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30 Sep 00 - 09:41 PM (#309302) Subject: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Little Hawk The winner may just be Richard Nixon's 1972 "Committee to Re-elect the President, otherwise known as... CREEP Then there was the recently formed Canadian Conservative Alliance Reform Party... CCRAP (they later changed it, because it became the butt of so many jokes) And then my favourite...At the time of Pearl Harbor the top US Navy command was called... CINCUS (pronounced "sink us") They changed that one too, not long after the Dec 7 Japanese attack. |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:01 PM (#309310) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Oversoul This is a parody of a famous acronym, PETA - People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. Displayed most commonly as "bumper stickers" on pickup trucks driven by guys that look like they might whistle at Chrissie Hynde. |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:03 PM (#309312) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: hesperis I am NOT posting here, Little Hawk - Oh, sheet! |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:06 PM (#309315) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Little Hawk That reminds me...my cousin Karen (from DC) was and is a very serious vegetarian and animal rights advocate. She had a bumper sticker that read:
LOVE ANIMALS
Her older sister, Stephanie, sneaked out one night with a razor blade and removed the word "Don't" so that it read: LOVE ANIMALS Karen drove around for a week or two before she noticed. Boy, was she ever mad!!! Geez, I'm committing thread creep on my own thread... |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:11 PM (#309320) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Little Hawk No self-control, eh? |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:39 PM (#309338) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bill D a Quaker institution in Wichita 'briefly' called itself "Friends University of Central Kansas" before the light dawned and they erased all trace of THAT faux pas. (I heard once of the "Sam Houston Institute of Technology"...but doubt the place exists)....I have BEEN in Friends University... |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:44 PM (#309340) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bill D although! *grin*...A search DOES bring up many references to old S.H.I.T.....including this!http://bufo.geo.orst.edu/pb/pb_view.html |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:45 PM (#309341) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: CarolC *THREAD CREEP* Little Hawk, DC as in District of Columbia? If so, and if you ever go to visit her, give me a holler. I live close by. Carol |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:47 PM (#309343) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: CarolC Bill D, Is the football team for the Sam Huston Institute of Technology called the Shitkickers? Carol |
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30 Sep 00 - 10:58 PM (#309349) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bill D must be!....LOL |
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30 Sep 00 - 11:27 PM (#309358) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: MarkS Davecoje Chrissie Hynde - Oh My Heart Yes - Where do I get that bumper sticker? |
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30 Sep 00 - 11:30 PM (#309361) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: catspaw49 The local school district here is Fairfield-Union and when it first formed there was a big push amongst the kids at taht time to be called the "Charging Knights." The acronym isn't funny, but there is a part on most automotive engines to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by lowering combustion temperature through injecting exhaust gas back into the chambers reducing the amount of squelch area....In any case, its called an EGR valve, meaning Exhaust Gas Recirculation. Now if you were to install one of those on your ass.............. Spaw |
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30 Sep 00 - 11:58 PM (#309377) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Troll In WWII England the commander of the womens aux. at any command was refered to as the "Senior Officer, Women" or S.O.W. When this blooper was pointed out to the upper echelon, they issued an order to the effect that the designation, "Senior Officer, Women" was to be immediately changed to" Chief Officer, Women". troll |
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01 Oct 00 - 12:15 AM (#309384) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Peter Kasin The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, because of it's membership and activities outside of San Francisco, almost changed the name to Bay Area Regional Fiddlers. It never made it past the initial discussion stage. |
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01 Oct 00 - 12:54 AM (#309400) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GUEST While in England my father was stationed at Commander in Chief,Naval Forces Europe.CINCUSNAVEUR.Known as Sink Us Never. I menioned it in another acronym thread,but it deserves repeating.The name of the train at the San Diego Wild Animal Park is the Wgasa Bush Line.Named when someone said,"Who gives a shit anyway", about what to name it. rr |
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01 Oct 00 - 01:24 AM (#309417) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GUEST,rangeroger The above guest is me. Guess I've got to reset my cookie. rr |
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01 Oct 00 - 01:31 AM (#309420) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: rangeroger OK,It's back. rr |
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01 Oct 00 - 08:22 AM (#309497) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Mrs.Duck I am told this is a true story. Several years ago a new college was founded in the Sheffield area which was called the Sheffield and Hallamshire Institute of Technology and new note paper was duly ordered and the logo was the initials of the college. Needless to say this was changed when the paper arrived bearing the word SHIT blzened accross the top!! |
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01 Oct 00 - 08:40 AM (#309504) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Wavestar Alert - Thread creep towards music! "What kind of a name is Students Against the Treacherous use of Fur? Fur is already dead, and besides a name like that doesn't make a good acronym..." -Dar Williams, The Pointless Yet Poignant Crisis of a Coed And yes, Sam Houston Institute of Tech. did/does exist. Trust the Texans. -J |
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01 Oct 00 - 11:42 AM (#309572) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Little Hawk Anyone seen that new comic "Get Fuzzy", with the skinny guy, his dog Satchel, and his psychotic Siamese cat, Bucky? It's a hoot! I love it! Anyway, the skinny guy (can't remember his name) often wears a teeshirt emblazoned with the University crest "LOWE TECH". I like that one. I wonder just what it stands for? Back in the 60's, you used to see a lot of teeshirts with "F.U.C.K. U." printed on them, of course, in the usual big letters. Very decent of the British high command to change "sow" to "cow". Har! Har! I like Chrissie Hynde too! Owoooo!!!.....and she likes Dylan. |
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01 Oct 00 - 12:01 PM (#309584) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Alan of Australia G'day, Maybe it's not funny, but one of my favourites is the recursive acronym GNU - GNU's Not Unix. Or: Alan's Looking At Nancy (inspired by this thread). Which leads to: Nancy, Alan's Not Caught Yet....
