- 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...
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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...
- "Yesterday,
Tomorrow and Now" and "Your True Network", both of them
being backronyms for the channel's name
after the separation. The channel's
three current...
-
image of a fish as a
symbol for
Jesus in part
because of an
acronym (or
backronym): 'fish' in Gr**** is
ichthys (ΙΧΘΥΣ),
which was
construed to
stand for...
-
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...
-
inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide
range of
different programs,
though backronyms and
alternative meanings have been used. For example, in the helicopters...
- 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...
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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...
- Hope (Konfederacja
Odnowy Rzeczypospolitej Wolność i Nadzieja), both
backronym to
KORWiN or
sometimes shortened to
Liberty (Wolność).
Among the party's...
