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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The "opposite" of acronym #26495 04/12/2001 6:55 PM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 3 California tbtran stranger tbtran stranger Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 3 California I am looking for the word that is the opposite of the word "acronym." If an acronym is a word made up from the first letters of a word in a phrase (ex. SCUBA = Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), what do you call a phrase made up from the letters of a single word? Thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,380 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,206 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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