Backronym
n.
A phrase coined to fit a preexisting word, as if the word is an acronym of the phrase. But the word came first.
ex: kludge => klumsy, lame, ugly, dumb, but good enough
June 17th @ 1:38 PM | 0 Comments | Trackbackn.
A phrase coined to fit a preexisting word, as if the word is an acronym of the phrase. But the word came first.
ex: kludge => klumsy, lame, ugly, dumb, but good enough
June 17th @ 1:38 PM | 0 Comments | TrackbackJune 17th @ 1:08 PM | 0 Comments | TrackbackSerendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damn difficult
Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind
Wade Davis — A long time ago I was struck by something I read in National Geographic about a language of forest hunters that had gone extinct, and about how centuries of hunting knowledge had been lost with it. Perhaps this guy was the writer.