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01 Oct 00 - 12:54 PM (#309611) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Uncle_DaveO You heard about the new action front called DAMN? National Mothers against Dyslexia. Dave Oesterreich |
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01 Oct 00 - 01:53 PM (#309655) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GUEST Gnu's Not Unix reminds me of the old mail utility PINE which came out after Elm, and meant Pine Is Not Elm I also like the helpdesk acronym PEBCAK Problem exists between chair and keyboard cheers sorry to exacerbate the thread creep |
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01 Oct 00 - 02:41 PM (#309678) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: WyoWoman Oh, heck. Exacerbate away. We're all master exacerbators around here anyway... When I was in college and was surrounded by all the sorority chicks and was a drama major all got up in black turtleneck and reading Sartre and Hesse and simply could NOT be bothered by all that foo-foo pink sorority girl crap, I had a sweatshirt made up for my OWN sorority: Gamma Delta Iota. Very few put together that it was G.D.I., for "Goddamned Independent..." Within a year half of them had donned black turtlenecks of their own and were dropping acid and turned those great organizational skills toward anti-war moritoria anyway ... ww |
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02 Oct 00 - 10:37 AM (#310206) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GospelPicker (inactive) Those of you who have read or posted to the "40 things you won't hear a Southern boy say" will have read (or skipped) my narrative about the statue of Robert E. Lee that is in New Orleans... He is facing north and a YMCA building has been directly opposite the monument for years... Friend told me that the local story goes that General Lee is facing the building with his eyes turned north cause he thinks YMCA stands for (Y)ankees (M)ight (C)ome (A)gain GospelPicker @:()>[+] [><] |
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02 Oct 00 - 12:20 PM (#310259) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Lady McMoo I believe that there were plans once during the liberalization of universities in the UK for a Central University of North Tyneside, mcmoo |
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02 Oct 00 - 12:21 PM (#310260) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Melani And who can forget that the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley is actually located in the town of Kensington? |
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02 Oct 00 - 05:01 PM (#310426) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: mousethief My cubicle mate here at work has had his new business cards printed up. We work in spare airplane parts, forecasting the airlines' future needs for same (so we can have them all made and waiting when the purchase orders come in), and then determining whether our forecasts where right. His cards have this as his work gruop: Forecasting Accuracy & Reliability Team
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02 Oct 00 - 05:59 PM (#310477) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Mbo Actually, Robert E. Lee never called them "Yankees". He referred to them as "those people". --Matt being pedagogic |
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02 Oct 00 - 06:07 PM (#310486) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Melbert Dublin Area Rapid Transit system is known as the "DART". I understand there were plans to extend this to the Finglas area, but these were shelved.......... |
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02 Oct 00 - 06:21 PM (#310501) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Helen BTW, FYI, IMHO & FWIW: you are all suffering from TLA (or FLA) syndrome. Helen |
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03 Oct 00 - 04:23 AM (#310785) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Callie I once worked for an organise which, after restructuring, called its PR Unit "Strategic Promotions Unit". It was quickly changed to "Strategic Development". At University there was a club called "Student League Against Garfield" (that's the cat Garfield). And the Graduate Diploma of Arts Management acronym is a good curse to have up your sleeve when you miss the bus on the way to lectures. My favourite acronym is AAA: Australian Association for Acronyms. Callie |
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03 Oct 00 - 08:09 AM (#310841) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Alan of Australia G'day, Then there's the Sydney Linux User's Group. It's a lot more active than its acronym would suggest.
