acronymania
acronymania noun: the enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms.
Noun
acronymania (uncountable)
- The enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms.
- In the Pentagon's "acronymania," the plane's official name, the National Emergency Airborne Command Post — NEACP, pronounced "kneecap" — had been changed to NAOP, National Airborne Operations Center.1999, Ashton B. Carter, William James Perry, Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America, page 21
- Some of that mastodon meat is in the essays—tennis, teens, television—and some of its manner, too—foot-notery, abbreviations, acronymania.2002, Richard Stern, What Is What Was, page 196
Origin of acronymania
From acronym + -mania.
Questions about acronymania
- What does acronymania mean?
- Acronymania means the enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms.
- What part of speech is acronymania?
- Acronymania is a noun.
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