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acronym(dictionary)

unhappen (iou) and acronym (oh)


unhappen (iou)



unhappen verb. E19.
[from UN-2 + HAPPEN verb.]
verb intrans. Of an occurrence: be reversed; become as though never having happened. E19.
A. D. T. Whitney Had I been letting things happen that couldn't unhappen any more, ever?
verb trans. Cause not to have happened. L20.
I. Murdoch These things did happen. Keeping them secret isn't going to unhappen them.

acronym (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: acr- 'beginning, end' (from Greek akr-, from akros; ACROBAT) + -onym (as in homonym)]
a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization. For example NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.