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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The "opposite" of acronym #26504 04/13/2001 7:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I don't think acrostic works well, since it has the more specialized meaning illustrated by flatlander. I once searched for this myself, came up empty, and coined the phrase "acronymic expansion". (well, it was new to me : ) 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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