Bacronym


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A reverse acronym, in which a phrase is constructed ex post facto to make an existing word or words into an acronym, which ideally can be pronounced, e.g., the ACHOO syndrome
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net) where there are discussions of the bacronyms gay, golf, cop, cabal, and caucus, for example.
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