# A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. F.U.N. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194 "1999-09-19T01:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/1 "1999-09-19T01:03:00Z")
Okay, it is acronym time! Come up with a cool acronym that makes plausible sense. Personal favorite: Society Preserving Long Instrumental Forays. S.P.L.I.F. Anymore takers? * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/2 "1999-09-19T01:45:00Z")
**I** ndividuals **D** emonstrating **I** gnorance **O** n **T** ouchy **S** ubjects ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/3 "1999-09-19T01:57:00Z")
Actually, for tennhippie’s acronym, we usually refer to it as an ID 10-T error. let’s see my company uses more acronyms than the military. I think one of my favorites was Technical Needs Analysts which of course were the TNA team. The first time my Manager asked for voulenteer for the TNA team in a meeting he was greeted with howls of laughter. * * * Don’t let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in grey. ---
**Author:** ![AzureByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@AzureByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzureByte)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/4 "1999-09-19T04:16:00Z")
G.S.W. Gun Shot Wound Saw this one doing anesthesia just the other day. Not “fun” but it’s an acronym. * * * There is no right and wrong… only fun and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/5 "1999-09-19T04:36:00Z")
Who can forget **F** or **U** nlawful **C** arnal **K** nowledge? * * * “I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”-- Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) `\/-------\ `| |-----| | …c.c…c.c… ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/6 "1999-09-19T04:38:00Z")
Read this in a book **T** actical **I** nsertion **T** eam ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/7 "1999-09-19T04:52:00Z")
Moo, listen carefully. 😉 At work, instructors can go to the library for a **C** omputer **O** n **W** heels. So one day on my way home, I decided it needed a better acronym. Some of the candidates: **H** ardware **O** n **R** olling **S** upport **E** nvironment **S** ystem **H** ardware **E** nabling **E** nhanced **P** ortability And of course: **P** ortable **I** nstructional **G** oodies ## 🙂 Bob the Random Expert “If we don’t have the answer, we’ll make one up.” ---
**Author:** ![Toymaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@Toymaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toymaker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/8 "1999-09-19T14:31:00Z")
Fecal Aromatic Rectal Tremor G. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/9 "1999-09-19T14:36:00Z")
BOHICA Bend Over Here It Comes Again ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/10 "1999-09-19T15:01:00Z")
Good Cops = **P** ride, **I** ntegrity, **G** uts. Bad Cops = **P** rejudiced, **I** gnorant, **G** unhappy ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/11 "1999-09-19T19:32:00Z")
This is from the book Ringworld but I really love it and use it a lot: Tanj! There ain’t no justice! I also like: Fubar! Fucked up beyond all repair. I don’t know who coined it, it wasn’t me, but I use it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/12 "1999-09-20T01:41:00Z")
I thought it was Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. Also useful is Fuck Off And Die. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/13 "1999-09-20T02:09:00Z")
Some Asshole Thought About Nothing… oops that would spell… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/14 "1999-09-20T02:30:00Z")
The name of Calvin’s secret club from Calvin & Hobbes: GROSS; **G** et **R** id **O** f **S** limy girl **S**. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/15 "1999-09-20T02:44:00Z")
I shouldn’t be taking cheap shots at the departed, but nobody has mentioned the most obvious acronym of all: **A** nnoying **R** eactionary **G** odpusher ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/16 "1999-09-20T03:41:00Z")
Federation for Advancement of Gay Students. I have considered founding this organization myself many times. ---
**Author:** ![dawnbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dawnbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnbird)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/17 "1999-09-21T09:07:00Z")
Acronyms are very useful if you wish to disguise your real meaning. When I was forced to keep a diary, I always called my mom GAPM (Great All-Powerful Mom) so she wouldn’t know what I meant when she read it. I also made up acronyms when I was in the Army: ARMY (@$$holes, Retards, Morons & Yokels) 1SGT (1 Silly Giant Turd). I probably shouldn’t have. I’ve heard rumors that the entire military is not as screwed up as Hell co. was, but I never got the chance to find out. I’m a PFC now (Private F-ing Civilian, not Private First Class… and I didn’t make that one up.) 🙂 🙂 🙂 * * * possibly the world’s only naive cynic ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/18 "1999-09-21T10:40:00Z")
I remember in one of the Naked Gun films, there’s a dinner hosted by the president (it’s 2 1/2, I think) and there are all sorts of hot shots present. Various chairmen-of-the-board are introduced, all are presidents of companies/societies with very funny acronyms. I think the associaton for nuclear research is K.A.B.O.O.M., and there are various others… anyone ?? Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/19 "1999-09-21T13:48:00Z")
FUG- Fucked Up Guy (every workplace has one) WT- White Trash. WTOP- White Trash On Parade. FNG- Fuckin’ New Guy (what we call the new boss) PEBKAC- Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. More to follow as I remember them. ---
**Author:** ![vanillanice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecc23a/32.png) [@vanillanice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanillanice)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/20 "1999-09-21T14:28:00Z")
S.A.T.A.N. -some a\*\*hole totally anti normal 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194.md?page=2)