Definition of 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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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)':
WDYT	Definitions include: "what do you think".
BBC	Definitions include: acronym for "big black cock".
WTG	Definitions include: acronym for "way to go".
BDSM	Definitions include: acronym for "bondage, dominance, submission, masochism".
m4m	Definitions include: "male for male."
pow	Definitions include: fresh, deep, uncut snow.
SNR	Definitions include: acronym for signal-to-noise ratio.
TMTOWTDI	Definitions include: acronym for "there's more than one way to do it".
srs bzns	Definitions include: "serious business".
*phat btch**	Definitions include: acronym for "pretty hot and tempting beautiful individual that causes hardness."
FOCLOL	Definitions include: acronym for "falling off chair, laughing out loud".
TTFN	Definitions include: acronym for "ta-ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.")
A2M	Definitions include: "ass to mouth".
FOB	Definitions include: acronym for "fresh off [the] boat".
k	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "okay".
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
TTBOMK	Definitions include: acronym for "to the best of my knowledge."
OMG	Definitions include: acronym for "Oh my God", a general-purpose exclamation.
LMMFAO	Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my mother fucking ass off".
blow away	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
tht	Definitions include: "that".
F2P	Definitions include: "free to play".
MLIG	Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great".
nn	Definitions include: "non-nude".
WGAF	Definitions include: acronym for "who gives a fuck".
BBL	Definitions include: acronym for "be back later".
rule 34	Definitions include: a "rule" of the internet stating that for any conceivable thing or situation, pornography has been created that depicts it.
TTFN	Definitions include: acronym for "ta-ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.")
NOYB	Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business."
UL	Definitions include: acronym for "upload".
YANAL	Definitions include: acronym for "you are not a lawyer."
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'acronym':
TLA	Definitions include: acronym for "three-letter acronym".
Other terms relating to 'back':
back	Definitions include: large buttocks.
back 40	Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
*back sswards**	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
back at the ranch	Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
back at you	Definitions include: and the same to you.
back-catalog	Definitions include: obscure.
back-catalogue	Definitions include: obscure.
back door	Definitions include: the anus.
back door man	Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side.
back-door trots, the	Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
back forty	Definitions include: a place that is far away.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
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