Around here, depending on context, PD can either mean public defender, police department or Plain Dealer, the major newspaper.
When my sister was an independent bookseller, we had a running feud as to whether ABA properly meant the American Booksellers Association or the American Bar Association. We’d each refer to “the other ABA” in a mock-snooty way at every opportunity.
I’m a member of both the
AMA - Academy of Model Aeronautics
and the
AMA - American Motorcyclist Association
It’s very confusing.
Or “Advanced Placement”, the special high-school courses that are worth college credit.
ETA: Beaten to it. I shoulda finished the thread before posting.
Did you mean Unnecessary Acronym?
University of Akron
United Artists
You can always try Acronym Finder
And Associated Press.
I think I would watch both Pirates of the Christ and Passion of the Caribbean.
The latter would prob have to wait till the kids were not home…hmm, maybe the first one too:dubious:
Looks like AF makes this thread unneccessary!
I once met a gentleman wearing a t-shirt with FBI on it. When asked, he admited that he was not with the Federal Bureau of Investigation but, was, in fact, a F*cking Big Indian. ( and he was pretty big)…
He also could have been a Female Body Inspector.
And, if you’re riding that motorcycle of yours through Alberta and it breaks down, you can call the AMA for help. (The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) is affiliated with both the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) and the American Automobile Association (AAA).)
On the other hand, perhaps this thread is serving at least one useful function. If you rely on Acronym Finder, you’ll never know the real meaning of WTF unless you can read between the lines.
We’re talking three pages plus some archives! WTF?!
MP: Member of Parliament or Military Police
Here’s one that shows my age… When I see a thread with “TMI” in the title, I think, “What does that have to do with Three Mile Island?”
MLS means Multiple Listing Service when it is not Major League Soceer.
You reminded me of the confusion I experienced about ten years ago when I thought kids were getting excited about East Germany approximately a decade after that nation ceased to exist. Turns out that the DDR the article mentioned was the game Dance Dance Revolution, not the Deutsche Demokratische Republik so familiar from Olympic competition and colorful pictorial canceled-to-order postage stamps.
I saw a sweet old lady driving her car the other day with the number (licence) plate displaying the three letters “WTF”. Poor dear.
Among other things, she might be involved in Women’s Track and Field as an official.
If I remember this right, last year’s college (US) football season ended with Ball State University and Boise State University both undefeated. One of the post-season bowl games was offered to the two undefeated BSUs. Ball State’s coach Hoke turned it down. The stadium was close enough to Boise to make it a home game for Boise State. “It would have been fun, though.” Hoke said.
Both teams went to bowl games, but not to the same one.
Around here, CMU is Central Michigan University. I was chatting with a friend from Pennsylvania one day, and he mentioned his mom worked at CMU. I was very confused, and asked for clarification. She worked at Carnegie Mellon University.
All those colleges and their acronyms…
Additionally, at my high school FBI stood for Farm Boys Incorporated.
Working with medical charts, I had a hard time adjusting to the abbreviations on the wedding planning board. The first time I saw a thread titled “Major BM problems–please help!” my first thought was, “Eeewww, we don’t want to hear about that. Call your doctor.” Turned out the OP was having trouble with her bridesmaids.