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Re: Apronyms Posted by Angela (angela@apronyms.com) on 06 July 2003 22:41:57 UTC

Could this be the word we're replacing? backronym n. [portmanteau of back + acronym] A word interpreted as an acronym that was not originally so intended. This is a special case of what linguists call `back formation'. Examples are given under BASIC, recursive acronym (Cygnus), Acme, and mung. Discovering backronyms is a common form of wordplay among hackers. Compare retcon.

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