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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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OK, Miss Amanda knows that BVM isn't a German luxury car, and that MBS is not an advanced degree in glib talk.
But here she is, having gone through life thinking that PSA meant Prostate Specific Antigen, only to learn that it actually means Penal Substitution Atonement. Silly her. What could she have been thinking?
For all she knows, PSA could also refer to childish rivalry between brother and sister (Puerile Sibling Antagonism, don't you know?)
The game: Player 1 lists an acronym commonly believed to mean one thing. Player 2 sets the record straight by supplying what it actually means (at least in Player 2's rather active imagination) and suggests a new acronym for the next round.
Shall we begin?
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Baptist Trainfan
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/Not part of the game .../
I'm old enough to recall when STD meant "Subscriber Trunk Dialling" on the telephone.
LSD, of course, was money.
/Tangent ends/
So here goes: BSE: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("Mad cow disease").
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Baptist Trainfan
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Sorry ... forgot to pick up your "MD".
What about "Monday Diets".
Now for BSE.
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Hedgehog
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BSE: Funny you should mention that. As you probably know, the Sherlock Holmes stories have many fans, some of whom have banded together in societies for the further study of the stories and the occasional good dinner. In New York, the society calls itself the Baker Street Irregulars...but it is difficult to gain entry to that august club. As a remedy, many so-called "scion societies" (or smaller groups) have been formed. One takes its inspiration from the gruesome story of "The Engineer's Thumb." They call themselves the Baker Street Engineers (or BSE for short).
Now why would I be thinking of IRS at this time?
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Baptist Trainfan
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I wouldn't know - are you suffering from Irritating Rheumatism Syndrome?
Now, being a Trainfan who lives in East Anglia: what about LNER?
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Well of course. You use rolling-stock numbers to help you sleep, since you are a victim of being unable to remember Wesleyan hymn-tunes - or Low Night-time Evangelical Recall
Here's another horror for you: GCSE
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St. Gwladys
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[tangent] Everyone knows that GCSE actually stands for General Collapse of secondary education - which is too close to the real meaning to count.[/tangent]
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Sioni Sais
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GCSE is an order of chivalry awarded to variety artistes from the north of England, and stands for (Knight) Grand Cross of the Order of the Salford Empire, after the toughest venue south of Glasgow.
As if that wasn't irrelevant enough, what does MTBF now stand for?
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Leorning Cniht
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Sioni, old chap, I'm surprised you're not familiar with the Merthyr Tydfil Basketweaving Fesival, although perhaps you're more familiar with its acronym in Welsh.
But what's all this CPAP in aid of?
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mousethief
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
Sioni, old chap, I'm surprised you're not familiar with the Merthyr Tydfil Basketweaving Fesival, although perhaps you're more familiar with its acronym in Welsh.
But what's all this CPAP in aid of?
Few have heard (and that's intentional) of the Coronation Peroration Abbreviation Patrol, who station themselves in the crowd when a newly-crowned monarch is giving his/her acceptance speech, and signal when it's time to quit.
But what is this SPCA I've heard so much of?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Frogs legs being the gourmet delicacy that they are, leaving countless frogs unable to get around, Special Prosthetics for Challenged Amphibians has come to the rescue.
MYOB
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Sipech
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Surely everyone knows that MYOB is a term for a stockbroker: Monetarian Yelling Out Bollocks.
Up next: BUGB
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Piglet
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Everyone who watched Sunday night television in the late 1990s knows that BUGB stands for:
Ballykissangel University Guild of Bellringers.
Now one close to my heart: FRCO
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Anyone who's ever bought a train ticket would admit that the Friggin' Railway Companies Overcharge!
RSVP
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Wet Kipper
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That's the Royal Society of Veterinary Practitioners, dontcha know.
what's NASA ?
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Sipech
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I thought everyone knew that that's the Norwegian Amateur Submariners' Association.
A friend said they studied at RADA but I've no idea what that means. Can you help?
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Stejjie
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He/she clearly studied under Ginger Baker and Roger Taylor at the Really Amazing Drummers' Academy.
But what is this BBC whose programmes are supposed to be the envy of the world?
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Albertus
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Oh, it's the organisation that Belatedly Bollocked Clarkson .
Found an interesting looking website but I haven't opened it yet because it tells me that it's NSFW . Whatever can that mean?
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Wet Kipper
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New Science Fiction Writing, i think.
