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[–] srgmpdns ago  (edited ago)

I've heard this too, long ago, from native German speakers- "Nazi" was a stereotypical rural idiot's nickname, like "Bubba" or "Gomer."

NASDAP- the real acronym- doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but I'm pretty sure "Nazi" was not used by, or within earshot of, party officials.

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[–] Glory_Beckons ago 

NSDAP was the acronym. But as you point out yourself, that's not very ergonomic. So they appropriated Nazi and made it their own.

They used it in official party literature as well. Even minted a commemorative coin with it. Look up "nazi palestine coin" on an image search. Goebbels himself commissioned that coin IIRC. It was certainly struck for a story in his official party magazine.