Some acronyms are so weird you can’t think about them and not laugh. A netizen recently asked, “What’s the most unfortunate acronym you’ve ever encountered?”. Below are the top responses!
THE WAR AGAINST TERROR
“In the weeks after the planes hit the towers on 9/11, the media started their war drums and called it The War Against Terror (TWAT). Then someone noticed, and it was memory-holed.”
POINT OF SALE
“Point Of Sale. It feels fitting calling it a POS system since cash registers seem to break/freeze often.”
CEREBRAL PALSY
“Cerebral Palsy is regularly shortened to CP. I have a son with CP. Don’t google ‘CP young boys.'”
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
“In the hotel industry, there’s a common class of software called Property Management Systems (PMS). You learn about them on training day 1, so you can get the PMS jokes out of the way.”
THE COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT
“From long ago, when Nixon was running for a second term as President. The Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP). How fitting.”
BUDGET BUSTING CLUB
“At a sales job I worked at previously, people would shout out when they were a proud member of the Budget Busting Club (BBC). I mentioned a few times to my boss that new hires kept asking me what was wrong with people when they’d see an email like:
‘Got a couple of big sales over here in X Location today after a few quiet days! Finally hit the BBC!’ As far as I know, they’re still doing it.”
SAVE THE DATE
“Save The Date (STD). The wedding planning group I was in had lots of posts about STDs. Poor girls had no clue.”
ISABELLE SOLOMON IMMIGRATION SERVICES
“There’s a lawyer in my town whose name is Isabelle Solomon. She practiced immigration law. What is the name of her practice? Isabelle Solomon Immigration Services (ISIS).
Right on her front door, a giant old decal that said ISIS.”
COMPUTER ON WHEELS
“Never take a Computer On Wheels (COW) to the maternity ward. As the newly nursing mothers don’t like hearing ‘Where’s the COW?'”
SPECIAL CARGO AIR TRANSPORT
“SCAT Airlines. It’s a Kazakh airline whose name stands for ‘Special Cargo Air Transport.’ I stumbled upon it while planning a trip, and it’s stuck with me.”
MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT
“The Philippines is home to an Islamic terrorist organization aligned with ISIS. Their name? The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).”
SHORT-TERM DISABILITY
“Short-Term Disability insurance is frequently abbreviated to STD. Nothing like hearing a coworker casually say, ‘I got him some STD last week.'”
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
“You know the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, often called SNAP or food stamps? Well, in Michigan, it’s just called the Food Assistance Program.”
VOLUNTARY EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT PROGRAM
“I asked my Human Resources if there was anything regarding pension planning, etc.
I was told to consult the Voluntary Employment Retirement Program. So, VERP it is.”
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
“Near my house is the Traffic Management Institute(TMI).”
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