On 10/14/2010 2:00 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:58:08 +0000, Bob Shannon wrote:
And I'd heard SHARE Collection of Inebriates, Drunkards, and Sots
That's the definition I'd heard, but I don't think anyone really knows what
SCIDS stands for.
Q: What does SHARE stand for?
A: SHARE is not an acronym. It stood for "sharing" information.
Forty years ago, I heard "Society to Help Avoid Redundant Effort",
perhaps even from an IBM FE. I thought it was prevalent. But it
might have been a retronym.
-- gil
Retronym! Cool word. My understanding would be "a set of words
made up to match an acronym". I've always thought SPOOL was like
that.
Any way, merriam-webster.com/dictionary has a different take:
Definition of RETRONYM
* a term consisting of a noun and a modifier which specifies the original
meaning of the noun <“film camera” is a retronym>
Origin of RETRONYM
retro- + -onym
First Known Use: 1980
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