Sunday Special- Abbreviations and Acronyms

[luckytrim]

Sunday Special- Abbreviations and Acronyms

What do these initials stand for ?

1. AM ( as in AM / FM)
2. ANC (Political organization)
3. AWACS (Military)
4. CARE (Relief Organization)
5. COBOL (Computerspeak)
6. EEG (Medical)
7. FEMA ( Government Relief)
8. GAO (Government)
9. GPS ( Technology)
10. GOP (Politics)
11. HIV (Medical)
12. MGM (Cinema)
13. LSD (Chemical)
14. MFN (Geo-Political)
15. PVC (Plastics)
16. NLRB (Organization)
17. SALT (political/military)
18. SONAR
19. WWF (Conservation)
20. WAAC (Military)
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1. Amplitude Modulation
2. African National Congress
3. Airborne Warning and Control Systems
4. Cooperative for american Relief Everywhere
5. Common Business Oriented Language
6. Electroencephalogram
7. Federal Emergency Management agency
8. General Accounting Office
9. Global Positioning System
10. Grand Old Party
11. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
12. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
13. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
14. Most favored Nation
15. Polyvinyl Chloride
16. National Labor Relations Board
17. Strategic arms Limitations Talks
18. Sound Navigation and Ranging
19. World Wildlife Federation
20. Women's auxiliary army Corps

 

[getoutamykitchen]

I got about half of them, but are you sure #19 is right. I always thought WWF stood for World Wildlife Federation, not Strategic Arms Reduction treaty.

 

[luckytrim]

Thank You ...........Need More Coffee................ Fixed it !

 

[getoutamykitchen]

Thank You ...........Need More Coffee................ Fixed it !

No problem. I just made a fresh pot (#2), your welcome to join me if you want.

 

[Claire]

Oh, good grief. I grew up in the military and can beat that hands down.

NATO
SEATO
WAC
WAVE
WAF
ANZAC


Oh, heck, I really could go on forever. And it isn't just the military, after I got out of that biz, I worked for the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, and discovered that academia had its own language, then worked for a vet (as in animal doc, not military) and discovered whole new languages full of their own acronyms and so on.

 

[Alix]

Is #3 Right?

 

[luckytrim]

Not quite, alix, Should be "Airborne Warning and Control Systems ........Sorry !

 

[kitchenelf]

Not quite, alix, Should be "Airborne Warning and Control Systems ........Sorry !

Done!

 

[Alix]

Not quite, alix, Should be "Airborne Warning and Control Systems ........Sorry !

Thank God. I thought I was losing it. Thanks!