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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: acronym for "I think I'm going [to] be sick" or "I think I'm gonna be sick". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "what the fuck?". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "missing in action". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "thank god it's Friday." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "from the article." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "big black cock". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "knock out." | |
| Definitions include: daughter; acronym for "dear daughter". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "trigger warning". | |
| Definitions include: short for "gangster" or "gangsta." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "just for the record". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "girls' night out". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "trying to conceive". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "can anyone else". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "reduction in force", i.e. a layoff. | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: a website with little or no content, consisting of mostly (or entirely) | |
| Definitions include: "from what I understand". | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "hot like wasabi", i.e. of an Asian female, attractive. | |
| Definitions include: a pejorative term for both the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), likening them to the mafia. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "away from keyboard." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work." | |
| Definitions include: to transform data in an irreversible way. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of Rick roll. | |
| Definitions include: a Twitter user. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "this is not legal advice". | |
| Definitions include: "computer". | |
| Definitions include: marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life." | |
| Definitions include: personal information about a person (for example: their real name, home address, phone number) that has been released on the web. | |
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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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