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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 "today I learned". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "my reaction when". | |
| Definitions include: "drug and disease free", i.e. not a drug user and without sexually transmitted diseases. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "suck it up". | |
| Definitions include: "please". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "booty call"; hookup. | |
| Definitions include: "I love you too". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "ta-ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.") | |
| Definitions include: "Oh my fucking God." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "First World problem" or "First World problems". | |
| Definitions include: acronym "not your personal army". | |
| Definitions include: "later". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "age, sex, location, religion". | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing my ass off". | |
| Definitions include: used with a subject matter to refer to a person with deep, expert knowledge of that subject matter. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "search the fucking web". | |
| Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "sorry, could not resist". | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: code whose overall structure is difficult to understand. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "love you like a brother". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "mind your own business." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I understand it". | |
| Definitions include: An aggregate grouping or series of stylized printings, fonts, icons, emoticons, avatars, proverbs, etc., usually found at the end of an e-mail message uniquely identifying and personifying the sender. | |
| Definitions include: a general exclamation. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "thanks in advance". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of file". | |
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: 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. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
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