Monday, May 9, 2011

25 Acronyms You Never Stopped To Figure Out

We hear them every day, but how many of us stop to find their meaning? Here's a list of 25 words you may not have known the meaning to, much less even known they were acronyms in the first place.

1. ZIP Code

Zone Improvement Plan Code

2. M&M's

Mars and Murrie

3. RE: (In An E-mail)

Regarding (not reply!)

4. T9 (On Cellphones)

Texting On 9 Keys

5. HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

6. WD-40

Water Displacement - 40th Attempt

7. Laser

Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation

8. JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

9. IMAX

Image Maximum

10. Radar

RAdio Detection And Ranging

11. Lego

LEg GOdt (play well in Danish)

12. Nabisco

NAtional BIScuit COmpany

13. Canola

CANadian Oil, Low Acid

14. PAM

Product of Arthur Meyerhoff

15. OK

Oll Korrect (all correct)

16. GEICO

Government Employees Insurance Company

17. Wi-Fi

Wireless Fidelity

18. IKEA

Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

19. CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

20. Q-Tips

Quality Tips

21. RSVP

Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (Reply Please)

22. D-Day

Day-Day. Not dooms day!

23. AM, FM Radio

Amplitude Modulation, Frequency Modulation

24. Yahoo

Yet Another Hierarchical Official Oracle

25. R2D2

Reel Two, Dialogue Two

Thanks to Dave Stopera / Buzz Feed

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