backronym

English - Turkish

Definition of backronym in English Turkish dictionary

Açıklaması sonradan, sanki bir kısaltmaymış gibi yapılan kelime. (or: kin=kişinin içindeki nefret)

English - English

Definition of backronym in English English dictionary

A word that is either not an acronym but is taken to be one and for which a full form is invented by back-formation, or is an acronym and for which an alternative full form is invented by back-formation

A backronym (or bacronym) is a phrase that is constructed "after the fact" from a previously existing abbreviation, the abbreviation being an initialism or an acronym. The term is sometimes used to refer to the initialism or acronym itself, but usually in those cases, it is a "replacement" backronym, the abbreviation already having an associated phrase. When the backronym phrase becomes more popular than the original, the word becomes an anacronym

Etymology

() Blend of back and acronym