Acronym-etymologies

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Larry:

> That's exactly what I'm quite sure it isn't, at least originally.
> This bears all the earmarks of a backronym--the metaphorical
> extension of the canned meat, via the Monty Python patter, came first.

Linguistically, it could well be a backronym.  *But* I have actually heard
unwanted e-mail of the type called "spam" defined as "self-propelled
advertising mechanism".
Anne G


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