Contextualizebeta

orphan acronym

noun

Definitions

  1. An existing acronym which has been redefined by some authority (such as a company legally…

    An existing acronym which has been redefined by some authority (such as a company legally defining its own name) as a nonacronymous name, severing its link to its previous meaning.

    • Near-synonym: pseudo-acronym
    • One of the acronyms that we came up with was PIPS, Performance Indicators in Primary Schools, and with such a great name, we had to have a research project. So, the birth of PIPS (1992) was the result of an orphan acronym.

  2. Any such term (defined above) or any anacronym.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orphan acronym. 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