Wordie: Backronym: Comments

Comment by MiaLuthien, about 1 month ago

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:02:59 +0000

backronym – the reverse of producing an acronym; taking a word which already exists and creating a phrase (usually humorous) using the letters of the word as initials, from backwards) + acronym; see also bacronym

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:03:34 +0000

Brain. Hurts.

Comment by neely2kx, 10 months ago

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:34:29 +0000

An example of a backronym from the word acronym is as follows.
Acronyms Condense Representations Of Neologisms You Memorize
In this example, because the word acronym itself is not an acronym, the phrase above is a pure backronym, not a replacement backronym. Also, because the word acronym itself appears in its backronym, the phrase is also a recursive-backronym.