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: "I see you pee", i.e. "I see you urinate". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "In Search Of." | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: "never mind". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google is your friend". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "piece of ass". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "falling off chair, rolling on floor, laughing out loud". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "foot-long floater", i.e. a floating piece of feces that's a foot long. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "or best offer." | |
| Definitions include: US Army phonetics for "CF", an acronym of cluster fuck. | |
| Definitions include: a $20 bag of marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't care". | |
| Definitions include: muscular. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "normal for Norfolk", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: "please". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "you're welcome". | |
| Definitions include: from "Plug and Play," by which computers automatically attempt to recognize newly attached devices. | |
| Definitions include: impressive or flashy. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no fucking idea". | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: person who engages in computer security breaching through use of widely available prepackaged exploiting utilities, for recreational purposes and without significant low-level knowledge of computer security. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I know, right?" | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: "I see". | |
| Definitions include: to look up someone on the internet. | |
| Definitions include: to transform data in an irreversible way. | |
| Definitions include: "what's". | |
| Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool. | |
| Definitions include: a "rule" of the internet stating that for any conceivable thing or situation, pornography has been created that depicts it. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side. | |
| Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: 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. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
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| Have never heard it | (18) | |
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