fc, fc, fc, fc?

[Mark Haney]

Craig White wrote:

> ----
> Well, I learned a new word today (Bryn's misspell easily forgiven)...
> 
> backronym
> 
> n. [portmanteau of back + acronym] A word interpreted as an acronym that
> was not originally so intended. This is a special case of what linguists
> call `back formation'.
> 
> Craig
> 


You simply can't beat a football reference in a Fedora post on
linguistics.  :)


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