Talk:Pseudo-acronym

This article was nominated for deletion on 12 May 2010. The result of the discussion was merge to Acronym.

Anti-Acronym[edit]

I have completely removed the following from the article:

Anti-Acronym should be the pseudo or mocked "full names" that replace the original full name of an acronym, such as APB (All Points Bulletin) being parodied as the "All-American Pinkerton Boys", "Absolutely Penile Bullies"... See apronym

A google search showed up a few instances of "anti-acronym" as a synonym for "pseudo-acronym" (justifying the redirect), but none for the use suggested (which is already covered by apronym and/or backronym. This would therefore seem to be either misinformed or wishful-thinking. I'm leaving this note in case anyone disagrees and wants to discuss this further. - IMSoP 16:06, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I have proposed deletion, and this should be followed by redirects, and minor edits to the redirect targets to cover this subject, which is thin if it exists at all. "This article seems to lack a definite subject -- it gathers things covered by folk etymology, false etymology and acronym/ backronym" DavidOaks (talk) 13:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ISO[edit]

How is ISO a pseudo-acronym? The page even gives the definition of the acronym.

I would guess because none of the definitions are of the form "I... S... O...". It apparently doesn't stand for "Interntational Standards Organization". —Ben FrantzDale 11:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

XNA[edit]

XNA Stands for XNA's Not Acronymed. Would that qualify as an anti-acronym? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.66.91.188 (talk) 01:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because it “is an acronym or other abbreviation which officially stands for something, but pretends not to”. I think the definition the article gives is unclear. But… based on that definition, I think XNA belongs there.

Dmyersturnbull (talk) 07:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion proposal[edit]

I've removed the deletion template. I stumbled upon this page in the context of looking up ZFS. I've found the collection of pseudo-acronyms to be quite useful and enlightening. Andrew73 (talk) 18:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

XP[edit]

Microsoft's OS Windows XP

XP Stands for "Experience".^[1]

Is this beyond pseudo-acronym? — MrBucket^T/_C 06:13, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

.NET[edit]

Isn't the Microsoft .NET Framework an example of a psuedo-acronym? –-Cwenger (talk) 22:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PHP and neologism[edit]

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. It’s certainly a recursive acronym, but I see no reason it qualifies as an anti-acronym. The acronym defines—not contradicts—itself. I’m removing it for now. Also, I’m concerned about the term anti-acronym’s neologistic nature. So far I’ve been unable to find any support for its existence and noticed that early revisions of this page start with: “A pseudo-acronym, also sometimes referred to as an anti-acronym, is an acronym which officially doesn't stand for anything.” Are we blindly throwing around terms here? Dmyersturnbull (talk) 07:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup[edit]

Got rid of unsourced definitions and examples. These should not be restored without WP:RS. DavidOaks (talk) 12:04, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Microsoft Announces Windows XP and Office XP". Microsoft PressPass. Microsoft. February 5, 2001. Retrieved 2006-05-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)

[xppr-1] "Microsoft Announces Windows XP and Office XP". Microsoft PressPass. Microsoft. February 5, 2001. Retrieved 2006-05-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)

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