acronym

Abbreviated Coded Rendition of Name Yielding Meaning.

A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. is an acronym.

by Alucrix September 30, 2005

Acronym

An acronym is an initial abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word, such as NASA or WASP. This term is also used to refer to a series of initials pronounced individually, such as FBI or TGIF, but the technical term is initialism.

Acronyms #NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization

#RADAR = Radio Detecting And Ranging

#SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

#WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant

by Paisleycool May 1, 2017

acronym

An abbreviation for a phrase created by taking the first letter or so of each word, AND is pronounced as a word itself.

"USA" is technically NOT an acronym, because people don't pronounce it as "You-Sah". However, "MADD" (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is an acronym because it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled.

by Bill M. July 28, 2004

Acronym

They are a bunch of words slammed together against their will to form an unholy amalgamation of something that vaguely sounds word-esque.

Hey can you hand me that scuba tank?
Did you know that scuba is an acronym?
Stfu!
So was that.

by SpaghettiChild65 January 6, 2020

Acronym

An acronym is a combo of letters where each letter stands for something. A lot of the basic ones, such as LOL have different meanings. Here is a 100% real no cap no clickbait list of some common ones.
LOL - Lots Of Laundering
SMH - Shooting My Hamster
FR - Fighting Readers
TBH - Thwacking Bunnies (and) Hamsters

I don't understand my friend Dave, he uses too much Acronyms!
"LOL cant wait!"
"SMH thats funny"
"FR FR bro"
"TBH tho..."

by zsti February 23, 2023

acronym

Abbreviated Conversational Replacement Options Needlessly You Made

Acronym is used in "theDOMINICshow 10 Friends Everyone Should AVOID!" he was turning Acronym Into an Acronym. Which turned out to be Abbreviated Conversational Replacement Options Needlessly You Made.

by fattyfatso July 21, 2016

Acronym

A formation of a word from the initial of a succession of words and pronounced as a word.

"ASEAN" means Association of South-East Asian Nation, it is an acronym because pronounced as a word: Asean.

by srisuci.unsur February 21, 2017