acronymanian.
/ˌakrənᵻˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌækrənᵻˈmeɪniə/ Fervent or excessive enthusiasm for the use of acronyms or initialisms.
ΚΠ
1968 New Scientist 29 Feb. 473/1 Acronymania has spread rapidly in the last few years through every field of human endeavour.
1983 Frederick (Maryland) Post 14 Jan. a7/6 Acronyms are just a bureaucratic disease which I will dub Acronymania, alternatively Acronymancy—the obsessive love of acronyms.
2007 Times (Nexis) 14 July 16 We are in the grip of acronymania—swamped by CDs, DVDs, MP3s and TV.
Derivatives
acronyˈmaniac n.
ΚΠ
1968 New Scientist 29 Feb. 474/1 Readers who came across any of these..terms in the course of their daily round will know that they are in the presence of an acronymaniac.
1988 Polity 21 2 The Northeastern Political Science Association—or NPSA, as acronymaniacs prefer.
2007 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 24 Feb. 6 I support the American Association Against Acronym Abuse. AAAAA pretty much sums my reaction to acronymaniacs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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