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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