- 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...
- daughter, born in 1978.
Backronyms are
oftentimes used for
comedic effect[citation needed]. An
example of
creating a
backronym for
comedic effect would...
-
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...
-
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...
- Times, the
parody is
cited as "a key" to the po****rization of Gyatt.
Backronyms have been
created for the term like "Girl Your **** Is Thick", "Girl You...
- A
satiric misspelling is an
intentional misspelling of a word,
phrase or name for a
rhetorical purpose. This can be
achieved with
intentional malapropism...
- The logo of
Bravia television. Its
backronym is "Best
Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture"....
-
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"...
- language.
Though Perl is not
officially an acronym,
there are
various backronyms in use,
including "Practical
Extraction and
Reporting Language". Perl...
- A boma is a
livestock enclosure,
community enclosure, stockade, corral,
small fort or a
district government office,
commonly used in many
parts of the...
