retrieved 17 March 2018):

     [T]he phenomenon has been dubbed STEVE, a backronym that matches the name originally given by aurora watchers. (STEVE is short for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.")

Derived termsEdit

• backronymic

TranslationsEdit

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 支援頭文字, 支援头文字 (zhīyuántóuwénzì)

• French: rétro-acronyme (fr) m
• German: Backronym (de) n

• Japanese: バクロニム (bakuronimu)
• Korean: 배크로님 (baekeuronim)
• Swedish: backronym n
• Turkish: kısaltma ad

See alsoEdit

• recursive acronym
• backronym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia