acronyms 1

[chessbot]

This may be the wrong forum for it, but I will post it here, as it is sort of a puzzle

How many misused acronyms can people think of?
Examples:

ATM machine (Automated Teller Machine machine)
PIN number (Personal Identification Number number)

--Chessbot

 

[SF0751]

Check otu thread1256-814238 for an earlier discussion of this matter.....

Susan
"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

 

[AnotherHiggins]

See thread1256-814238. Folks could think of quite a few!

John

Every generalization is false, including this one.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Dang, Susan beat me to it!

John

Every generalization is false, including this one.

 

[SF0751]

Yes, but at the expense of misspelling the word "out"!

Susan
"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Whew! I was frantically searching online dictionaries for the word "otu."

John

Every generalization is false, including this one.

 

[ESquared]

SF0751, thanks for helping keep things organized while I was distracted.

Just a general reminder... please post general word discussion in the Making An Impression forum, and reserve this forum for wordplay.

If someone wants to turn this thread into one where we invent NEW redundant acronyms (no fair using any you've heard before) then go for it.

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[mscallisto]

Bogus TLA's should be banned!

 

[RGarcia87]

PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome) or PMS (Preventive Maintenance System)

 

[ESquared]

No more posts in this thread, please. There is already a thread in the Making An Impression Forum for this topic.

Thanks!

This thread will be deleted shortly.

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