Backronym Definition
băkrə-nĭm
noun
An acronym coined from an existing word or name. For example, wiki is a backronym when used for what I know is because wiki is a word whose original meaning is “collaborative website.”
American Heritage
A word that is either not an acronym but is taken to be one and for which a full form is invented by back-formation, or is an acronym and for which an alternative full form is invented by back-formation.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Backronym
Noun
Singular:
backronym
Plural:
backronyms
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