recursive acronym
English
Etymology
recursive + acronym, originating in early hacker culture and later popularized by Douglas Hofstadter.
Noun
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recursive acronym (plural recursive acronyms)
- An acronym in which a word (often the first) of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself.
- 1983 April, Douglas R. Hofstadter, “Metamagical Themas”, in Scientific American, →ISSN, page 20:
- I used the odd variable name “tato”, mentioning that it is a recursive acronym standing for “tato (and tato only)”. Using this fact you can expand “tato” any number of times.
Translations
an acronym in which a word of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself
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See also
Further reading
recursive acronym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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