Backronym

//ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm//

Synonyms for "backronym" (1 found)

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Noun(1 words)

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Translations

14 translations across 12 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

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  • 逆向首字母略縮詞 /逆向首字母略缩词 noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Finnish

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  • backronym noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)
  • bakronyymi noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)
  • jälkeenpäin muodostettu lyhenne noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

French

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  • rétro-acronyme noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

German

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  • Backronym noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Indonesian

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  • keratabasa noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Japanese

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  • バクロニム noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Korean

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  • 배크로님 noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Polish

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  • wtórny akronim noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Portuguese

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  • retroacrônimo noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Spanish

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  • retroacrónimo noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Swedish

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  • backronym noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

Turkish

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  • kısaltma ad noun (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)

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A backronym is an acronym that's specially constructed to fit an existing word.

Source: tatoeba (3579025)

[T]he phenomenon has been dubbed STEVE, a backronym that matches the name originally given by aurora watchers. (STEVE is short for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.")

Source: wiktionary

These reverse-engineered acronyms, or “backronyms,” are inescapable on Capitol Hill. Two of the biggest laws of the past few years were the CARES Act, for pandemic relief, and the CHIPS for America Act, for semiconductor manufacturing. […] Yet congressional backronyms have been on the rise for years: I wrote a computer program to check legislation titles for acronyms that spell out complete words, and found that roughly 10 percent of bills and resolutions introduced over the past two years have had backronym names—up from about one in 20 a decade ago and less than 1 percent in the late 1990s.

Source: wiktionary

Musk's recent posts have included several references to alt-right themes and fascism, experts told Insider. In a recent post, he shared a meme including Pepe the frog and a caption featuring the word "fren" — an apparent misspelling of the word "friend" — a backronym for "far right ethno nationalist."

Source: wiktionary

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