bacronym
noun
Meaning
- A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
- To create a bacronym.
Etymology / origin
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