orphan initialism

English

Examples

Etymology

orphan +‎ initialism. Coined by Dan Puckett in the stylebook of the St. Petersburg Times in mid 2015.[1]

Noun

orphan initialism (plural orphan initialisms)

  1. (linguistics) An existing initialism which has been redefined as a nonacronymous name, severing its link to its previous meaning.

References

  1. ^ Zwicky, Arnold (7 September 2006) “Orphan initialisms”, in Language Log‎[1], Philadelphia, retrieved 25 November 2024
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