different between backronymic vs backronym

English

Etymology

backronym +? -ic

Adjective

backronymic (not comparable)

1. (rare) Relating to, or having the form of, a backronym.

English

Alternative forms

• bacronym

Etymology

Blend of back +? acronym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.???n?m/

Noun

backronym (plural backronyms)

1. A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
   • 2018 March 14, Sarah Lewin, "Meet ‘Steve,’ the Aurora-Like Mystery Scientists Are Beginning to Unravel," space.com (retrieved 17 March 2018):

     [T]he phenomenon has been dubbed STEVE, a backronym that matches the name originally given by aurora watchers. (STEVE is short for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.")

Derived terms

• backronymic

Translations

See also

• recursive acronym

Verb

backronym (third-person singular simple present backronyms, present participle backronyming or backronymming, simple past and past participle backronymed or backronymmed)

1. To create a backronym.

Further reading

• backronym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “backronym”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.