# Homonyms to initialisms **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013 "2022-10-10T13:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/1 "2022-10-10T13:35:33Z")
Some ground rules: Let’s ignore stress, “single letter words” like R and U, whether or not the initialism is common or even in use, and lets not quibble about whether or not someone’s pronunciation of a word is sufficiently common to count (just don’t go full Raymond Luxury-Yacht). The word seedy is pronounced like the names of the letters C and D put together. What other words are there like that? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/2 "2022-10-10T13:39:14Z")
cutie (QT) arty (RT) beady (BD) Essen (SN) tepee (TP) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/3 "2022-10-10T13:52:00Z")
Emu (Eμ) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/4 "2022-10-10T13:57:02Z")
beauty - BUT esteem - STM embue - MBU ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/5 "2022-10-10T14:00:18Z")
movie (μV) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/6 "2022-10-10T14:55:28Z")
icy - IC ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/7 "2022-10-10T14:59:48Z")
Arby’s is named after the founders, the Raffel brothers. > **[Arby's](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arby%27s)** > > Arby's is an American fast food sandwich restaurant chain with more than 3,300 restaurants system wide and third in terms of revenue. In October 2017, Food & Wine called Arby's "America's second largest sandwich chain (after Subway)". > Arby's is the flagship property of Inspire Brands, the renamed Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. (ARG). ARG was renamed as the company took over ownership of Buffalo Wild Wings on February 5, 2018. > Roark Capital Group acquired 81.5% of Arby's Restaurant Group in Ju... ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/8 "2022-10-10T15:11:50Z")
Are we talking like ‘scuba’ or ‘awol’? I’m grammatically challenged. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/9 "2022-10-10T15:14:02Z")
I started a (short-lived) game in Thread Games some years ago based on this and the best entry was from **Prof.Pepperwinkle** : L-N DGNRS 1 N M-E. Check out the book: [cdb book - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TcwTi8zsEgxYPTiSE5JUkjKz88GAEU7BmM&q=cdb+book&oq=CDB+book&aqs=chrome.1.0i355i512j46i512j0i512l2j0i22i30i457j0i22i30j0i10i22i30j0i22i30j0i10i15i22i30j0i22i30.12943j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/10 "2022-10-10T15:16:35Z")
energy - NRG ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/11 "2022-10-10T16:46:37Z")
efficacy - FIKC (sort of works, anyway) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/12 "2022-10-10T16:48:55Z")
FEKC works slightly better, no? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/13 "2022-10-10T16:52:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Are we talking like ‘scuba’ or ‘awol’? > > I’m grammatically challenged. No, those are read straight as words. See the examples here. We’re talking combinations of letters that when read by sounding out the letter names sound like a word. CD (seedy), NRG (Energy), YR (Wire … that one’s a stretch). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/14 "2022-10-10T19:10:34Z")
N6. You know, like ants and bees. Some types of N6 are a natural NME of other types. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/15 "2022-10-10T19:15:47Z")
Ohhhh! I see. I don’t know any😋 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/16 "2022-10-10T19:24:46Z")
A Van Halen album name: [OU812](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OU812) (Oh, you ate one, too) The first personalized license plate I remember seeing, sometime in the mid '70s: 10 SNE 1 (Tennis, anyone?) ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/17 "2022-10-10T19:27:56Z")
YYURYYUBICURYY4ME (Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/18 "2022-10-10T19:36:51Z")
C NMNE → sea anemone ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/19 "2022-10-10T19:41:06Z")
ICU2 (I see you too!) ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homonyms-to-initialisms/973013/20 "2022-10-10T19:41:53Z")
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