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- noun An
acronym the original meaning of which is not known to most speakers.
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Examples
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On the subject of perception, I think the usage of SSM is noteworthy as an anacronym for not only 'same sex marriage' but also for 'sado-sexual-masochism'!
"Quite damaging, wide-reaching, nefarious and mean-spirited." Ann Althouse 2006
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If for some reason the anacronym of PETA has escaped you I'll explain.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2002
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We did however 'do' the Forbidden City and being the good tourists that we are we got the spiffy audio guide so that we could learn more about TFC (TFC for the anacronym freaks out there).
TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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It's merely another anacronym for their units who go & do spot-checks & monitor for compliance.
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Yes, it has solicialist in the title, but those highly nationalistic (also in the anacronym), semi-religiously fueled, xenophobic and militant Bavarians of yore don't seem that far removed from many of the folks we have in office now.
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Co. That is an anacronym for Obama Healthcare Initiative Protection.
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Madisons foundation is an anacronym for Moms And Dads In Search Of Needed Support.
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Madisons foundation is an anacronym for Moms And Dads In Search Of Needed Support.
Archive 2007-04-01 Fer 2007
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I was so young and dumb I didn't even make the anacronym out of it--CIA--because I certainly knew about the CIA and Allen Dulles and John Foster Duller, his brother, the Sec'y of State under good ole golf-playing goofy Dwight David Eisenhower he had a brother, Milton, who was also a president, a college president, University of Pennsylvania, I think--an old Ike story goes that Columbia University wanted Milton for their president but Ike got the letter by mistake, thought they meant him, and became president of Columbia--though they really wanted Milton.
My Little Red Top, You've Got Me Spinning...Spinning A-round The Daily Growler 2006
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It’s an anacronym for texturized vegetable protein.
mialuthien commented on the word anacronym
anacronym – an acronym that is so well-established that its origin is no longer remembered
July 19, 2008