Navigation
Home
Resources
Irregular verbs quizzes English conjugator English-French dictionary French dictionary English dictionary Monolingual dictionaries Scores by institution Free sample tests FAQ Pricing Tourism training Blog Videos
Login Sign up
Blog
Videos
Pricing
FR EN

orphan initialism

noun

orphan initialism

noun

Etymology From orphan + initialism. Coined by Dan Puckett in the stylebook of the St. Petersburg Times in mid 2015.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences An existing initialism which has been redefined as a nonacronymous name, severing its link to its previous meaning.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.