Acronymophile means “who likes acronyms”. Since the beginning of the XXand century, we like to name an organization, an entity or other by using an acronym which can be formed by the first letters of each word which designates this organization or entity. You can also forge an acronym using the first syllables of each word of this designation. Thus, we have CÉGEP for General and Vocational Education Center or RADAR, from English Radio Detection and Ranging. An acronym is pronounced by spelling out each letter and if it reads like a word, it is an acronym.
The acronym is used to name to abbreviate the name. Thus the acronym must be relatively short to be effective in its use; pronouncing the abbreviation or acronym in two to four syllables makes it easier to use: Cégep, UNESCO, OPEC, etc.
Acronymophilia can become a clinical sign of a serious illness in some people working in the offices of certain organizations or certain departments of different levels of government. […]
Examples of neodenominatitis are numerous and are not limited to acronymophilia. Thus, CSST became CNESST (6 syllables). Single entry point for labor services, the name should have been lightened. Examples abound, but I have to underline the horror, the pinnacle: the “Centre hospitalier du CSSS du Granit–CIUSSS de l’Estrie–CHU de Sherbrooke” is the perfect example of delirium. Nobody uses this name to say where he works, nobody uses this name to say where he gets treatment. Lac-Mégantic Hospital Center should be enough, forever. Neodenominatitis always causes new expenses in printing, stationery, etc.
There may be several reasons for renaming an organization, entity or region. One of these reasons is that the name, initials or acronym is no longer representative of the organization, entity or region.
But the ultimate reason that should be denied is nostalgia. Long live the Eastern Townships (2 syllables).
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