Hackronym

An acronym used in the technology sector; usually humorous in nature, that hackers and computer savvy people generally use first, which eventually trickles down to the rest of us.

Consumer Device-Rendered Obsolete in Months (CD-ROM) is a pretty funny Hackronym!

by KevinHughes21 September 2, 2016

hackronym

hak-ruh-nim -n. Silly ass made up acronyms usually intended to be motivational

S.H.I.T - Silly. Hackronyms. Infuriate. Tremendously

by m2rue April 16, 2011

Backronym

A backronym is an acronym constructed retrospectively to fit a word. The term was probably first used by Alan Chapman a business consultant based in Leicester England.

When used as an acronym good is actually a backronym.

by AKACroatalin April 18, 2015

backronym

1. A meaning assigned to an acronym, after the acronym has already been established, that is different from its original meaning.

2. An acronym wherein the definition was created after the acronym was decided upon, usually involving bad grammar or extra words in order to make the acronym "spell something."

1. CC used to mean "Carbon Copy," but recently it's been redefined with the backronym "Courtesy Copy."

2. The definition "Get Rid Of Slimy girlS" is a backronym set up specifically so we could call our club "G.R.O.S.S"

by Almighty September 2, 2005

halfronym

A word that's half acronym, half fully spelled out

E-Mail is a halfronym. E is an acronym for Electronic, but Mail is fully spelled out.

by FargoND June 20, 2006

Wackronym

A wackronym is the term coined to define all the simply stupid acronyms we are bombarded with via AIM, MSNchat, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, BBim, Ichat, and all other forms of modern communication.

LMFAO, OMG, dude, this chick was DTF, but I didnt have a condom. WTF, SMH, FML. . .

Bro, easy on the wackronyms.

by Iambetterthanyouu June 10, 2009

hackonomist

Hackonomist (hack + economist) is a derogatory term denoting
(1) a partisan (biased) economist,

(2) a political hack disguising as an economist or

(3) simply a pseudo-economist.

Paul Krugman is a leftist hackonomist.

by ari100 May 3, 2011