- A
backronym is an
acronym formed from an
already existing word by
expanding its
letters into the
words of a phrase.
Backronyms may be
invented with either...
-
younger Italian male
immigrants arriving in America. One
false etymology or
backronym of **** is that it is an
acronym for "without p****port" or "without papers"...
-
American hip hop
group from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The
backronym M.A.F.I.A.
stands for
Masters At
Finding Intelligent Attitudes. They were...
- this is
unlikely and a
false etymology that is
probably an
example of a
backronym.
Several Internet memes have
caused the
widespread adoption of the term...
- DéFI (French pronunciation: [defi] ; a
backronym of Démocrate fédéraliste indépendant [demɔkʁat fedeʁalist ɛ̃depɑ̃dɑ̃]) is a social-liberal and regionalist...
- Hope (Konfederacja
Odnowy Rzeczypospolitej Wolność i Nadzieja), both
backronym to
KORWiN or
sometimes shortened to
Liberty (Wolność).
Among the party's...
-
PowerPC (with the
backronym Performance Optimization With
Enhanced RISC –
Performance Computing,
sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a
reduced instruction...
-
newborns can
receive a
score from 0 to 2. The list of
criteria is a
backronym of Apgar's surname.
Various members of the
healthcare team, including...
- Mercury's
chemical composition, geology, and
magnetic field. The name is a
backronym for
Mercury Surface,
Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, and...
-
Railroad Club at the M****achusetts
Institute of Technology. In 1960 the
backronym "Mash
Until No Good" was
created to
describe Mung, and by 1976 it was...
