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anachronym

noun
/əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/

Etymology

Blend of anachronous + acronym.

  1. derived from ἄκρον
  2. borrowed from Akronym
  3. compounded as anachronym — “anachronous + acronym”

Definitions

  1. A word, phrase, or term that has become outdated or technically inaccurate because it…

    A word, phrase, or term that has become outdated or technically inaccurate because it refers to a technology or practice from a previous time, yet it remains in common usage.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anachronym. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA