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An apronym is a lot like a backronym; indeed, a backronym could be described as an ex post facto apronym. While backronyms are made from a word or acronym after the fact (e.g. BASIC), an apronym's expansion is the original intended expansion. Some (such as the one given for "rhythm" below) are intended as mnemonics for difficult-to-spell words. Apronyms (backronyms included) can be made from any word, as a form of wordplay. Indeed, the word was coined by Tony McCoy O'Grady , an Irishman who has created over three thousand of them as wordplay; Mr. O'Grady's creations are visible at apronyms.com.

1 Some apronyms

• BASIC - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a very basic computer programming language
• CREDIT - Court-Referred Education, Drug Intervention and Treatment, credit given towards completion of the course
• HERO - Highway Emergency Response Operator, a hero to a stranded motorist
• HOPE - a lotteryA lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some states forbid it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery''. The Lottery is also the name of a famous Shirley Jackson short story w scholarshipNote: The term "scholarship" can mean either the methods employed by scholars (see scholarly method) or an award of access to an institution and/or money for an individual for the purposes of furthering their education. This article is about the latter me for " helping outstanding pupils educationally ", giving them hope for a collegeA college ( Latin collegium can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules con "together" + leg "law"). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled " fellow" an educationEducation encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. One of the fundamental goals of education is to impart culture across the generations (
• MADD - Mothers Against Drunk DrivingMothers Against Drunk Driving or MADD, is one of America's most popular non-profit organizations. In 1980, a group of women in California came together to voice their outrage at the death of a teenage girl who was killed by a repeat-offender drunk driver., mad (angry) about drunk drivingDrunk driving drink driving in the UK) or drinking and driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol (i. ethanol) or drugs to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired. In the US alone, 17,419 people died in 2002
• SLAPP - strategic lawsuit against public participationStrategic lawsuits against public participation SLAPP refers to litigation filed by a large corporation to silence a less powerful critic by so burdening them with the cost of a legal defense that they abandon their criticism. state of California has a st, a slap at whistleblowers

And a few which are backronyms:

• FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
• FIAT - Fix It Again Tony
• MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers
• APRONYM - A Petite Reminder (Openers Notation) Yields Mnemonic
• INFINITY - Increment Numbers Forever - It's Nuts, I Tell You!
• IRELAND - Independent Republic, English Lodgers Are Nearly Dislodged!
• TLA - Three Letter Acronym
• ETLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym
• RAID - Redundant Array of INEXPENSIVE Disks (said of an IDE RAID array)
• RHYTHM - Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving (this one is a recursive acronym as well)