Cheers, |
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03 Oct 00 - 08:22 AM (#310851) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: pastorpest Years and years ago I was involved in setting up the Pastoral Institute of Northern Ontario (PINO). Pastoral institutes were ususally named for the city in which they are located but we avioded the name Pastoral Institute of Sudbury. |
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03 Oct 00 - 09:17 AM (#310879) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GUEST,SCabby Doug (at work) I heard an environmentalist describe the Highlands of Scotland - specifically Wester Ross, I think- as falling into the type of terrain known to scientists as MAMBA. When asked to explain, he said "Miles And Miles of Bugger All"...
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03 Oct 00 - 09:19 AM (#310880) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Snuffy A friend's wife once informed that SCUBA was an aquanym!! |
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03 Oct 00 - 09:27 AM (#310883) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: sophocleese Donut shops like to sell little round balls which are supposed to be the bitthat would fill the hole. Tom Horton's calls tham Timbits, Robin's Donuts call them Robin;s Eggs, but I just call them SFAs, sweet fuck alls. |
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03 Oct 00 - 06:34 PM (#311394) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Helen TLA = three letter acronyms FLA = four letter acronyms Helen |
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03 Oct 00 - 09:48 PM (#311540) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Mooh For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Fornication Under Consent of the King. Neither of which are likely even remotely how the perfectly good word came to be. Fun anyway. Reminds me of George Carlin's description of the word. Mooh. |
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04 Oct 00 - 04:26 PM (#312160) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: RedCelt Not precisley an acronym, but in the search for a license "call sign", urban legend has it that the University of North Texas almost signed up for one with the standard format. This is (west of the mississippi anyway) the letter K and then the three letter initials of the university, in this case UNT. put 'em all together and you get...(miss-spelled expletive deleted) Jeff
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04 Oct 00 - 10:30 PM (#312472) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) "It must be getting close to Christmas. Mom and Dad are spelling their words." Rich |
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05 Oct 00 - 01:42 AM (#312576) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Elise Well, my husband's family is fond of the many things Ford supposedly stands for (found on road dead, fix or repair daily). My favorite is a group that once picketed a screening of Disney's Fantasia. Sensitive Parents Against Scary Movies. SPASM... |
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05 Oct 00 - 11:21 PM (#313284) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: hesperis There's always mp3.com's DAM CDs. Stands for Data And Music, but it is pronounced like a famous swear word. (I think you all know which one.) Oops! I wasn't going to post to this thread! |
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05 Oct 00 - 11:25 PM (#313287) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Mbo GICU2 |
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02 Nov 09 - 09:52 AM (#2757893) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Lester Pedantry Alert "TLA = three letter acronyms FLA = four letter acronyms" Neither FLA or TLA are acronyms as an acronyms must be pronounceable eg: NATO. They are in fact initialisms. |
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02 Nov 09 - 09:55 AM (#2757894) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Weasel I heard a few years ago of the trombone quartet - Cambridge University New Trombone Section. |
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02 Nov 09 - 11:20 AM (#2757955) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Acorn4 We used to have a bit of fun with these in education:- Personal Re-training in the Art of Talking Twaddle Wasting Everybody's Time with Further Attempts to Reorganise the Timetable or Ascending Rectum of Senior Executive in the Hope of Obtaining Long Expected Scalepoint |
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02 Nov 09 - 11:22 AM (#2757959) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bryn Pugh |
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02 Nov 09 - 11:23 AM (#2757960) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bryn Pugh |
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02 Nov 09 - 01:07 PM (#2758036) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: VirginiaTam I heard form a colleague who worked in HR at Essex County Council that a group of ten staff and consultants were put up for a week in posh hotel to come up with a nice little acronym that would signify the type of workers we are. The original list of catch words Supportive Passionate Effective Responsive Motivated Read down the left side of that list. It later became Passionate Responsive Innovative Supportive Motivating all in colours of the rainbow. I wish they had stuck with SPERM. |
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02 Nov 09 - 01:27 PM (#2758047) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bill D I just remembered one! After my cataract surgeries, a secondary membrane grew back, and I had to have it removed with a special device called a YAG laser. YAG stands for "yttrium aluminium garnet". It always felt a bit awkward....until I realized they were not about to call it a GAY laser. |
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02 Nov 09 - 03:44 PM (#2758151) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: MGM·Lion Not v original, but fits the thread title — I have always liked the message sent by man on way back from long day at work — 'Norwich' [Knickers Off Ready When I Come Home] -- which should perhaps take on new lease of life as being so very textable. |
