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acronym Vox populi A neologism created from the first letter of the each of the words in a particular phrase. See Acroeponym, Trial. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They apply
labels to various types of names: initialized and acronymic names (IBM,
Alcoa), allusive names (the Mach3 razor), arbitrary names (Apple), and
the coined names currently in vogue (Agilent, Lucent). " McCollum
further commends Prince for his "clever use of the all-caps
'POP' (rather than just 'Pop') to allow for the
common acronymic interpretation 'Point Of Purchase,' an
inflection that offered a reference to the gallery as a site of economic
exchange. Smiley, the murderer, keeps the sheriffs
and other acronymic forces pinned down with an AKA and eventually the
house is burned to the ground. |
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