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Re: Apronyms

Posted by Jeff (jefftl@cox.net) on 07 July 2003 16:01:49 UTC
I see the distinction as that a backronym (the entry you found on those was from what appeared to be Eric Raymond's jargon file) must be a reexpansion, while an apronym can just as easily be the original expansion. Backronyms are really a subtype of apronyms.
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