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Aurenkin @sh.itjust.works Gotta love a good backronym.
17 0 Replykora @lemmy.blahaj.zone
I think in this case its an actual acronym. They came up with and named the process, so its not after the fact.
6 3 ReplyAwesomeLowlander @lemmy.dbzer0.com A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.
7 0 ReplyZoopZeZoop @lemmy.world Also, we'd have to hear them pronounce it to know if it was an acronym or an initialism, if my understanding is correct.
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