abbreviation
[ tee-aa-ruh ]
abbreviation
1.
Acronym for "tiara in a recursive acronym". The specific letter(s) of a recursive acronym that was chosen arbitrarily and stands recursively for the whole acronym.
"S can't be the tiara, SMUT just sends the wrong message."
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Examples of tiaras in recursive acronyms:
- G is the tiara of GNU (GNU’s Not Unix)
- W is the tiara of WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator)
- V is the tiara of VISA (Visa International Service Association)
- T is the tiara of TIARA
The letter t was chosen because “tiara” is the only word in the English language to end in “-iara”, a specification necessary for the self-recursiveness of the acronym.
A tiara is most commonly the first letter of the acronym, such as with GNU. Noted acronyms with a tiara in a different letter position include:
- YOPY — “Your own personal YOPY”
- GRUNGE — defined by Homer Simpson in The Simpsons episode “That ’90s Show” as “Guitar Rock Utilizing Nihilist Grunge Energy”
Origin
Date Added:March 3, 2022