NationStates Jolt Archive


Strange Acronyms

Superpower07
24-04-2004, 15:17
Did you know that WMD also stands for 'World Movement for Democracy' (they're an actual group)?

And then there's RPG - Role-Playing Game or Rocket-Propelled Grenade?
The Great Leveller
24-04-2004, 15:19
My favorite is The War Against Terror
Sdaeriji
24-04-2004, 15:20
Yes, very amusing. I wish the media would use its abbreviated form more often.
Jordaxia
24-04-2004, 15:22
Fast Action Response Team.
In games, both Call of Duty, and Rise of Nations are good.
24-04-2004, 15:24
Did you know that WMD also stands for 'World Movement for Democracy' (they're an actual group)?

And then there's RPG - Role-Playing Game or Rocket-Propelled Grenade?

You caught that one.
The Great Leveller
24-04-2004, 15:26
Sorry, I'm easily amused.

But there is also HUD. Department of Housing and Urban Development or Head-Up display (is that right?)
24-04-2004, 15:27
Sorry, I'm easily amused.

But there is also HUD. Department of Housing and Urban Development or Head-Up display (is that right?)

yah.

twat was pretty funny too.

Jim
Zyzyx Road
24-04-2004, 16:21
Did you know that WMD also stands for 'World Movement for Democracy' (they're an actual group)?

And then there's RPG - Role-Playing Game or Rocket-Propelled Grenade?

Hey "superpower07", if that is your real name, those aren't acronyms. Those are abbreviations. An acronym is an abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word. Also, WMD also means 'Waffle of Mass Deliciousness', currently located in my stomach.
The Edwardian Empire
24-04-2004, 16:46
I refer you to www.acronymfinder.com .

I like: The Word Association Thread! (I'm about to make a thread with the abbreviated version of that name :lol: )
Soviet Haaregrad
24-04-2004, 16:52
CRAP - Canadian Reform Alliance Party.

Luckily they changed it to Canadian Alliance Party, and now Conservative Party of Canada.

I still say CRAP describes them much more accurately.
Ifracombe
24-04-2004, 16:54
CRAP - Canadian Reform Alliance Party.

Luckily they changed it to Canadian Alliance Party, and now Conservative Party of Canada.

I still say CRAP describes them much more accurately.

hahaha, no kidding!