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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The "opposite" of acronym #26504 04/13/01 07:15 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 04/12/01 06:55 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Flatlander 04/12/01 07:22 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tbtran 04/13/01 12:33 AM Re: The "opposite" of acronym nancyk 04/12/01 08:15 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tbtran 04/13/01 12:36 AM Re: The "opposite" of acronym WhitmanO'Neill 04/13/01 02:05 AM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Jazzoctopus 04/13/01 04:38 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym WhitmanO'Neill 04/13/01 05:17 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Faldage 04/13/01 06:04 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tsuwm 04/13/01 07:15 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Sparteye 04/16/01 04:27 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym AnnaStrophic 04/16/01 04:31 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Sparteye 04/16/01 05:15 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym tsuwm 04/16/01 05:16 PM Re: Stump tsuwm wow 04/16/01 07:07 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Jackie 04/16/01 06:58 PM Re: The "opposite" of acronym Geoff 04/17/01 03:50 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,919 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 743 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,910 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,948 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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