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Discussing acronyms earlier today with some friends I had an intriguing thought...what is it called when you turn words into an acronym? The best I could come up with was 'to acronyse' (acronyze if you spell things differently over the pond) and wondered what the logophiles among you (cough all of you cough) thought?
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I've always liked acronymize, just for the ludicrosity of it.
and it's in the Online OED, which has this disfortunate citation:
Byte is a fairly far-fetched way of acronymizing binary digit eight.
the usual story is that 'byte' was a purposeful misspell of 'bite' made to avoid accidental mutation to bit (or to differentiate from that other bite).
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Urban dictionary has acronymize too. So it's vulgarized already.
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yes; I consider that a strike against it! 
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acronymise is a bit of a mouthful isn't it! I shall take both of your words for it (more dubious though urban dictionary...grrrr), I prefer acronyse myself :p It is a very odd word tbph especially considering what it describes...
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I go along with the polloi and say acronymize as it scans like and rhymes with economize. Acronyze sounds like you're trying to make something sharp. As for byte, half a byte is a nibble.
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yes; I consider that a strike against it! Norma does get down and dirty sometimes. If you love her you gotta love her like she is and not how you'd like her to be.
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I'll admit to laughing at one of today's featured UD words:
PHOBAR - -adjective, Acronym for "PHOtoshopped Beyond All Recognition."
there is a concept that actually did need a word/acronym
p.s. - what's the "Norma" reference about?!
-ron (hoping it's not too) obvious
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Surely you know Norma Loquendi! Urban Dictionary is her Facebook page.
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oh. and don't call me Shirley.
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I go along with the polloi and say acronymize as it scans like and rhymes with economize. Acronyze sounds like you're trying to make something sharp. As for byte, half a byte is a nibble. Urban Dictionary 's got that one too. Acronyze is close to agonize and acrid. Painful amputation of characters.
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Painful amputation of characters. 
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oh. and don't call me Shirley. OK, LaVerne.
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is there a help group for Acronymphomaniacs?
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err...I have a feeling that you have two manias there...acronym and nympho  ...is that the actual word for addiction to acronyms? p.s. I found this whilst searching for the words an acronym stood for and found it rather funny... acronyms
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