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.
A name that was once an acronym but outgrew the relevance to the words it represented.
JILA, formerly known as the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, better known for Nobel Prize winning research in ultracold matter, is a nacronym.
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 extrawords 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"
n. The birth name of somebody who has changed their name. Most commonly attributed to trans people, but can be attributed to any person who has changed their name. (See: dead name)
v. 1. To call somebody by their necronym.
v. 2. To out somebody's necronym to the public.
Don't call her by her necronym . She hasn't gone by that name in years.
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. . .
a reversed acronym. The word "backronym" was coined in 1983 by KRS-ONE, who created his rapname and then made a backronym for it, making the letters stand for something.
KRS-ONE making his name to stand for "Knowledge Reigns Supreme - Over Nearly Everyone" is an example of a backronym.