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Wharf is not an abbreviation.
by fanf2 2y ago
Wharf is not an abbreviation.
- zeristor 2y agoIt sounds like the sort of thing an Estate Agent would make up to emphasise the word river and warehouse living.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- adolph 2y agoIt could be a backronym for some buildings owned by someone. According to the 2010 United States Census, Warf is the 17883rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1564 individuals. Warf is most common among White (91.43%) individuals. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Warf https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Warf
- YurgenJurgensen 2y agoYou mean a back-formation. "Warf" as "warehouse at river front" is a backronym, it totally has the same feeling as those other famous nonsense backronyms like "fornication under consent of king" or "port out starboard home". ...except that "wharf" has an 'h' in it, so it's not even a backronym.
- adolph 2y agoYes, a back-formation of the sur-name “Warf” into an acronym for “warehouse…” Is it known if the buildings were never owned by or associated with someone or a family named “Warf?”