- 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...
- A
satiric misspelling is an
intentional misspelling of a word,
phrase or name for a
rhetorical purpose. This can be
achieved with
intentional malapropism...
-
United States Military Academy at West Point. In
polite company,
sometimes backronyms such as
Sugar Honey in Tea or
Sugar Honey Ice(d) Tea are used. Satirist...
- daughter, born in 1978.
Backronyms are
oftentimes used for
comedic effect[citation needed]. An
example of
creating a
backronym for
comedic effect would...
-
entering the
third year,
while the
student can
study in
second year. It has
backronyms like
Tried and Keep trying. In some
colleges this
system is implemented...
- Hope (Konfederacja
Odnowy Rzeczypospolitej Wolność i Nadzieja), both
backronym to
KORWiN or
sometimes shortened to
Liberty (Wolność).
Among the party's...
-
inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide
range of
different programs,
though backronyms and
alternative meanings have been used. For example, in the helicopters...
- May 24, 1992),
professionally known as IDK (also
known as Jay IDK; a
backronym for
Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge), is a British-American rapper, singer...
- been
widely applied to
public bodies of
various kinds, and a
variety of
backronyms have been used to make the term
consistent with this
expanded use. The...
-
other such folk
etymology phrases.
These are all
incorrect and are
simply backronyms from sic. Use of sic
greatly increased in the mid-20th century. For example...
