While Acronyms form an abbreviation that either mimics an actual word or forms a unique one out of the successive first letters in a phrase or title: NATO, NASA, OPEC...
...Bacronyms (or Backronyms) are created "after the fact"--in other words, in reverse. First you select a word and then you use the letters to form a phrase that either defines it or reflects its meaning. I've done this frequently at work for fun and various clients--including Citibank, where I used TAP-IN to stand for:
Total Asset Program & Investment Network.
I didn't have a clue as to what that actually entailed, but they liked it.
"Some backronyms (sic?)are back-formed from an initialism or acronym that is an abbreviation with another meaning. For example, IBM is the official abbreviation for "International Business Machines", but is sometimes jokingly referred to as "I've been moved", used among many IBM employees because of the frequent position changes within the company. IBM is also sometimes known as "I've been meeting.”
---from Avasthi's Bacronyms http://www.bacronyms.com/
Some Bacronyms from
Avasthi's site:
NUTS. Nuclear
Utilization Target Selection
MARINE. Muscles are
required, intelligence not essential.
URGENT. Unless
reprimanded, government explains no things.
LOST. Let others search
thoroughly.
SWIM. Stroking when it
matters.
From an charmingly odd blog about words... (http://subtlewordscocktail.blogspot.com/)
comes these…
EAR. Earliest Audio Receiver.
CHILD. Charming Hostage In Loving
Domain.
MAGIC. Mystery And Gimmickry In
Collusion.
PATIENCE. Perseverance And
Tolerance In Extremely Nasty Circumstances Even.
And thus inspired...a few
from the Drifter.
from the Drifter.
FOX NEWS. Fearful overwrought
xenophobia. Never explaining why so.
WAR ON DRUGS. What
antagonistic Republicans on Nembutal do regarding unbrainwashed grass smokers.
COMEDY.
Condition of mankind explored during Yuks.
METRO-NORTH. Mamaroneck express trains rarely on-time, neither on routes to Harrison.
BIG GULP. Bloomberg is God. God understands. Let's Pray.
DREAM. Decidedly realistic experience albeit always mysterious.
A SELECT CHOICE SAMPLER OF
ASSORTED MIXED REDUNDANCIES
(or just plain silly comments) THAT I OFFER, SERVE UP AND PRESENT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, REFLECTION, REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.
ASSORTED MIXED REDUNDANCIES
(or just plain silly comments) THAT I OFFER, SERVE UP AND PRESENT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, REFLECTION, REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.
I’m writing an
autobiography about my life.
or
It’s a self-portrait of myself.
What an unexpected
surprise!
I never make
predictions, especially about the future.
Samuel Goldwyn.
Anyone who goes
to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn
again
Sometimes you can
observe a lot just by watching.
Yogi
Berra
If we do not
succeed, we run the risk of failure."
Former Vice-President Dan Quayle
(Heard during the Olympics)
All nine judges scored
that an 8.5...which averages to an 8.5.
My answer is yes in the
affirmative.
I’m calling from an
empty deserted road
I don't normally
do requests, unless asked.
When large
numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.
Calvin Coolidge
Trapped, like a
trap in a trap.
Dorothy
Parker
( intentional redundancy, so it shouldn't count, but I like it.)
Smoking can kill
you, and if you've been killed, you've lost a very important part of your
life. Brooke Shields
Football is an
incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.
Tom Landry
And this fine album from Branford Marsalis sports the title: I HEARD YOU TWICE THE FIRST TIME, that I can only assume expresses the great reed player's response to the sound of extraneous echoes...and in the best Mingus tradition the first tune carries the title: Brother Trying To Catch a Cab (On The East Side) Blues.
And this fine album from Branford Marsalis sports the title: I HEARD YOU TWICE THE FIRST TIME, that I can only assume expresses the great reed player's response to the sound of extraneous echoes...and in the best Mingus tradition the first tune carries the title: Brother Trying To Catch a Cab (On The East Side) Blues.
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