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bacronym

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noun

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The correct spelling is bacronym. 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 org…

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noun

  1. 1.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.

verb

  1. 1.To create a bacronym.

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