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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The "opposite" of acronym #26501 04/13/2001 4:38 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Wouldn't the opposite of acronym, then, be a word made up from the LAST letters of the words in a phrase? And since that doesn't happen often, does a word even exist for it? Perhaps you'll have to invent one...add to the language! I'll keep peeking in to see if someone comes up with an answer or solution. How about "bacronym"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The "opposite" of acronym tbtran 04/12/2001 6:55 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Flatlander 04/12/2001 7:22 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tbtran 04/13/2001 12:33 AM Re: The "opposite" of acronym nancyk 04/12/2001 8:15 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tbtran 04/13/2001 12:36 AM Re: The "opposite" of acronym WhitmanO'Neill 04/13/2001 2:05 AM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Jazzoctopus 04/13/2001 4:38 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym WhitmanO'Neill 04/13/2001 5:17 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Faldage 04/13/2001 6:04 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tsuwm 04/13/2001 7:15 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Sparteye 04/16/2001 4:27 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym AnnaStrophic 04/16/2001 4:31 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Sparteye 04/16/2001 5:15 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tsuwm 04/16/2001 5:16 PM Re: Stump tsuwm wow 04/16/2001 7:07 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Jackie 04/16/2001 6:58 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Geoff 04/17/2001 3:50 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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