Apronym
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An
apronym is an
acronym which means something appropriate to what it stands for. The word comes from a
portmanteau of "apropos acronym". An apronym is a lot like a
backronym; indeed, a backronym could be described as an ex post facto apronym. While backronyms are made from a word or acronym after the fact (e.g.
BASIC), an apronym's expansion is the original intended expansion. Apronyms (backronyms included) can be made from any word, as a form of
wordplay. Indeed, the word was coined by Tony McCoy O'Grady, an Irishman who has created over three thousand of them as wordplay; Mr. O'Grady's creations are visible at apronyms.com.
Some apronyms
- CREDIT - Court Referred Education and Drug Intervention and Treatment
- FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
- FIAT - Fix It Again Tony
- MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers
- APRONYM - A Petite Reminder (Openers Notation) Yields Mnemonic
- INFINITY - Increment Numbers Forever - It's Nuts, I Tell You!
- IRELAND - Independent Republic, English Lodgers Are Nearly Dislodged!
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