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Word: backronym (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...punch, thought to be named after its inventor, that keeps the little pieces off the floor--ergo the pieces must be chad. "There is a legend that the word was originally acronymic," the dictionary adds, "standing for Card Hole Aggregate Debris, but this has all the earmarks of a backronym...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Dr. Notebook | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

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