Alternative Acronyms

PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
I'm not quite sure if this'll fly, but I'll give it a go. Some acronyms might not stand for what you expect ...

NATO - Not Another Trump Oopsie!

NHS - Never Have Sickness

Over to you ...
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  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    edited September 2023
    FUBAR

    Fellows,
    Unacceptable
    Banter
    After
    Rugby

    RSPCA ?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    edited September 2023
    RSPCA Rescuing Squirrels, Parrots, Cats & Armadillos

    OPEC
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited September 2023
    OPEC

    Over-Priced Energy Cartel
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited September 2023
    The sporting life...

    NASCAR

    Nearly All Southern Crackers And Rednecks

    NHL

    Northern Hicks Lunging

    Edited to remove potentially problematic material - Piglet, Circus host
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    ECUSA - Every Curate Utters Some Aberrations

    USSR
  • USSR

    Usual Stagnated Soap Rationing
  • RCMP

    Redcoats Mauling People

    NYPD

    Neutralized Your Pet Dog

    FBI

    Fine Boys Indeed
  • Piglet wrote: »
    ECUSA - Every Curate Utters Some Aberrations

    LCMS - Laplanders Chairing Morose Seminars

    SDA - Someone's Dimwitted Aunt

    LDS - Like Dancing Sober
  • stetson wrote: »
    USSR

    Usual Stagnated Soap Rationing

    PRC

    Presently Rehabilitating Capitalism
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Gentle Hostly Oink

    After some discussion backstage, I think my OP with the rules of the game perhaps needs clarifying.

    One suggestion per post, and then offer the next acronym, specifying what it usually stands for. I think this'll maybe offer scope for amusing alternatives, depending on what the original was.

    Thank you.

    Piglet, Circus host
  • Because I was rather fond of my original anti-footie joke(which was deleted with my full approval), I'm gonna make this post a toned-down, legally-safe version of that one. In context...
    stetson wrote: »
    The sporting life...

    EFL

    Entertaining Fascist Losers

    NASCAR

    Nearly All Southern Crackers And Rednecks

    NHL

    Northern Hicks Lunging

    And for the next one...

    RADA

    (Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts)
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    edited September 2023
    I still messed up! I should wait until this migraine goes away before attempting to play this excellent game! :joy:

  • Hooe you're feeling better soon, @jedijudy.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    RADA

    Riotous Antics, Daring Adventures

    TL; DR
    (Too long; didn’t read)
  • TL; DR

    Terribly Lazy; Ditching Respect

    NASA
  • NASA

    "Nyet, Andrei. Stop Armstrong!"

    HMV
  • Hamburgers May Vary

    LNER
  • What is LNER?
  • Nick Tamen wrote: »
    What is LNER?

    Apparently it stands for London North Eastern Railway.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    stetson wrote: »
    NASA

    "Nyet, Andrei. Stop Armstrong!"

    :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    LNER - Locomotives Never Ever Running

    BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
  • BBC

    Blighty's Blimp Cabal

    BAT (British American Tobacco)
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    edited September 2023
    BAT

    Bronchitis And Tar

    CID (Criminal Investigation Department)

  • Crime Is Delightful

    RAF
  • RAF

    Really Annihilated Frankfurt

    SPQR (Senate and People of Rome)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    SPQR - Some Popular Quasi Rulers

    NUT (National Union of Teachers)
  • NUT: Naïve Underpaid Tutors

    CIA (Culinary Institute of America, among other possibilities)
  • CIA—Cooks of Inedible Appetizers

    SAG–AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)

  • SAG-AFTRA

    Striking Against Gods - And Fighting The Robotic Auteurs

    NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)
  • stetson wrote: »
    Nick Tamen wrote: »
    What is LNER?

    Apparently it stands for London North Eastern Railway.

    It stood for that until the UK railways were nationalised in the late 40's. Has the acronym been reintroduced recently - hard to keep up with all that has happened since the '70's.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    edited September 2023
    stetson wrote: »
    SAG-AFTRA

    Striking Against Gods - And Fighting The Robotic Auteurs

    NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Not Every Jugular Matters

    In a similar vein:

    BMA (British Medical Association)
  • BMA: Bellyache Most Agonising

    NT (National Trust)
  • NT

    Necrophiliaizing Tenements

    MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    No Tourists !

    BAAPS

    (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons - yes, they really chose that acronym)
  • BAAPS

    Benevolently Augmenting Aging Porn Stars

    MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • MCU

    Money Coming Up

    UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  • UNESCO: Ultimate Nerd Event, Specific Code Obligatory

    RAC (Royal Automobile Club)
  • RAC

    Revving At Commoners

    WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union)
  • WCTU

    Whisky Can't Tempt Us

    IBM (International Business Machines)
  • IBM

    Imbibed Babbage's Mania

    HBC (Hudson's Bay Company)
  • Sorry, meant to remark on this earlier...

    RADA

    Riotous Antics, Daring Adventures

    I could easily see this as part of a recruitment campaign for RADA. Maybe a series of ads, with various slogans featuring those four letters at the front of each word, eg. "Rambunctious Actors, Distinguished Academics", with the words overlaid onto photos of relevant activities at RADA.
  • Gee D wrote: »
    stetson wrote: »
    Nick Tamen wrote: »
    What is LNER?

    Apparently it stands for London North Eastern Railway.

    It stood for that until the UK railways were nationalised in the late 40's. Has the acronym been reintroduced recently - hard to keep up with all that has happened since the '70's.

    Yes (from 2018).
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    HBC - Happily Buying Canadians

    UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)

  • UFO: Up For Observation

    CIMA: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
  • UFO: Useless Foolish Obsession

    AMA: American Medical Association
  • AMA

    Advocating Monetized Amputations

    KJV
  • Oh, and since it seems to have been denied its proper burlesquing...

    CIMA

    Condoning Illogical Meal Allowances
  • And again...

    KJV
  • KJV

    Kansth Just Vnderstandeth

    ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    Aaaargh !
    Stupid
    Computer
    It’s connected !
    It’s not a paper jam !

    LFT (Lateral Flow Test)
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