acronym Definition| Urban Word Dictionary

acronym

Abbreviated Coded Rendition of Name Yielding Meaning.

acronym

by Bill M. on Jul 29, 2004 01:48:07

An abbreviation for a phrase created by taking the first letter or so of each word, AND is pronounced as a word itself.

Example:
"USA" is technically NOT an acronym, because people don't pronounce it as "You-Sah". However, "MADD" (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is an acronym because it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled.

acronym

by fattyfatso on Mar 18, 2016 06:40:35

Abbreviated Conversational Replacement Options Needlessly You Made

Example:
Acronym is used in "theDOMINICshow 10 Friends Everyone Should AVOID!" he was turning Acronym Into an Acronym. Which turned out to be Abbreviated Conversational Replacement Options Needlessly You Made.

Acronym

by Paisleycool on May 02, 2017 09:27:23

An acronym is an initial abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word, such as NASA or WASP. This term is also used to refer to a series of initials pronounced individually, such as FBI or TGIF, but the technical term is initialism.

Example:
Acronyms #NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization

#RADAR = Radio Detecting And Ranging

#SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

#WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant

acronymize

by laramie2 on May 29, 2005 23:07:49

vt; vi To reduce a perfectly acceptable title or phrase into an acronym. . Generally thought to be best avoided in most cases, certainly those not in extensive use, or those whose original phrasing was selected for it's poetic or prosaic beauty or clarity. Especially egregious are acronyms that have been "Reverse Acronymized", or cooked up from acronyms that happen to be words, but whose constituent words are contrived at best.

Example:
e.g "Office of Academic Freedom" become OAF
"Compound Acronymizing" is practiced by techie geeks, e.g. JXML

acronymical

by The~Wench on Oct 21, 2015 17:25:36

The use of an acronym in the form of a sentence, using upper case for the emphasis of the acronym.
Examples;
"Choosing Underhand Nasty Tactics"
"Following Utter Comedic Kings, Over Fellow Followers"
" Imagine, Living Over Valleys Evermore, Yielding Our Utopia"

The Acronymical sentence does not have to make sense, but it's genius when it can be done!

Example:
Try re-reading my text, the Acronymical sentence is what I really wanted to say

Acronyms

by Horrid Man on Sep 11, 2013 09:54:28

the plural form of acronym; a word that apparently no one on the internet feels is worthy of being defined.

Example:
Miguel Bueno:"Brown Thunder, do you use acronyms as a part of speech. "

Brown Thunder: "OMG, Yes! #YOLO"

acronymizing

by Truedat on Nov 09, 2007 03:11:27

To acronymize turn the first letter from each word in a sentance into an acronym.

Example:
acronymizing the phrase be right back results in "brb"

acronymize

by drab on Jun 07, 2006 01:23:27

the act of turning something into an acronym

Example:
dude, your dad acronymizes all the time

Acronym

by SpaghettiChild65 on Jan 07, 2020 14:25:00

They are a bunch of words slammed together against their will to form an unholy amalgamation of something that vaguely sounds word-esque.

Example:
Hey can you hand me that scuba tank?
Did you know that scuba is an acronym?
Stfu!
So was that.

