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Definition of a backronym
backronym
noun
- a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym.
Slang examples include "SHIT" meaning "ship high in transit", "PHAT" meaning "pretty hot and tempting", etc.
"Backronym" is itself an acronym, being "back" + "acronym".- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Feb 11 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Oh my Lady Gaga". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe". | |
| Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: "Hell's Angels". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day." | |
| Definitions include: acronyms for "a woman I'd like to doink". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can tell". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "ass-to-mouth", i.e. a sex act in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio or cunnilingus. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cool story, bro". | |
| Definitions include: used to express displeasure, disagreement, disappointment, or disgust. | |
| Definitions include: to kill via stabbing. | |
| Definitions include: computer speak for "elite." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "sorry, could not resist". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I think you mean." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in my, not so humble opinion". | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: an insufficient (and often dismissive) explanation of something complex. | |
| Definitions include: metaphorical disease that causes a person to post too many things to some location on the web. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth". | |
| Definitions include: talent in using the Google search engine. | |
| Definitions include: a subject that has been known to use up a significant amount of discussion time, without participants coming to a consensus. | |
| Definitions include: an expression of excitement or joy, used mostly by computer aficionados. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shut your ass up". | |
| Definitions include: a mess, from "dog's breakfast." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my ass off." | |
| Definitions include: "non-nude". | |
| Definitions include: Details are available in the entry for swap. | |
| Definitions include: in an online community, a second account created by an account-holder. | |
| Definitions include: the words and phrases that are (mostly) unique to communication on the world wide web. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cannot be unseen". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "oh my fucking god." | |
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Other terms relating to 'acronym': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "three-letter acronym". | |
Other terms relating to 'back': | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area. | |
| Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards". | |
| Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent. | |
| Definitions include: and the same to you. | |
| Definitions include: obscure. | |
| Definitions include: obscure. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side. | |
| Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: a place that is far away. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
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