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wubbawubba 11-19-2003 10:09 AM

What is the word that I am looking for
 
What do you call a word that is made up of other word's first letter

ie.

N.A.S.A.

O.P.E.C.

M.A.D.D.

Peetster 11-19-2003 10:12 AM

An acronym. Note that the periods after the initials are not required.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acronym

wubbawubba 11-19-2003 10:31 AM

thank you.

I am dumb

Peetster 11-19-2003 10:41 AM

Mental blocks happen.

numist 11-19-2003 10:55 AM

not dumb, the hardest part about acronyms are figuring out what they all mean, there are so many TLAs IRL that I have TKU

TLA = Three Letter Acronym
IRL = In Real Life
TKU = Trouble Keeping Up (this one I made up)

but, luckily there is help...

:D

thejoker130 11-19-2003 12:10 PM

SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.

Redlemon 11-19-2003 12:19 PM

FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

FLA: Four Letter Acronym (no, waitaminute...)

Mephisto2 11-19-2003 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by redlemon
FLA: Four Letter Acronym (no, waitaminute...)
LOL

JadziaDax 11-20-2003 02:57 AM

A few real... a few to make you laugh...


WYSIWYG (pronounced wiz e wig) - What You See Is What You Get
MBBS - Mouth Big, Brain Small
ADIDAS - All Day I Dream About Sex
FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
FORD - Found On Road Dead
FIAT - Fix It Again Tony
MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
IBM - I Blame Microsoft
WWW - World Wide Wait
DOS - Defunct Operating System
BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
PnP - Plug 'n' Pray
CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
SCSI - System Can't See It
PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industrial Acronyms
MICROSOFT - Mac Imitation from a Corrupt Roguish Organization Selling Only Faulty Technology
WINDOWS - Wholly Inadequate Needless Damned Outrageous Waste of Space
RTFM - Replace The Fan Motor
RTFM - Read the Fucking Manual

NAVY - Never Again Volunteer Yourself
MARINE - Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential
ARMY - Aren't Ready to be Marines Yet
US ARMY - (spelled backwards) Yes My Retarded Ass Signed Up

dragon2fire 11-20-2003 09:56 AM

peta

people eatting tasty animals

j8ear 11-20-2003 02:22 PM

Didn't see PEBKAC on the list...

It is my favorite and is the most likely source of any and all personal computer issues.

Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair.

-bear

arael 11-25-2003 09:27 PM

some somethignawful acronym

lawg: laughing aloud with gusto

something awful claims this will replace LOL in the next year -__-

arael 11-25-2003 09:35 PM

MORE!!
CAWG:
Crackling Aloud With Gusto:


SWBSMC
Sorry, Was Busy Shining My Cape

SAHBPS
Screaming About Hormel Breakfast Pork Steaks

ASETEWIFPAIEACIC
A Satisfactory Endeavor That, Even With Its Faults, Proved Ample In Entertainment and Commendable In Challenge:

datalink7 11-25-2003 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by arael
some somethignawful acronym

lawg: laughing aloud with gusto

something awful claims this will replace LOL in the next year -__-

This is what I have to say to something aweful:

LOL!

thingstodo 12-02-2003 04:16 AM

They've all been added to my list of acronyms. Couldn't think of more than what was here. How about a list of oxymorons, like rap music, military intellingence?

dragon2fire 12-02-2003 10:34 PM

by the way the peta one was a joke


peta is acuatlly a animal rights group

Tirian 12-03-2003 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by thejoker130
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
ha ha...

Near where I used to live there are two lakes right near each other named Snafu and Tarfu (Things are REALLY Fucked Up) lake. The story goes that they were named by the road crew that had to build the winding road that goes between them.

Anyways good fishing in Snafu and Tarfu lakes.

spived2 12-07-2003 04:59 AM

NAMBLA

North American Man-Boy Love Association

Yes, it's real.

Jaseca 12-07-2003 08:50 AM

GNU - GNU is Not Unix
WINE - Wine Is Not an Emulator

so what kind of hideous loop does that create...


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