BACKRONYM
Etymology
Noun
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.
Verb
backronym (third-person singular simple present backronyms, present participle backronyming, simple past and past participle backronymed)
To create a backronym.
Source: Wiktionary
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