acronymize

the act of turning something into an acronym

dude, your dad acronymizes all the time

by drab June 11, 2006

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

Acronymologist

A person or persons who extemporaneously plays on words to form obscure abbreviated words which are supposed to aid in memorizing longer phrases. An acronymologist may spend hours wasting their time coming up with catchy bywords, only to forget the original terminology.

M.O.A.T.E.M.

Maker Obscure Abbreviated Time-wasting Extraneous Malarkey = Acronymologist

by Little Mizz S February 1, 2018

acronyming

making acronyms

ttyiaf - talk to you in a few
ttyiab - talk to you in a bit
ttfn - ta ta for now

by Harvey March 18, 2004

Era of Acronyms

The era we live in where we don't use real or complete words anymore.

OMG WTF happen last nite. U n Ur boyfriend where fiexting last nite again.

Why can't people write in complete sentences anymore, we live in the Era of Acronyms.

by Queen for the Day December 1, 2010

acronymity

The ability to make acronyms out of something.

Sometimes it is funny, other times it is just annoying

Dude did you catch the Lakers yesterday?

You mean the

Lost
Anonymously
Knowing

(the) Enemy
Rose
Superb?

A good example of bad acronymity.

by Teh Toadmastah December 24, 2009

vertical acronym

One of those cliché presentation aids that places the letters of the key word vertically and assigns a word or sentence to each letter.

Here is an example of a vertical acronym:

S-Size up the situation.
U-Undue haste makes waste.
R-Remember where you are.
V-Vanquish fear and panic.
I-Improvise (use your Imagination).
V-Value your life.
A-Act like the natives.
L-Live by your wits.
(US Army Ranger Handbook 2006)

by Jeff Barbera February 23, 2009