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02 Nov 09 - 05:30 PM (#2758251) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Dave MacKenzie For a short time I was chairman of the Ferranti Users Consultancy Committe. And now my local authority is Cheshire West and Chester. |
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02 Nov 09 - 05:55 PM (#2758270) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bill D "Knickers" itself is a term that differentiates the US from the UK. Here we 'almost' always use more descriptive words which describe the garment: i.e., small pants. |
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02 Nov 09 - 06:58 PM (#2758325) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Dave the Gnome We go away for a weekend every year as the Swinton Hardy Intrepid Tecking Society. It is a weekend of music, drink and hiking but the activities are usualy Weekend Activities Not Known In Normal Groups :D (eG) |
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02 Nov 09 - 08:53 PM (#2758384) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Leadfingers Snuffy - I was going to be all Po Faced and say what it is , till I reread the post ! Good One mate !! |
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03 Nov 09 - 01:30 AM (#2758438) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Little Robyn The definition of CHAOS: Can't Have Anyone Over Staying. That describes our place! Sent by Robyn's daughter Katrina. |
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03 Nov 09 - 06:29 AM (#2758546) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Mr Red We genuinely had an Adjacent Range Sensitvity Equaliser but called it a Range Sensivity Equalizer. |
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03 Nov 09 - 07:15 AM (#2758574) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GUEST,Seaking We have a large number of offshore, normally unmanned, gas producion platforms which can only be accessed by helicopter for breakdown, critical maintenance etc. When the original react crew was set up it was named the Fast Acting Response Team. They were commonly known as the 'FART Squad' for years until PC won over and it became the Field Support Group. Chris |
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03 Nov 09 - 08:48 PM (#2759070) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Joe_F According to _Slang and Euphemism_, the longest acronym in the English language is IMBARS BIDBIB, which means "I may be a rotten sod, but I don't believe in bullshit". ("British, early 1900s.") |
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04 Nov 09 - 07:05 AM (#2759274) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: SPB-Cooperator Annoying Concept (of) Recycling Old Names (with) Your Meanings |
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04 Nov 09 - 02:02 PM (#2759555) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Donuel Leaking Underground storage Tanks |
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04 Nov 09 - 02:31 PM (#2759579) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: meself Back in '000, Little Hawk pondered the meaning of "Lowe Tech." on a tee-shirt. Lowe Tech. is - or at least, was - a high school in Windsor, Ontario (it's still there, but I don't think it is still a "technical" school, so it is probably just "Lowe Secondary School" or something prosaic like that today). It was presumably named after a Windsorite who was a popular, colourful, and, for a time, successful bootlegger. Ended up doing time, and lost all his ill-gotten gains; died in poverty. Btw, is Lowe a Scottish name? Many if not most of the schools in Windsor are named after Scots. |
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04 Nov 09 - 03:26 PM (#2759614) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: VirginiaTam This morning, I got to lift spirits of 3 former colleagues (from team I used to work for). Work and life in general getting everybody down. I think it is full moon. Anyway, about 3 emails in for each one, i decided I need to start a business Your Other Mother Associates (YOMA – Yo, Ma!). Staffed by women of a certain age, bearing warm cookies and good advice and a cuddle to all in need. One colleague came back with request to work for me, but was afraid she would only get the bad cases, because she didn't feel like being nice to people. I made her head of the KUTA (Kick Up the Ass) department. I think we can really make a go of this. |
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04 Nov 09 - 03:37 PM (#2759622) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bainbo There really was - maybe still is - a Tyne and Wear Arson Taskforce. Don't recall them ever using an acronym. |
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04 Nov 09 - 05:08 PM (#2759701) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: gnu Why? Are they a "bunch"? |
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04 Nov 09 - 06:33 PM (#2759749) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Paul Burke Funny Assumptions In The Head |
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04 Nov 09 - 06:41 PM (#2759755) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Just a few hatched up by a bunch of school caretakers:- ARSE - Attention Restricted to Something Easy BUGGER - Behaviourally Unstable Geographic Grouping – Extermination Recommended TOSSER - Thick Or Stupid – Simple Education Required SHITE - Sadly He Isn't Terribly Enthusiastic TWERP - Terminally Worthless Educationally Restricted Pupil SCUMBAG - Simply Can't Understand – Mostly Bleats And Grumbles LOSER - Lack Of Sense Exerts Restrictions SHITBAG - Seriously Hyper-Inactive, Terminally Below Activity Grade WANKER - Wandering Attention, Never Knowing Educational Requirements PRICK - Permanent Restriction In Core Knowledge Also the two cleaning products which no advertising agency wanted to promote:- 1. Finest Universal Cleanser Known...."If Persil won't whiten it F... It!" 2. Best Universal Grit Grime and Effluent Remover. Don T. |
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04 Nov 09 - 07:52 PM (#2759789) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Bill D acronyms for other species. |
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04 Nov 09 - 10:40 PM (#2759852) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: GUEST,.gargoyle This one is true ... since a guest cannot post http content "below the line" you may verify it with:
AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.
