# A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. F.U.N.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194>\
**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:** 9\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/21 "1999-09-21T16:25:00Z")

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**G** ood  
**O** rderly  
**D** irection

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**Author:** ![Donj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Donj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donj)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/22 "1999-09-21T16:31:00Z")

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My dad thinks hes the MFIC…Mother F_ **er In Charge but my mom knows she is the MFRIC…Mother F** _er Really In Charge.

–Donj

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**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/23 "1999-09-21T16:49:00Z")

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I like military acronyms that were obviously created backwards. Mostly for missile systems:  
Hawk = Homing All the Way Killer  
Hellfire = HeLicopter Launched FIRE and forget

I also like the one that were created forwards (words first, abbreviation later) but when they didn’t think too hard about the implication:  
High-Explosive Multi-Purpose = HEMP  
Landing Ship, Dock = LSD  
Pedastal-Mounted Stinger = PMS

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/24 "1999-09-22T05:14:00Z")

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**S** eemingly  
**T** houghtful,  
**R** ational,  
**A** rticulate  
**I** ndividuals  
**G** oofing  
**H** abitually  
**T** hroughout the  
**D** ay,  
**O** blivious to  
**P** rofessional  
**E** mployment  
**R** esponsibilities or  
**S** chedules  
Not _me_, of course: I work at night. 🙂

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**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/25 "1999-09-22T05:23:00Z")

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I spent a number of years as a contractor/trainer to the US Air Force (airborne RADAR jammers - think Kelly McGillis in Top Gun 🙂 ). The military in general seems to be the birthplace of many an acronym, including second- and third-generation ones (when the first letter of an acronym is used in the creation of another acronym).

My all-time favorite, though, is NAFOD.  
This is used to describe particularly hell-bent fighter jocks.  
It stands for-  
No  
Apparent  
Fear  
Of  
Death

If this gets noted in your file, well you might get some interesting missions, but you won’t be first in line for that airline job when you retire.

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**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/26 "1999-09-22T05:26:00Z")

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N.A.V.Y.

**N** ever  
**A** gain  
**V** olunteer  
**Y** ourself

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/27 "1999-09-22T06:38:00Z")

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I once knew a lovely young lass  
Who thought that my writing was crass;  
My efforts you’ve seen  
To keep these poems clean;  
But at this point she can just kiss my _astigmatism_.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/28 "1999-09-22T07:04:00Z")

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**S** harp  
**L** imericks,  
**A** wful  
**P** osting  
**S** kills.

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**Author:** ![ChuckSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@ChuckSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckSki)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-r-o-n-y-m-f-u-n/8194/29 "1999-09-22T12:55:00Z")

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Here are two from my Navy days, some one from my work with government agencies…

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

FART - Fast Action Response Team (We actually use this!)

CUNT - Civilian Under Naval Training

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“The intellectuals’ chief cause of anguish are one another’s works.”  
Jacques Barzun  
Cheers! CAL

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