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ARRG

at my univeristy (Advanced Railway Research Group)

― Ed (dali), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:02 (twenty-three years ago)

nads.org

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:05 (twenty-three years ago)

GUTS
Georgetown University Transportation Service

― Lithium Lunchbox (Lithium Lunchbox), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:06 (twenty-three years ago)

re: nads
(i'm all for the cause but that acronym is just so wrong)

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Fantasizing...
if the creators of BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) built a fast rail in Fresno it would have to be named FART.

― Lithium Lunchbox (Lithium Lunchbox), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:08 (twenty-three years ago)

The best radio station in the US in in California: KLIT.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:11 (twenty-three years ago)

california suxxx0rz u r all str8

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Islamic filipino separatist group MILF unfortunately is not comprised of hot middle aged women.

-
Alan

― Alan Conceicao, Monday, 10 March 2003 22:14 (twenty-three years ago)

A few months aago, Microsoft released something called the Customer Update and Notification Tool, but strangely avoided using an acronym for it before it was renamed.

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Duke University Marching Band: DUMB

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Bristol University Music Society - BUMS
Ross on Wye Deanery Youth (which is a youth club) - ROWDY

Stuart Hall International Travel - yes *that* Stuart Hall, the one who presented "It's a Knockout".

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:15 (twenty-three years ago)

i always thought it would be cool if the Goodfellaz had decided to refer to their 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' song as an acronym

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Stuart Hall International Travel - yes *that* Stuart Hall, the one who presented "It's a Knockout".

There is a persistant urban legend that some prominent Texas body of higher learning was originally to be named the Samuel Houston Institute of Technology (or Teaching).

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:25 (twenty-three years ago)

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area goes by GGNRA, and everytime I see one of their signs I imagine calling them up in order to hear a receptionist go "GGNRA! Can I help you?"

(That, of course, would be "ggn-rah!", said in loud cave dweller tones, not "GiGi N.R.A.")

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:26 (twenty-three years ago)

I was amazed when accidentally reading my landlord's mail to discover that there was some engineering society whose name was an acronym that spelt CIABATA - can't remember what the letters stood for tho.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:29 (twenty-three years ago)

I always cringe at KRS-One:

"Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone"

Well, if it's only "nearly" everyone....it's not really "supreme" then, is it!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:40 (twenty-three years ago)

What's up with the group of 21 African nations asking for $64 Billion per year in free aid that named itself the New Partnership for African Development and gave itself the acronym NEPAD? Ouch.

― Stuart (Stuart), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 01:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Germans seem to be really fond of using ASS as an acronym.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 09:37 (twenty-three years ago)

whereas the British are sensitive enough to this that, in 1984 when car registration plates began with the letter A, the licensing authority didn't issue any with A55.

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 09:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Livestock Strategy Division is always a good 'un.

We also had an old file series called "ARG".

― haha (starry), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 10:24 (twenty-three years ago)

On campus, the Sussex Musical Theatre Society cheat slightly and call themselves SMUTS.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 10:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Haha my primary school in Kent was called

St
Peter's
And
St
Margaret's.

Then they knocked it down and rebuilt it as St Margaret's At Troy Town, which sucks ass.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 10:47 (twenty-three years ago)

nine months pass...

ENCOR = Eastern Nebraska Community Office of Retardation

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

the now defunct Canadian Alliance Party (who actually weren't allied with anyone) was very briefly the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party, or CCRAP.

and I'm sure every two-bit university has an Administration Students Society.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

CREEP = Committee to RE-Elect the President.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Fort Augustus Rally Team caused a bit of a stramash in the ever-so-genteel Highlands by displaying their logos all over their cars.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

DISCO Helpline

It turned out to be for the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Friends University of Central Kansas

― rainman (rainman), Thursday, 8 January 2004 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Southern California Association of Governments.

― David Beckh0u5e (Dave Beckh0u5e), Thursday, 8 January 2004 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Uniting & Strengthening of American by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism act

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 8 January 2004 10:33 (twenty-two years ago)

World Organization of Overseas Animal Health
Woo-Ah!

