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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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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
Definitions include: shortened version of "okay, thanks, bye." | |
Definitions include: "I see you pee", i.e. "I see you urinate". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "Work In progress." | |
Definitions include: acronym for "over-heard". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "word of the day". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "right now". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "little old lady fall down go boom". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "to the best of my knowledge." | |
Definitions include: acronym for "pretty damned quick" or "pretty darned quick", i.e. quickly. | |
Definitions include: used at the end of text-based communication to indicate that the content was sarcastic. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a fuck." | |
Definitions include: Acronym for "Take Care (of) Busting Out." | |
Definitions include: "probably". | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
Definitions include: zapping someone is cussing them out. | |
Definitions include: "I love you too". | |
Definitions include: "ta-ta for now", i.e. "goodbye for now." | |
Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business." | |
Definitions include: to vomit. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "if I understand correctly". | |
Definitions include: "password." | |
Definitions include: "hate". | |
Definitions include: a small piece of a design that doesn't work as well as the rest of the design. | |
Definitions include: alternate spelling of kludge. | |
Definitions include: of input used to test a program or an algorithm, specifically designed to make the test subject perform as poorly as possible. | |
Definitions include: temporary storage space used then moving or reconfiguring a room. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "to the best of my knowledge." | |
Definitions include: a videogame that requires mashing buttons to play, rather than finesse. | |
Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman. | |
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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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