i'm not sure
if 'Macintosh' was a acronym in the first place.
It's like
Forced
Unlawful
Carnal
Knowledge
or
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:36,
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It's like
Forced
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Carnal
Knowledge
or
Fornicate
Under
Consent of the
King
A "Backronymn"!
Where someone takes a real word and makes it into an acronym.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:38,
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i'm sure
that phrase was made up by americans who didn't know what the proper word for it was
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acrostic
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:41,
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dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acrostic
Maybe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
However the backronym is the word itself and not the phrase or poem that makes it.
The phrase itself is acrostic.
But what of it's plaintext output?
/EDIT: dictionary.reference.com/search?q=backronym
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:53,
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However the backronym is the word itself and not the phrase or poem that makes it.
The phrase itself is acrostic.
But what of it's plaintext output?
/EDIT: dictionary.reference.com/search?q=backronym
you see
you've made "Macintosh" into an acronym, when it wasn't an acroynm. That's something else. Acrostic i think.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:39,
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yeah, but most of the entries
are abbreviations not acronyms anyway.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:42,
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An acronym
is the intital letters or parts of words which make another word.
Like LASER, RADAR or WASP.
An acrostic is a poem, the first letter of each line makes words(s).
ATM, NSFW etc. are not technically acronyms as they do not make pronounceable words. But I can't remember what that's called, possibly just an abbreviation.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:43,
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Like LASER, RADAR or WASP.
An acrostic is a poem, the first letter of each line makes words(s).
ATM, NSFW etc. are not technically acronyms as they do not make pronounceable words. But I can't remember what that's called, possibly just an abbreviation.
An acronym
doesn't have to make another word.
That is just lies and superstition.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:50,
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That is just lies and superstition.
FUCK
wasn't an acronym.
But lots of stupid people think it was.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 14:40,
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But lots of stupid people think it was.