Acronymania

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms. uncountable

    "In the Pentagon's "acronymania," the plane's official name, the National Emergency Airborne Command Post — NEACP, pronounced "kneecap" — had been changed to NAOP, National Airborne Operations Center."

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"In the Pentagon's "acronymania," the plane's official name, the National Emergency Airborne Command Post — NEACP, pronounced "kneecap" — had been changed to NAOP, National Airborne Operations Center."

Etymology

From acronym + -mania.

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