# Acronym **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 22, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881 "2016-03-22T19:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/1 "2016-03-22T19:13:00Z")
Any confused reader only needs your mind. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/2 "2016-03-22T19:25:03Z")
Wot ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/3 "2016-03-22T19:26:44Z")
Windows - ONLY TEN! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/4 "2016-03-22T20:29:04Z")
the Society for Higher Intellectual Thought ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/5 "2016-03-22T21:11:33Z")
Franklin Area Running Team ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/6 "2016-03-22T21:27:09Z")
Society for MOre Coal Energy Society of Petroleum Industry Leaders Key Atomic Benefits Office Of Mankind ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/7 "2016-03-22T22:59:31Z")
[Korean Free Trade Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Trade_Commission_(South_Korea)) (KFTC). ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/8 "2016-03-22T23:25:06Z")
Back in 1970, when the National Union of Australian University Students (NUAUS) considered changing its name, because it was increasing itscoverage to College of Advanced Education students, one name half-seriously proposed was Federation of University and College Kids. (The name eventually chosen was [Australian Union of Students](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Union_of_Students) (AUS).) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/9 "2016-03-23T03:25:31Z")
Australian National Union of Students ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/10 "2019-02-20T03:37:26Z")
Meaning Extends To Acronym Zealous Other-Minded Being Is Eternal ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/11 "2019-02-20T05:08:02Z")
Bastian uniting tremendous tissue. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/12 "2019-02-20T06:22:05Z")
A Criminal Regiment Of Nasty Young Men. (Gotta admire \*Futurama \*for that one) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/13 "2019-02-20T11:38:19Z")
Sam Houston Institute of Technology. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/14 "2019-02-20T14:48:40Z")
Southern Tennessee Farmers Union (Not quite an acronym, but it existed and Johnny Cash’s father was a member) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/15 "2019-02-21T06:08:38Z")
Carolina Union of Neo-Trotskyists ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym/749881/16 "2019-02-21T06:43:49Z")
Beware Elephants Carrying Kids