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You see this in marketing sometimes, where a product or company with an acronym name later comes up with a phrase that fits the acronym for an ad campaign or a related product.



For example, if your company name is QP, after the founder Quincy Peterson, your marketing department might make a "Quality Products" campaign. Or they might name the new adhesive product "Quick Plastic."



Is there a word or phrase that describes this?






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    You see this in marketing sometimes, where a product or company with an acronym name later comes up with a phrase that fits the acronym for an ad campaign or a related product.



    For example, if your company name is QP, after the founder Quincy Peterson, your marketing department might make a "Quality Products" campaign. Or they might name the new adhesive product "Quick Plastic."



    Is there a word or phrase that describes this?






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      You see this in marketing sometimes, where a product or company with an acronym name later comes up with a phrase that fits the acronym for an ad campaign or a related product.



      For example, if your company name is QP, after the founder Quincy Peterson, your marketing department might make a "Quality Products" campaign. Or they might name the new adhesive product "Quick Plastic."



      Is there a word or phrase that describes this?






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      You see this in marketing sometimes, where a product or company with an acronym name later comes up with a phrase that fits the acronym for an ad campaign or a related product.



      For example, if your company name is QP, after the founder Quincy Peterson, your marketing department might make a "Quality Products" campaign. Or they might name the new adhesive product "Quick Plastic."



      Is there a word or phrase that describes this?






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          This is called a backronym or bacronym:




          A backronym, or bacronym, is a constructed phrase that purports to be the source of a word that is an acronym.




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          They give the AMBER Alert as an example; it was named after a girl whose name was Amber, but constructed the phrase "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" to fit the abbreviation.






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            This is called a backronym or bacronym:




            A backronym, or bacronym, is a constructed phrase that purports to be the source of a word that is an acronym.




            (source: Wikipedia)



            They give the AMBER Alert as an example; it was named after a girl whose name was Amber, but constructed the phrase "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" to fit the abbreviation.






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              This is called a backronym or bacronym:




              A backronym, or bacronym, is a constructed phrase that purports to be the source of a word that is an acronym.




              (source: Wikipedia)



              They give the AMBER Alert as an example; it was named after a girl whose name was Amber, but constructed the phrase "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" to fit the abbreviation.






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                This is called a backronym or bacronym:




                A backronym, or bacronym, is a constructed phrase that purports to be the source of a word that is an acronym.




                (source: Wikipedia)



                They give the AMBER Alert as an example; it was named after a girl whose name was Amber, but constructed the phrase "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" to fit the abbreviation.






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                This is called a backronym or bacronym:




                A backronym, or bacronym, is a constructed phrase that purports to be the source of a word that is an acronym.




                (source: Wikipedia)



                They give the AMBER Alert as an example; it was named after a girl whose name was Amber, but constructed the phrase "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" to fit the abbreviation.







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