Backronym
A backronym, or bacronym, is an acronym formed from an already existing word. Backronyms may be invented with either serious or humorous intent, or they may be a type of false etymology or folk etymology. The word is a blend of back and acronym. For example, the United States Department of Justice's Amber Alert program was named after Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in 1996; but officials later publicized the backronym "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response".
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Backronym
A backronym, or bacronym, is an acronym formed from an already existing word. Backronyms may be invented with either serious or humorous intent, or they may be a type of false etymology or folk etymology. The word is a blend of back and acronym. For example, the United States Department of Justice's Amber Alert program was named after Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in 1996; but officials later publicized the backronym "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response".
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A backronym, or bacronym, is a ...... re chosen to fit the letters".
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Der Begriff Backronym (englisc ...... d acronym (engl. für Akronym).
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Een backroniem is een term met ...... croniem niet wilde veranderen.
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En backronym (engelskt telesko ...... ion med en påhittad uttydelse.
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Keratabasa atau bakronim adala ...... kronim dari benar-benar cinta.
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L'acronimo inverso è una frase ...... somigliare a un vero acronimo.
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La rétroacronymie est le fait ...... ronyme ou à un sigle existant.
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Retroacrônimo (português brasi ...... ue foi cunhada no ano de 1983.
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Retroakronimo estas akronimo p ...... anĝi la ekzistantan akronimon.
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Un retroacrònim (en anglès: ba ...... falsa o d'etimologia popular.
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A backronym, or bacronym, is a ...... Broadcast Emergency Response".
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Der Begriff Backronym (englisc ...... d acronym (engl. für Akronym).
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Een backroniem is een term met ...... gels geschreven als bacronym).
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En backronym (engelskt telesko ...... ion med en påhittad uttydelse.
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Keratabasa atau bakronim adala ...... kronim dari benar-benar cinta.
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L'acronimo inverso è una frase ...... somigliare a un vero acronimo.
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La rétroacronymie est le fait ...... ronyme ou à un sigle existant.
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Retroacrônimo (português brasi ...... ue foi cunhada no ano de 1983.
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Retroakronimo estas akronimo p ...... anĝi la ekzistantan akronimon.
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Un retroacrònim (en anglès: ba ...... falsa o d'etimologia popular.
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Acronimo inverso
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Backroniem
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Backronym
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Backronym
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Backronym
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Keratabasa
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Retroacrònim
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Retroacrónimo
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Retroacrônimo
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Retroakronimo
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