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Subject:
onomatopoeic acronyms
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference Asked by: robbertbeare-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
25 Sep 2005 21:07 PDT
Expires: 25 Oct 2005 21:07 PDT Question ID: 572605 |
I am interested in finding a word for acronyms that sound or spell somewhat like they mean. An example is ASH - Action against Smoking in Health. ASH is an anti-smoking organisation in Australia. I have created an acronym POOA standing for Prisoners Of Old Age. Working in an Aged Care facility, I care for many wonderful aged and infirm individuals who occasionally experience episodes of faecal incontinence - they 'poo' themselves. Many of the residents are trapped in a nursing home, not so much against their will, but because there is no other facility that caters for their care. So they are prisoners of old age. I would imagine the plural of POOA would sound like poo-ers, which sounds like some one who poos. Is there a word that describes acronyms that describe what they do? The closest I can come to is onomatopoeic acronym |
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