The Acronym Game

[edhead2000]

Everywhere you go you're bound to see acronyms......ATM, WWW, URL, etc.

So here's the game: I post an acronym and someone else guess what it means. Then they post another acronym and somebody else guesses. Got it?


The first acronym is the word itself: Somebody tell me what ACRONYM stands for.

 

[Cryozombie]

Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meanings?

 

[edhead2000]

You're correct! Now you have to post an acronym.

 

[Cryozombie]

Ok... lessee... one of my favorites...

ATFU

 

[Flatlander]

Antiquated Technique For Urination?

 

[Seig]

Bohica

 

[KenpoTex]

Bohica= "bend over here it comes again"

Snafu

 

[Melissa426]

Situation Normal All "Fouled" Up

(I have heard another word substituted for fouled, as you probably know)

FUBAR

 

[Cryozombie]

Damn it, no one got ATFU. Thats totaly ATFU.

FUBAR = F$#@ed up beyond all recognition.

Here's one most people dont even realize is an acronym.

LASER

 

[shesulsa]

LASER = light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

Here's one that's simple, but not too many people know what it STANDS for - even one...ahem...marine I dated.

G.I.

 

[Cryozombie]

LASER = light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

Here's one that's simple, but not too many people know what it STANDS for - even one...ahem...marine I dated.

G.I.

I believe... GI is "General Issue" correct?

 

[Flatlander]

How about Government Issue?

Techno, you mean I was wrong about ATFU?

what about DILLIGAF?

 

[Cryozombie]

Yep. ATFU is Military slang for "Ate The ... Flock... Up"

Uh, Yeah, we'll call it Flock.

Do I Look Like I Give A... Flock.



RADAR

 

[Melissa426]

LASER = light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

Here's one that's simple, but not too many people know what it STANDS for - even one...ahem...marine I dated.

G.I.

General Infantry, is it not?

NATO

 

[Cryozombie]

Nah, It's General Issue, or Government Issue...

I cheated and looked it up to see which of us were right, and both those are commonly accepted for GI.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

RADAR.

 

[Flatlander]

Radio Amplification? Distancing And Ranging.

SWAT?

 

[shesulsa]

SWAT = Special Weapons And Tactics

(We native Angelinos know it well...)

SCUBA

 

[KenpoTex]

No, SWAT stands for Special whup-a$$ Team

SCUBA= Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus

SONAR

 

[Blindside]

SONAR

SOund NAvigation and Ranging

OK, here's one from my job:

CWD

 

[shesulsa]

No, SWAT stands for Special whup-a$$ Team

Oh, that's what it must be in Texas...(BANG! "Stop, or I'll shewt!!")...actually, L.A. too...dayum.