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Complete Definition of "orphan initialism"

English

Etymology
Coined by Dan Puckett in mid 2005.

Noun
orphan initialism

  1. An initialism that no longer refers to anything.

#: KFC used to stand for Kentucky Fried Chicken, but now it is an orphan initialism.

References
From the style book of the St. Petersburg Times
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