Reverse acronyms of POTUS
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silverfoxcc

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Following that car crash TV yesterday

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Master Of Puppets

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Gordon Hill

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A thread that a 5 year old would be embarrassed about starting.

QuickQuack

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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silverfoxcc said:
Following that car crash TV yesterday

New ones emerging

Pile Of Totally Useless st

PotentiaL Occupant Terminally Unstable State

And Vance dint escape

Vacuous And Narcistic Cretin Extraordinaire
hehe

bigpriest

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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What does 'reverse acronym' mean to you?

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Gordon Hill said:
A thread that a 5 year old would be embarrassed about starting.
hehe

Super Sonic

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bigpriest said:
What does 'reverse acronym' mean to you?
Backronym.

captain_cynic

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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Gordon Hill said:
A thread that a 5 year old would be embarrassed about starting.
So you'd be embarrassed then.

captain_cynic

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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bigpriest said:
What does 'reverse acronym' mean to you?
Isn't the correct term "backronym".

Treasonous Raving Unintelligible Moronic Pimple.

Gordon Hill

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captain_cynic said:
bigpriest said:
What does 'reverse acronym' mean to you?
Isn't the correct term "backronym".

Treasonous Raving Unintelligible Moronic Pimple.
Your last 2 comments say everything about you.

bigpriest

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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captain_cynic said:
bigpriest said:
What does 'reverse acronym' mean to you?
Isn't the correct term "backronym".

Treasonous Raving Unintelligible Moronic Pimple.
I assumed a reverse acronym would be SUTOP.
A backronym is actually an acronym created first and then the full meaning is made up to fit it.

InitialDave

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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bigpriest said:
I assumed a reverse acronym would be SUTOP.
A backronym is actually an acronym created first and then the full meaning is made up to fit it.
Ooh, can we do whether an initialism should be referred to as an acronym next?

I think we all understood what was meant.

captain_cynic

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Saturday 1st March 2025
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InitialDave said:
bigpriest said:
I assumed a reverse acronym would be SUTOP.
A backronym is actually an acronym created first and then the full meaning is made up to fit it.
Ooh, can we do whether an initialism should be referred to as an acronym next?

I think we all understood what was meant.
Pretty much. I just assumed that the OP was unfamiliar with the term backronym.

andy43

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Randy Winkman

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silverfoxcc said:
Following that car crash TV yesterday

New ones emerging

Pile Of Totally Useless st
biggrin Clever and right first time.

MCBrowncoat

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Well given that this is PH

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Latifisnc

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InitialDave

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MCBrowncoat said:
Well given that this is PH

Plenty Of Trouble, Usually Serious
They've certainly simplified, definitely haven't added lightness though.

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