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minus-squarekora@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·3 months agoI think in this case its an actual acronym. They came up with and named the process, so its not after the fact.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months ago A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.
minus-squareZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAlso, we’d have to hear them pronounce it to know if it was an acronym or an initialism, if my understanding is correct.
I think in this case its an actual acronym. They came up with and named the process, so its not after the fact.
Also, we’d have to hear them pronounce it to know if it was an acronym or an initialism, if my understanding is correct.