Anacronym
//əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm//
"Anacronym" in a Sentence (1 examples)
When you write about using a waterproof laser pointer while scuba diving, you probably aren’t going to write about “a L.A.S.E.R. pointer for S.C.U.B.A. diving”, because the words laser and scuba are anacronyms.
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