Re: [ILUG-BOM] Perl documentation

[Devdas Bhagat]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Philip S Tellis wrote:

>The proper (jargon) term for a back-formation is backronym:
>
>   backronym n.
>
>   [portmanteau of back + acronym] A word interpreted as an acronym that
>   was not originally so intended. This is a special case of what
>   linguists call `back formation'. Examples are given under BASIC,
>   recursive acronym (Cygnus), Acme, and mung. Discovering backronyms is
>   a common form of wordplay among hackers.
>
>Philip

At least give proper credit to the jargon file.

Devdas Bhagat

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