No Snopes needed.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - California USA
At a San Francisco dinner - while the "govenator" was speaking a local assembly politician shouted out, "You Lie! - Kiss My Faggot Ass!" (A faggot in Frisco is a "badge of honor"- unlike England where they are only intended for emolition - or Scotland where, (from recent Mudcat posts) they tend to kee bonnie boy bums beneath their kilts.) The "faggot" sound bytes are on record...it is not "gay" as reported by some of the press.
When the local's pol's bill "for increased dock-funding" was vetoed it came came back with this note from Schjwarzenegger's office. (The Germanic people - have a delightful barley sense of humor - much more direct than the dry-rye witted Brits)
Take the First Letter of each line.
I am returning "California" Assembly Bill 1176 without my signature.
For some time now I have lamented the fact that major issues are overlooked shile many
Yet another legislative year has come and gone without the major reforms Californians
Sincerely,
SINCERELY,
TCP Connection Connection: 71.425.19.144: http from 78.174.153.71: 1964, 1095 bytes sent, 1253 bytes received, 2:72.004 elapsed time |
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05 Nov 09 - 02:43 AM (#2759897) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: HuwG In the British armed forces, the NAAFI is the "Navy, Army and Air Force Institute"; they run cafes, tea vans etc. It also sometimes appeared on the annual appraisal forms of unwilling soldiers, where it stood for "No Ambition, and f*** all Interest". |
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05 Nov 09 - 06:31 AM (#2759989) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Mr Happy Many years ago, when I was starting out to become computer literate, I joined an initial beginners course at a local college. The course's name: 'Computer Literacy and Information Technology' I guess they had to insert the word 'and' to make the acronym 'CLAIT' more acceptable? Also, way back in the 70's, there was a British trade union, the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union, known as EETPU! - ugh!! |
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05 Nov 09 - 07:30 AM (#2760020) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Nigel Parsons First Aid Nursing Yeomanry |
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05 Nov 09 - 12:46 PM (#2760221) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: VirginiaTam when i first started working for the state, i wrote the following last verse to be rapped/sung to Coolio's Gansta Paradise whatever happened to the good old words now zapped by language impaired nerds seems "hooked on phonics" didn't work for them another day, another acronym ***** god send us noah webster's son the english speaker's salvation to this paperwork land, where we chant the hymn another day another acronym ***** looking at these forms i don't have a clue just what is what or who is who am i just another working "anachronym?" another day, another acronym ***** these nonsyllabic words i just don't get when did they downsize the alphabet? you know our bureaucratic future's pretty grim another day another acronym ***** now it seems we're spending most our lives in a scrabble cheater's paradise so if your letter tray's full up to the brim you can make another acronym ***** it's time to make another acronym ***** go on and make another acronym |
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05 Nov 09 - 06:32 PM (#2760451) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Joe_F In the days when railroads were important, every railroad acronym had its dysphemic reading -- e.g., DL&W for Delaware, Lackawanna & Western became Delay, Linger & Wait. Carl Sandburg has a catalog of them in one of his poems. |
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06 Nov 09 - 02:07 PM (#2761020) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Dave MacKenzie And two of the major computer manufactureres when I got into IT were ICL - It Can't Last (whatever happened to....) and IBM - It's Being Mended |
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06 Nov 09 - 06:11 PM (#2761174) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Don(Wyziwyg)T ""ICL - It Can't Last (whatever happened to....)"" It Didn't! Don T. |
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06 Nov 09 - 07:27 PM (#2761218) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Dave MacKenzie Yeah, but was it ever mended? |
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07 Nov 09 - 09:36 AM (#2761489) Subject: RE: Funniest Acronyms of all time From: Genie I believe G W Bush's endeaver to topple the Saddam Hussein regime was initially (double entendre noted) dubbed "Operation Iraqi Liberation" but was very quickly changed to "Operation Iraqi Freedom" when his administration noticed the unintended, albeit true, implication of the initial name. |
