Alternative Acronyms

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  • U.C.

    Uncle Chevron

    SONJ (Standard Oil of New Jersey)
  • Scholars of North Japan

    BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
  • BART

    Beatniks Always Ride Trains

    GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
  • GMT

    Gentlemen Mustn’t Tarry

    MSG (Mono Sodium Glutamate)
  • Makes Stir-fries Great

    LASER (Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation)
  • LASER

    Lets Army Scientists Engineer Ray-gun

    CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel - broadcasts Canadian parliament sittings etc)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    CPAC - Canadian Politicians, All Crazy

    USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
  • We've already had "USSR". I make a friendly recommendation that anyone who hasn't done so make a quick scroll through the thread to refresh their memories.

    That said...

    USSR

    Ukrainians Still Screwed Royally

    UCC (Universal Copyright Convention)
  • A question for our leaders: why isn't there a good way to search through threads for key words? (I have more such questions.)

    Unlikely Cheddar-flavored Crouton

    NSW (New South Wales)
  • NSW

    Newly Sentenced Wrongdoers

    PEI (Prince Edward Island)
  • GallovidianGallovidian Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    Particularly Eccentric Irishman

    ESP (Extra-Sensory Perception)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    We've already had that, proposed by me and spoofed by @questioning. I'll do it again before heading off to sleep...

    ESP

    Easily Swindled Patsies

    Someone else can do the next one.
  • Apologies for not having read through the entire thread.
    I still haven't but hope the following will be innovative -

    DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)

  • DNR

    Dad Needs Rest

    MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella)
  • Mother's Memorable Recipes

    PDQ Pretty Damned Quick
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Gentle Hostly Oink

    As the thread now extends to four pages, I doubt that many people will remember some of the already-used acronyms, and few of us have the time to go through them all. As the originator of the thread (and as a host) I suggest that it doesn't matter if the same acronym is used more than once, as it's unlikely that two posters will come up with the same alternative.

    Thank you.

    Piglet, Circus host

  • PDQ

    Priest’s Desperate Quest

    DOS (Disc Operating System)
  • DOS
    Dreadfully Organised Structure

    ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    ASLEF Awfully Slow: Leaf Excuse Failure

    NALGO (National Association of Local Government Officers)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    delete
  • NALGO

    Nabobs And Lickspittles Getting Outsourced

    CMT (Country Music Television)
  • GallovidianGallovidian Shipmate
    edited January 2024

    ,
  • CMT
    Cowboys Mimicking Tradition

    IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
  • Industrial Espionage Training

    CDM (Clergy Discipline Measure)
  • CDM

    Cease Dating Methodists

    BAFA (British American Football Association; they play gridiron football)
  • BAFA

    Big-Ass Fearsome Athletes

    IFSW (International Federation of Social Workers)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    IFSW

    Incessantly Filing Standard Wastepaper

    BÖC (Blue Oyster Cult)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    BOC = Bivalves on Celluloid

    FRICS (Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)
  • FRICS
    Finding Role Involves Counting Stuff

    TEF (Teaching Excellence Framework)
  • TEF - Totally Elusive Funding

    RSC Royal Shakespeare Company
  • RSC

    Reprehensible Scottish Characters

    BGT (Britain's Got Talent)
  • BGT
    Buzzing Generates Tears

    LSD Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    LSD - Lethargy soon dissipated

    DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
  • Disco Dancing Time

    CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    CBS

    Cronkite Bemoaned Saigon

    RTE (Raidió Teilifis Éireann)
  • RTE - Really Tiresome Encounter

    KCB (Knight Commander of the Bath)
  • KCB - Kick Christian Butts

    QED (quod erat demonstrandum: which was to be demonstrated)
    Used at the end of a mathematical, or other proof.
    No, you may not use Quite Easily Done.
  • QED
    Quality Education Denoted

    RSAI (Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland)
  • RSAI

    Regularly Soused Archeological Inquiries

    FTD (Florists Transworld Delivery)
  • FTD
    Forgot The Date

    LGA (Local Government Association)
  • LGA - Lovers Gone Away

    ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia)
  • ICBC I Can't Believe It's Canadian

    AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    AARP

    Aging Aunts Reproaching Pubescents

    ASBO (Anti-social behaviour order)
  • GallovidianGallovidian Shipmate
    edited January 2024
    Annoyingly stressful being ostracised

    CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    CBI - Chairmen Being Indolent

    NUS (National Union of Students)
  • NUS - Nonchalantly Unbridled Socialising

    CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)
  • CGI

    Chaste Girls Immoralized

    WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
  • WWE

    Warriors Wearing Elastane

    RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    RHS - Roses, Hydrangeas and Snapdragons

    RNC (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)
  • RNC

    Refrigerating Nasty Criminals

    MBA (Master of Business Administration)
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