backronym (plural backronyms)
A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
backronym (third-person singular simple present backronyms, present participle backronyming, simple past and past participle backronymed)
To create a backronym.
Source: Wiktionary
6 October 2024
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
