Awesome Acronyms!

[Kuchinawa212]

P.I.N
Personal Identification Number. I think it's funny when people ask for you PIN number, as it's already included

 

[madman485]

SHIT: Ship High In Transit was a label stamped on perishable food items like tea and rice that were shipped via boat, or so I recall.

actually, it was for if they were shipping fertilizer. if they shipped it low in the hull, the fumes would rise up through the ship and if someone lit a match, they would ignite. thats why they had to be shipped higher. and fertilizer is made of...shit.

also, GFYA has a special place in my heart.

 

[Satin6T]

CTFU - Cheer the F*@k Up it's for all those emo kids that end all of there statements with FML

 

[cheese_wizington]

TBogt

the ballad of gay tony

 

[Iron Mal]

How about Gamers Against Exercise? (G.A.E)

I believe they even have T-shirts that say 'I am a G.A.E' (cookie for the reference).

 

[Urgh76]

my schools team name for a competition was W.T.F.
wrestle the facts

IM JUST KIDDING but the would be and epic win

 

[esperandote]

Metabolic
Inflammation
Degenerative
Neoplastic
Infection
Trauma

Atomicity
Consistency
Isolation
Durability

Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxigen
Nitrogen

EDIT:
BIT=BInary digiT
REM rapid eye movement

 

[HandsomeJack]

Ah, beloved Penny Arcade and their GAE jokes

 

[Katratzi]

This isn't a list of acronyms, it's a list of initialisms.

Acronyms are pronounced as words (NASA, laser, radio), while in initialisms that aren't acronyms, every letter is pronounced for itself (DVD, CD, LSD).

LOL and COD CAN be acronyms (depending on how you pronounce them). PC and MGS aren't acronyms.

THANK YOU!

Something that really irritates me is the missuse of the word acronym.

Anyway, on topic.

USAMRIID (pronounced you-SAM-rid) - United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases

MTAC (pronounced EM-tac) - Multiple Threat Alert Centre

and DRADIS (pronounced - errr Dradis) - Direction, Range and Distance. I know rance and distance are the same thing, but I didn't make it up

 

[Enzeru92]

My favorite acronym has to be S.T.A.R.S off of Resident Evil

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

SNAFU=Situation normal:All fucked up

 

[Chester41585]

I think FUCK is "Fornication under Consent of the King. Had something to do with the limited legalization of prostitution in the Renaissance or something.

SHIT: Ship High In Transit was a label stamped on perishable food items like tea and rice that were shipped via boat, or so I recall.

Those are both false etymologies, people trying to create an acronym from those words (or a backronym as I like to call it).

Shit and fuck, and their equivalents have existed in most languages for thousands of years.

Edit: Oops didn't realise I was the last to post, boy is my face red.

Huh, you learn something new every day. Even here!

 

[Amethyst Wind]

I'm quite partial to FUBAR myself.

 

[Serge A. Storms]

Coach Urban Meyer

 

[Srkkl]

S.H.I.T., Sure Happy It's Thursday.

 

[Empireth]

Snip, Snip...
ESM - Erythocyte Sedimentation Rate

Was that an intentional error?
Or have you got something else on your mind?

Oh, and isn't ESM supposed to stand for Emergency Scene Management?
(Well, for first aid, at least?)
I am now confused. Please enlighten me.

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

I Don't Punch Like Muhammed ALI

Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolin Locrian Ionian

I can not tell you how useful that's been

 

[xXDoctor OctagonapusXx]

This is real but it got changed, The Wisconsin Tourist Federation - WTF

 

[bcponpcp27]

If I remember right, FUCK originally used to be an acronym of sg. Can't remember what, though.
And damn, is it useful.

For

Unlawful

Carnal

Knowledge.

That's what I was told at least. He fucked her! He had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. Meaning that, yes he sexed her up. Unlawfully.

 

[badgersprite]

FTMFWY! For the motherfucking win, y'all!

LLAD - Lord love a duck...

Most of mine are really inside jokes...

But, the most fun acronym of all is, of course, BDSM. =3