Spelling out the letters, for emphasis or fun, of an acronym, especially a TLA, that was abbreviated for modesty or convenience.
Examples of debreviations:
"That was an eff-ing good movie"
"double-you tee eff"
"oh emm gee"
"The trouble is her father could be any one of three men with whom her mother dot dot dotted twenty years ago."
"That was an eff-ing good movie"
"double-you tee eff"
"oh emm gee"
"The trouble is her father could be any one of three men with whom her mother dot dot dotted twenty years ago."
by Bob Stein July 21, 2008