- A
backronym is an
acronym formed from an
already existing word by
expanding its
letters into the
words of a phrase.
Backronyms may be
invented with either...
-
younger Italian male
immigrants arriving in America. One
false etymology or
backronym of **** is that it is an
acronym for "without p****port" or "without papers"...
-
newborns can
receive a
score from 0 to 2. The list of
criteria is a
backronym of Apgar's surname.
Apgar originally developed the
criteria as a way to...
- A boma is a
livestock enclosure,
community enclosure, stockade, corral,
small fort or a
district government office,
commonly used in many
parts of the...
- language.
Though Perl is not
officially an acronym,
there are
various backronyms in use,
including "Practical
Extraction and
Reporting Language". Perl...
- (July 17, 1961 –
April 19, 2010),
better known by his
stage name Guru (a
backronym for
Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal), was an
American rapper, record...
- The R.550
Magic (
backronym for
Missile Auto-Guidé
Interception et Combat) is a short-range air-to-air
missile designed in 1965 by
French company Matra...
- blond, and full of creme", with
creme being a
euphemism for ****. A
backronym has been
constructed for twink,
according to
which it
stands for "'teenaged...
- com"
domain was
registered on
January 18, 1995. The word "yahoo" is a
backronym for "Yet
Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle" or "Yet
Another Hierarchical...
-
expression is w00t, an
exclamation of joy. w00t is
sometimes used as a
backronym for "We
owned the
other team." New
words (or
corruptions thereof) may...
