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orphan initialisms

orphan initialisms is the plural of orphan initialism.

Meaning of orphan initialism

Noun

orphan initialism (plural orphan initialisms)

  1. An existing initialism which has been redefined as a nonacronymous name, severing its link to its previous meaning.

Questions about orphan initialisms

What is orphan initialisms the plural of?
Orphan initialisms is the plural of orphan initialism.

Words near orphan initialisms in the dictionary

  1. orphan drug
  2. orphan drugs
  3. orphan house
  4. orphan houses
  5. orphan initialism
  6. orphan initialisms
  7. orphan John
  8. orphan medicine
  9. orphan medicines
  10. orphan off
  11. orphan page

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orphan initialisms (page history and authors); orphan initialism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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