anachronym (English, noun)
expansion: anachronym (plural anachronyms)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of backronym.
glosses: A term which is used in an anachronistic way, by referring to something in a way that is appropriate only for a former or later time. A type of misnomer. Misnomers are not necessarily incorrect; for example, chalk for a chalkboard is normatively called chalk despite it not being made of chalk.
Forms:
form: anachronyms
tags: plural