Acronyms

[eduabncs]

Got one of our (broken) proxy servers servers (Volera) back from a school today. Some wag had taped to the top of it:-

 

F requent

U se

C aused

T echnical

D iffuculties

 

Well it made me laugh anyway!

[6Foot2]

To extend the acronym thread here are some which I found amusing [TWA a 'little' out of date!]

 

Alitalia: Airplane Landed In Tokyo And Luggage In Atlanta

American: Airline Meals Eaten Regularly Induces Cramps and Nausea

Delta: Don't Ever Leave The Airport

El Al: Every Landing Always Late

Olympic: Onassis Likes Your Money Paid In Cash

Sabena: Such A Bad Experience - Never Again

TWA: That Was Awful

[Little-Miss]

What's a wag?! lol

 

my fave is FUBAR!

Edited November 16, 2008 by Little-Miss

[kearton]

A couple of oldies...

 

M ost

A pplications

C rash

I f

N ot

T he

O perating

S ystem

H angs

 

 

P eople

C an't

M emorise

C omputer

I ndustry

A cronyms

[6Foot2]

What's a wag?! lol

 

[Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.

 

Wag-halter: One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.

 

my fave is FUBAR!

 

Another with a similar flavour is SNAFU. I read that some individuals like to daisy-chain such acronyms using SNAFU and FUBAR in the same sentence to describe the same mess/situation.

[Little-Miss]

 

Another with a similar flavour is SNAFU. I read that some individuals like to daisy-chain such acronyms using SNAFU and FUBAR in the same sentence to describe the same mess/situation.

 

Ooh, that's a new one to me! Like it! Thanks for the explanation Dave!

[Gonk]

Here's a few more for the list...

 

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange):

Another System Crash Is Imminent.

 

BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels):

Buy No Fish Locally.

 

CD-ROM:

Compatible? Doesn’t Run On Mine.

 

H2SO4 (Sulphuric Acid):

Help! Help! Searing!!!! Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch.

 

USAF (United States Air Force):

Usually Shooting At Friends.

 

CAD (Computer Aided Design):

Can’t Anybody Draw ?

 

DoT (Department of Transport):

Disasters our Trademark.

 

LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation):

Looking At Source Erases Retina.

 

OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries):

Our Pollution Encompasses Continents.

 

R & D (Research and Development):

Redundancy and Dismissal.

 

Enjoy

[6Foot2]

Here are some I have culled from the following website:

 

Link

 

I have not included definitions, you will have to look them up for yourselves! Although not all of the acronyms included here or on the website are "rude"

 

AHOYA [Although strictly that should be AHOTYA]

BANANA

BDU

BMW

BOHICA

BURP

CHAV

CRAFT

DRTAGTSTW

2FC/2

FIGJAM

GOLF

HIVI [Having seen that defined I had to include it: The wife is standing right here!]

LOMBARD

MUPPET

OSINTOT

PICNIC

SABU

SPEW

SUMO

TLR

UBI

WINDOWS [Mac fans who have not seen this one yet: Look it up]

 

Back to the supplementary part of my posting: Airline Acronyms [with definitions]

 

LUFTHANSA: Let Us Find The Hostess As No Steward Available

 

or:

 

Let Us Free The Hostages And Not Shoot Anyone

 

or:

 

Let Us Feel The Hostesses And Not Say Anything

 

QANTAS: Queers And Nancies Trained As Stewards

 

or:

 

Quench A Nagging Thirst And Sleep

 

or:

 

Quite A Nice Trip All Survived. (Originally Queensland And Northern Territory Air Service).

 

SWISSAIR: Sexy Women In Swissair Services Are Indeed Rare.

 

TWA: Travel With Anxiety

 

or:

 

Thousands Wandering Aimlessly

 

or:

 

Terrorists Welcome Aboard

 

or:

 

The Worst Airline

 

or:

 

Try Walking Across

 

or:

 

Teeny Weeny Airlines

 

or:

 

Third World Airlines.

 

Band name acronyms [without definitions (none of the definitions reflect how I, Edugeek or the website carrying the definition "feel" about the product I am sure)]

 

ADIDAS

DHL

 

Have to finish the post there: Local "interruption" is demanding my attention.

Edited November 16, 2008 by 6Foot2
Correct spelling mistake.

[CyberNerd]

VISTA - Viruses, Intrusions, Spyware, Trojans, Adware

[elsiegee40]

A very old one... popular at the time when Big Blue managed a 4 billion dollar loss... and people like me were supporting mainframes.

 

IBM > I Blame Microsoft

[AngryTechnician]

Pet peeve of mine that I will now impart to you all: an abbreviation such as those above is not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a single word.

 

For example, RAM is an acronym, but CPU is not an acronym (unless you are strange and pronounce it kuh-poo or something). It is instead a different type of abbreviation, called an initialism.

[AngryTechnician]

IBM > I Blame Microsoft

When I worked for them I remember an email doing the rounds that had about 20 different definitions on it. Only ones I can remember other than your one were "I'm Being Managed", an allusion to many people having multiple managers, and "I've Been Moved", referring to the frequent re-organisations.

[6Foot2]

For example, RAM is an acronym, but CPU is not an acronym

 

Accepted. I should have been more accurate/specific.

[laserblazer]

I think it counts as an acronym if it is said as a word even if there is no such word. NAAFI. No Ambition And F****all Interest.

[AngryTechnician]

Oh, absolutely - the word doesn't have to exist already, so long as it's pronounced as one rather than saying each letter.

[seacider]

I think it counts as an acronym if it is said as a word even if there is no such word. NAAFI. No Ambition And F****all Interest.

 

I remember NAAFI SOUP as above with switched off and unplugged!

[theriver]

[...]

 

Another with a similar flavour is SNAFU. I read that some individuals like to daisy-chain such acronyms using SNAFU and FUBAR in the same sentence to describe the same mess/situation.

 

Along a similar theme:

 

FUGAZI

 

[raises glass to DOS_BOX]

[6Foot2]

While answering a question on another forum I was reminded of this thread.

 

In that answer the subject of Bing [the search engine] being a Backronym came up.

 

BING: Because It's Not Google or But It's Not Google or BING Is Not Google [recursive backronynm]

 

Not sure if this is accurate but I think it would be more than a little ironic if Microsoft were to name its new search engine in a manner which includes the name of the major competitor.

[kearton]

BING Is Not Google [recursive backronynm]

A bit like GNU is an acromyn for "GNU Not Unix" ??

[Jawloms]

DCSF;

Department for Curtains and Soft Furnishings

 

Department for Comedy and Science Fiction