Meanings
nounacronymania (uncountable)
- uncountableThe enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms.
Some of that mastodon meat is in the essays—tennis, teens, television—and some of its manner, too—foot-notery, abbreviations, acronymania.
2002, Richard Stern, What Is What Was, page 1961 more example
In the Pentagon's "acronymania," the plane's official name, the National Emergency Airborne Command Post — NEACP, pronounced "kneecap" — had been changed to NAOP, National Airborne Operations Center.
1999, Ashton B. Carter, William James Perry, Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America, page 21
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Translations
German Abkürzungsfimmel
- Abkürzungsfimmelenthusiastic creation and use of acronyms
Korean 두문자어증
- 두문자어증 (dumunja-eojeung)enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms
Portuguese siglomania
- siglomaniaenthusiastic creation and use of acronyms
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acronymania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymania
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“acronymania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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