What is your favorite acronym?

South
Harmon
Institute (of)
Technology

from the movie Accepted

SCUBA

Favorite only because I’m in awe of the evil genius behind it:

USA PATRIOT Act—Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

I like GNU which means: GNU’s Not Unix. A recursive acronym, brilliant eh?

Wow. Actually I’m all up for Harp’s favourite acronym, that’s awesome.

Harp. Did you make that up?

FUBAR

Lol.

TLA. Three letter acronym

How about TMI?

PDA?

and I don’t mean personal digital assistant, although I guess I could

@Snoopy
nope, I’m not smart, or evil, enough. That’s its offical name.

@harp. I remember learning that the for gov’t or business related acronyms, it is best to come up w/ a catchy name or phrase first and then attach the words to get it to match the issue and the catchy word. Sounds like your example qualifies…..

kinda like MADD (Mothers against drunk driving….)

RTFM
and
PEBKAC

From Red Dwarf (The BBC’s answer to Star Trek)...
The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society (or CLITORIS).

LMAO!

BOHICA!!

F.A.R.T.

S.H.I.T.

United Network Command for Law Enforcement or U.N.C.L.E.

and

Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity or T.H.R.U.S.H.

Both from the Man From Uncle one of my fave shows in my youth.

Also:

UPOIF:

Under Pool or in Frizzer

DSL (the one that has nothing to do with the Internet).

Also MILF because it’s as dirty as it sounds.

In the US Military, until strenuous objections were raised, an armed services chaplaincy organization was known as FUCCO.

I don’t recall the meaning of those letters, but they are also the spelling of an Italian surname.

August 23, 2008, 5:29 PM EDT

OK. I had to google some of these, LOL.

@wildflower BTW, RTFM has 59 definitions, so I am not sure which one you were thinking of….

http://www.acronymfinder.com/RTFM.html

If asked, it’s of course “Fine” – but there is one that isn’t mentioned on that list that occasionally runs through the mind of anyone working with customer support….

FUBAR!

August 23, 2008, 7:05 PM EDT

@wildflower. LOL

rofl.

August 23, 2008, 8:07 PM EST

figjam ;) (Fuck I’m Good Just Ask Me)
penis (Primal Enlightened Nobelmen In Society – The Adventures of Lano & Woodley episode titled ‘The Primal Warrior’)

always been a fan of NAMBLA…wait that came out wrong

idgah! i dont give a hoot. It was our non-cussing war cry.

TMI.

ID….......

LYLT=Love you long time ^.~

Acronym of the American Sociological Society.