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backronym

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Noun

  1. A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
  2. A phrase which assigns a morpheme or word to each letter of a pre-existing acronym.

Verb

  1. To create a backronym.

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