Acronym

===Backronyms===
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A ''backronym'' (or ''bacronym'') is a [[phrase]] that is constructed "after the fact" from a previously existing word. For example, the novelist and critic [[Anthony Burgess]] once proposed that the word "book" ought to stand for "box of organized knowledge".<ref>''99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939'' (New York: Summit Books, 1984).</ref> A classic real-world example of this is the name of the predecessor to the Apple Macintosh, the [[Apple Lisa]], which was said to refer to "Local Integrated Software Architecture", but was actually named after Steve Jobs's daughter, born in 1978.

Backronyms are oftentimes used for comedic effect{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}. An example of creating a backronym for comedic effect would be in naming a group or organization, the name "A.C.R.O.N.Y.M." stands for (among other things) "a clever regiment of nerdy young men".