单词 | anacronym |
释义 | anacronymn. Originally and chiefly U.S. An acronym or initialism for which the expanded form is not widely known. ΚΠ 1963 Democrat & Chron. (Rochester, N.Y.) 6 Oct. c1/2 The circuit tester is called FACT—an anacronym for Flexible Automatic Circuit Tester—and was developed several years ago. 1983 N.Y. Times 3 July xi. 19/5 OSHA is the anacronym for the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 1997 A. Gillingwater in Independent on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 9 Mar. We want to book a holiday through a tour operator which is not a member of ABTA but instead a member of something called TTA (an anacronym for what?). 2005 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Arts section) d4 What's the U in SNFU stand for? Give up? The band's name is an anacronym for Society's No F—ing Use. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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