Elsewhere

Latest Searches

Action verb, kitesurfing, wik it, Chaaaa, Dander, overly smart, take notes, bodice, a brian, gods work, ZE, Omerta, IST, hockey, Comb-Over, wanderlei, Robson, banh xe, Holy Ghost, queerbaiter, fite, ashlie, sacred heart, threw me, croquet, Markus, 18 hours, muffin out, chain of lies, crabby, Sandton, Chzo Mythos, gobbledygook, colored eyes, ish, conception, dorito, Constantly, tutti, hole punched, lizard, Toran, sam williams, jelly mid 456, the sauce, uNF, shit one, Washington, DC, open net, Anonymous, fence, Mo, black man, extending, ariana, Tana Mongeau, crossed over, blocky, Alertive, the knights, casino, Marquette, lil bow wow, your 20, Wishaw, 30 Rock, based out, bighead, Myanmar, saggy tits, lovely day, Big Bad, Black Cat, usage, term limits, Zesty, tonnes, the Nod, sb, fabled, Contracts, on the one, fagget, sub-par, Project Mbappe, Finland, for shit, Software, handing, Hommy, Trojans, H2T, organs, magnets, utter failure, theme song, reproach, Trap, the damned, Normie, Guy 2, the evil, buzz, bad example, quirking, Break me off, diet, pedophelia, caprice, backdrop, guy 1, TunaFish, bitch can, Piano, suppress, mamoun, i like, kkk member, The Funniest, bud heavy, Bill, infidel, Tiddy Indigestion, Redknapp, the body, geebers, robber, I hate Mondays, jerry springer, ramm, teddy, angry white woman, hugh, Delete, gloopy, see me, owl, zuko, one-upmanship, learn, no0b, Iphone 6, because i got high, violence, Nacker, Cingular, illicit, Bullets, red bull, terms and conditions, wranglers, Geek, Swag, gat, last resort like, adding, venny, Variants, A B C D, GANG GANG GANG, the spirits, park, philly sidecar, Pre, I love my parents, LinkedIn, go kill yourself, holy moly, booo ya, instrumentation, godawful, exclusion, theme, NOOOOO, Sienna, A Shark, birthed, chromie homie, noice, ice-cream, Bingo, sub-cult, Forded, Kroger, Evgeny, Beaner, the cheese, hot tub ice cream, it her, something fierce, Indiana, merely, Take a shower, ghetto ass g, Step-Dream, reer, do it to it, the face, poop girl, pre-nup, acronym, Action verb, kitesurfing, wik it, Chaaaa, Dander, overly smart, take notes, bodice, a brian, gods work, ZE, Omerta, IST, hockey, Comb-Over, wanderlei, Robson, banh xe, Holy Ghost, queerbaiter, fite, ashlie, sacred heart, threw me, croquet, Markus, 18 hours, muffin out, chain of lies, crabby, Sandton, Chzo Mythos, gobbledygook, colored eyes, ish, conception, dorito, Constantly, tutti, hole punched, lizard, Toran, sam williams, jelly mid 456, the sauce, uNF, shit one, Washington, DC, open net, Anonymous, fence, Mo, black man, extending, ariana, Tana Mongeau, crossed over, blocky, Alertive, the knights, casino, Marquette, lil bow wow, your 20, Wishaw, 30 Rock, based out, bighead, Myanmar, saggy tits, lovely day, Big Bad, Black Cat, usage, term limits, Zesty, tonnes, the Nod, sb, fabled, Contracts, on the one, fagget, sub-par, Project Mbappe, Finland, for shit, Software, handing, Hommy, Trojans, H2T, organs, magnets, utter failure, theme song, reproach, Trap, the damned, Normie, Guy 2, the evil, buzz, bad example, quirking, Break me off, diet, pedophelia, caprice, backdrop, guy 1, TunaFish, bitch can, Piano, suppress, mamoun, i like, kkk member, The Funniest, bud heavy, Bill, infidel, Tiddy Indigestion, Redknapp, the body, geebers, robber, I hate Mondays, jerry springer, ramm, teddy, angry white woman, hugh, Delete, gloopy, see me, owl, zuko, one-upmanship, learn, no0b, Iphone 6, because i got high, violence, Nacker, Cingular, illicit, Bullets, red bull, terms and conditions, wranglers, Geek, Swag, gat, last resort like, adding, venny, Variants, A B C D, GANG GANG GANG, the spirits, park, philly sidecar, Pre, I love my parents, LinkedIn, go kill yourself, holy moly, booo ya, instrumentation, godawful, exclusion, theme, NOOOOO, Sienna, A Shark, birthed, chromie homie, noice, ice-cream, Bingo, sub-cult, Forded, Kroger, Evgeny, Beaner, the cheese, hot tub ice cream, it her, something fierce, Indiana, merely, Take a shower, ghetto ass g, Step-Dream, reer, do it to it, the face, poop girl,