Should I be concerned that someone responded with ROFLMAO to an amusing video I posted on social media recently
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Baptist Trainfan
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Ah, this is clearly one for that nice Mr. Farridge (rhymes with "kipper") and the warm welcome he offers to EU miggrants:
Relatives Of Foreign Labourers Must Authenticate Origin.
What about ASLEF?
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Piglet
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That's the All Scotland Lacrosse Examination Forum.
Now, are we all in UNISON?
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Stejjie
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What, the United Nations Icing Sugar Observation Network? Sure am!
What should I expect from membership of the SNP?
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Sipech
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quote:
Originally posted by Stejjie:
What should I expect from membership of the SNP?
You won't get anything other than Sinister, Nasty Porpoises.
You might be better off with the NAACP.
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Baptist Trainfan
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The Northampton Apoplectic Association of Co-respondent Pharmacists? (It has a very discrete, though clearly far from discreet, membership).
What about ABTA? (No, I didn't say "ABBA").
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Albertus
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The Afternoon Beer Topers' Association? Ah, happy days...
EPNS?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Everyone knows that old folk fall asleep at unexpected times. Thus, Elderly Persons' Nodding-off Society.
NSPEBSQSA
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Sipech
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I've always fancied being a member of the Nova Scotia Polio and Equestion Beaver Scout Quatermaster Superidentendants' Association.
But just what is it that the RSPCA do?
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L'organist
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Its the Rutland Society for the Promotion of Calvinist Anarchists
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Baptist Trainfan
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![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif) But can you give us a new acronym to suggest?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Oh, dear, this thread hasn't died for lack of a new acronym, has it?
Well, then . . .
USSR
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Golden Key
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Unbelievably Snarky Society of Rudeness.
BART
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Smudgie
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The British Association of Redundant Technophobes provides a much needed sanctuary for those ousted from their jobs by new technology.
What about that august body we all admire: OFSTED ? (I already know of one or two alternatives for that one!)
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Piglet
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OFSTED: Oh F***! School Teachers' Examination Day!
Going international: UNESCO
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Banner Lady
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Not content with body sculpting and implants, some people have now turned their attention to their pets. It stands for Unicorn, Narwhale & Equine Surgically Creative Operations.
But I live in a city renowned for changing its departmental acronyms all the time. Can someone help me out with DFAT?
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Leorning Cniht
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Sure. We got tired of having people confused about which department was now dealing with which issue, so we now have a Department For All Things.
What else is GNU?
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Thankfully not one I've has to use for a while but if you do need to use this it's Goodness, no underwear!
How about NHS?
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This was formed in 1948 when Norma Had Shingles and it developed from then.
I have been wondering what the C of E is all about.
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Sir Kevin
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quote:
Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Sorry ... forgot to pick up your "MD".
What about "Monday Diets".
Now for BSE.
Bovine Scatology Everywhere!
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Piglet
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This one seemed to get overlooked:
quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
I have been wondering what the C of E is all about.
Centrality of Evensong, obviously. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
In a past life, I was a member of NALGO, but I've completely forgotten what it stood for.
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mousethief
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You were in the Nikon Athletic Ladies' Gams Organization, a group of women athletes who take selfies of their calves.
But whatever is meant by AFL-CIO?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The lament of renters who can't afford to buy: Aw F*ck Leases - Can't I Own?
PhD
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Golden Key
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Ah, yes--the classic "Piled higher (and) deeper"!
SHIELD
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L'organist
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The acronym game was much loved in the old days when there were national airlines, so to start you off with Belgium's national carrier
Such A Bloody Experience Never Again
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L'organist
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but you wanted SHIELD..
Singing Haydn In English Leads to Disaster
Now someone deal with ARNCM
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Sipech
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All Really Naughty Children Mellow
Currently watching Red Dwarf, so can anyone tell me what a GELF is?
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Piglet
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That would be a Great English Light Fixture, presumably like this one.. ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Any takers for FRICS?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Federation of Retired Incompetent Clerical Staff, of course.
GIRM
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Banner Lady
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Yes, its the clerical offshoot of the Women In Red Hats Society: Girls In Red Mitres. A small but growing membership, I hear.
Another departmental conundrum:
DOCS
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Golden Key
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Diligent Otters Carrying Salmon.
YMCA?
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L'organist
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Young Men Craving Artichokes
Of course, half of them will be FRCO ChM
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