An acronym whose meaning contains the original acronym. For example, the programming language PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", where one of the words the acronym shortens is the acronym itself.
- Dude, I just thought of a great acronym: FIAW! It stands for "FIAW Is A Word"!
- That's a recursive acronym, you dummy.
- That's a recursive acronym, you dummy.
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Get the recursive acronym mug.vt; vi To reduce a perfectly acceptable title or phrase into an acronym. . Generally thought to be best avoided in most cases, certainly those not in extensive use, or those whose original phrasing was selected for it's poetic or prosaic beauty or clarity. Especially egregious are acronyms that have been "Reverse Acronymized", or cooked up from acronyms that happen to be words, but whose constituent words are contrived at best.
e.g "Office of Academic Freedom" become OAF
"Compound Acronymizing" is practiced by techie geeks, e.g. JXML
"Compound Acronymizing" is practiced by techie geeks, e.g. JXML
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