Yeah, the N, E, W, S construction absolutely sounds like a bacronym.
To me, it was always a short form of newspaper, which was a distributed paper with the latest events. So I was probably not far off, just not as old as the actual etymology (I’m guessing “news” was a thing far before paper was a thing in the west).
It’s still good news now
Well, the first three letters of news is new - it’s not new, so it’s not really news. I’m happy it happened, but it doesn’t belong.
It’s a coincidence. The word “news” is made from the initials of North, East, West, and South.
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Yeah, the N, E, W, S construction absolutely sounds like a bacronym.
To me, it was always a short form of newspaper, which was a distributed paper with the latest events. So I was probably not far off, just not as old as the actual etymology (I’m guessing “news” was a thing far before paper was a thing in the west).