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The War Against Terror.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

WHITE: So what do you do, Professor?
PLUM :I work for UNO, the United Nations Organization.
MUSTARD: Another politician. Jesus!
PLUM: No, I work for a branch of UNO. W.H.O., the World Health Organization.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

my World Organization of Overseas Animal Health is like wooah

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

ken c, do you actually read threads?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

MAGNUM: Migraine Awareness Group: A National Understanding for Migraineurs

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I like how the Daily Show always says, (eg) "Citizens for the Fair Representation of Conservative Ideals, or, NAMBLA...."

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

Community Residents Association for Parks (CRAP)

― intensity in tent cities (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

i'm watching an infomercial for a trade school/diploma mill called UTI -- an acronym that's also often used for "urinary tract infection."

― rudy huxtable can't fail (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 August 2006 08:07 (nineteen years ago)

I remember talking to an account manager at Parcelforce who couldn't see what exactly was so amusing about being a Business Unit Manager...

― T B (T B), Friday, 4 August 2006 08:46 (nineteen years ago)

Sheffield University Mathematics Society

SUMS! yay

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Friday, 4 August 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

Southern Ontario Development Operations Management Yardstick

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 4 August 2006 14:34 (nineteen years ago)

(it's an annual report)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 4 August 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

I like the Sephardi Kashrus Association, whose logo is much in evidence in various Jewish establishments in North London. If you've ever wondered why those guys wear black suits, white shirts and natty hats, the answer might lie in the SKA.

― Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Friday, 4 August 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

Cambridge University Massage Society: CUMASS

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/massage/

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 4 August 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

A Message To You Jewy

(xpost)

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 4 August 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

South Coast Area Transit

― rudy huxtable can't fail (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 6 August 2006 10:59 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

― get bent, Sunday, 27 January 2008 22:09 (eighteen years ago)

the South Lake Union Trolley!

― kate78, Monday, 28 January 2008 01:12 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW)

― get bent, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 22:48 (eighteen years ago)

Would you pronounce that "ow! ow!" or "Oh, wow"?

― kate78, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 07:17 (eighteen years ago)

Theres a Finnish engineering company called Rape-Plan. "Rape" isn't a Finnish word, so I think it must be an acronym for something... Possibly something to do with "RAkenne" (= "structure"), because they specialize in structural engineering. But if you're going have the second part of your company name in English, maybe you ought to find out what the first part actually means in that language.

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 11:14 (eighteen years ago)

Apparently the Finnish city of Tampere also had a program for protecting their "RAkennusPErintö" (= "building heritage") called RAPE 2004!!

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 11:18 (eighteen years ago)

Off-topic, but I am always delighted when I get a parcel wrapped in Finnish packaging labelled Pussikeskus Oy.

― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 11:20 (eighteen years ago)

I think most Finns understand English well enough to know what "rape" means, so even if the target audience or customers for these are Finnish speakers, they'd still sound stupid to them.

(x-post)

Then you'd be even more delighted to try this brand of Finnish bread:

http://www.quayclark.com/photogallery/jussi_pussi_bread.jpg

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 11:22 (eighteen years ago)

Or these crisps:

http://www.quayclark.com/photogallery/100_1138.jpg

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 11:22 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.orca.state.tx.us/

Office of Rural Community Affairs

― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 14:41 (eighteen years ago)

Tralee Institute of Technology wussed out and insists on ITT

― darraghmac, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

omg I love Finnish

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 14:46 (eighteen years ago)

college of notre dame of maryland

― 69, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/fist/

FIST - Future Infantry Soldier Technology

"FIST will provide the soldier with improved situational awareness, lethality and survivability."

― onimo, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

Under FIST, the infantryman's SA80 assault rifle will be fitted with an enhanced sighting system on the weapon or linked to the soldier's helmet

― onimo, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 15:02 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STAND UP) act

― bette ghent (get bent), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 06:59 (sixteen years ago)

the JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment (JHOVE), technically pronounced as in "by jove!" but personally pronounced by me as J-HOVA

― a connecticut muffin in king arthur's flour (donna rouge), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 09:13 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

Gospel Oak to Barking Line - GOBLIN

― ledge, Friday, 8 February 2013 11:58 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

PBR (Pilot's Bill of Rights). Although right now I wish it was something else.

― Word Salad Username (j.lu), Thursday, 6 March 2014 22:04 (twelve years ago)

http://media.ticketmaster.com/tm/en-us/dbimages/70858a ?

― pplains, Friday, 7 March 2014 02:39 (twelve years ago)

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