Talk:Numeronym

Articles for Deletion debate

This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. -Splash^talk 17:38, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Category:Numeronyms ?

Might be useful to add a Category:Numeronyms. DFH (talk) 10:40, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Done. Some tidy up may be required. I found a few anomalies. DFH (talk) 15:53, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 February 11 for discussion that led to deletion. – Fayenatic London 17:07, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Can someone add pronunciation? I'm not sure if the accent is on the first or second syllable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.172.16 (talk) 17:46, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

K9 is a Homonym?

Don't the numbers in a numeronym refer to the number of letters ommited from the abbreviation? In contrast, a homophone is a relies on the sounds of words/numbers/letters, so K-9 isn't really a numeronym but rather a homophone (at least according to wikipedia here. Aren't better numeronyms for the introduction, like maybe i18n or l10n which are more widely used and recognized and obey all the "rules" of numeronyms? Hobsonlane (talk) 23:25, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

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Listcruft

The examples page of this page is growing and featuring a large amount of, frankly, unnotable examples of this example. Has anyone really referred to numeronyms themselves as 'n7ms'? I think we should trim down the examples list, for example only to those with citations to show their notability. I don't want to remove large swathes of items without a second opinion though - 5.148.40.98 (talk) 10:56, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

I made a start on it — several of the cited items were dead links to projects or companies that used a numeronym-style name. Removed and added some citations for others. Still worth further cleanup & explanation if anyone's interested.– The Fiddly Leprechaun · Catch Me! 23:31, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

CR7 ?

It's confusing to see CR7 here, the 7 has neither the function of repeating letters (as in W3C), nor of counting them (as in i18n), even though "Ronaldo" has 7 letters. It's simply a digit (his shirt number) - does this count as Numeronym? WW2 isn't, or is it? — MFH:Talk 14:44, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Only short forms?

Would the Neo-Nazi use of 88 qualify? 9/11? 404 (error message)? --Error (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Is Y2K also a numeronym? Why? Please improve definition what a numeronym is and ain't.

The article Year 2000 problem states that "Y2K is a numeronym". As this is written there in its very specific context, I trust that that's true. But another confirmation here would be appreciated too.

And in any way I'd wish to have a clearer definition here what a numeronym is and more importantly also what a numeronym ain't. Both in a declarative nature and with examples to grasp it more concretely.

I for one, not very familiarized with the concepts, was not sure whether "Y2K" was not rather an acronym than a numeronym.

Would be great if some expert(s) could improve the article in that regard! PutzfetzenORG (talk) 22:25, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Definition of numeronym

The article currently begins 'A numeronym is a word, usually an abbreviation, composed partially or wholly of numerals.' I've just learned the word 'atg8ylation' which *contains* an abbreviation (ATG8), but doesn't otherwise fit into one of the categories listed at present. Consensus on the definition and, as PutzfetzenORG says above, what it excludes, would be welcome! Addedentry (talk) 21:51, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't think "numeronym" has a consistent definition. The one given in the article is intentionally vague to reflect that (it says "usually an abbreviation" but doesn't claim that they're always abbreviations). If there are reliable sources that describe "ATG8" or "atg8ylation" as numeronyms we can always add an "other" category. Justin Kunimune (talk) 22:26, 17 September 2024 (UTC)