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Re: Meaningful acronyms

Posted by Paul (paulucas@bigpond.net.au) on 06 March 2003 05:03:41 UTC

Thanks for everyone's replies. I have to give a conference paper on 23 March. I think I will run with apronym. The 'a propos' link is very attractive.

cheers


Paul

>>> On 20 February 2003 06:45:00 UTC, Angela wrote:

>>> On 19 February 2003 23:54:56 UTC, Tony wrote:

While I still prefer aptonym, 'apronym' would be a nice conflation of 'apropriate/a propos' and 'acronym'.

>>> and I replied:

Another one which could be confused with aptronym... but this one only has an 'apron' in it. Better than a crony, mm?
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