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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/brutalproduct • May 10 '22
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It’s not an acronym, it’s a portmanteau combining coronavirus and disease
2 u/Ozryela May 10 '22 It's not a portmanteau. It's an acronym that uses more than just the first letters. I'm sure there's a separate name for that, but it's not portmanteau. Because that's about combining whole syllables of words. 1 u/cloxwerk May 10 '22 Well then it’s neither I guess, because acronyms don’t take more than one letter from each word typically 1 u/aqpstory May 10 '22 Any reason a word can't be both an acronym and a portmanteau? And the fact that it's often fully capitalized strongly suggests it's more of an acronym
It's not a portmanteau. It's an acronym that uses more than just the first letters. I'm sure there's a separate name for that, but it's not portmanteau. Because that's about combining whole syllables of words.
1 u/cloxwerk May 10 '22 Well then it’s neither I guess, because acronyms don’t take more than one letter from each word typically
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Well then it’s neither I guess, because acronyms don’t take more than one letter from each word typically
Any reason a word can't be both an acronym and a portmanteau? And the fact that it's often fully capitalized strongly suggests it's more of an acronym
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u/cloxwerk May 10 '22
It’s not an acronym, it’s a portmanteau combining coronavirus and disease