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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>backronym</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="backreference.html" title="backreference"/><link rel="next" href="backward-combatability.html" title="backward combatability"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">backronym</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="backreference.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="backward-combatability.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="backronym"/><dt xmlns="" id="backronym"><b>backronym</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [portmanteau of back + acronym] A word interpreted as an acronym
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that was not originally so intended. This is a special case of what
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linguists call <span class="firstterm">back formation</span>.
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Examples are given under <a href="../R/recursive-acronym.html"><i class="glossterm">recursive acronym</i></a> (Cygnus),
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<a href="../A/Acme.html"><i class="glossterm">Acme</i></a>, and <a href="../M/mung.html"><i class="glossterm">mung</i></a>. Discovering
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backronyms is a common form of wordplay among hackers. Compare
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