# POTUS, SCOTUS, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931 "2016-06-21T01:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/21 "2016-09-06T16:44:44Z")
> [@Me\_Billy](#): > > 1. Since people started texting on cell phones, they have become lazy and no longer spell out entire words. Is that when people became lazy? I’ll keep an eye out for that on the “On This Date” section of the newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/22 "2016-09-06T20:54:23Z")
I don’t have much to add except that I hate both acronyms. SCOTUS is just too close to “scrotum” for me. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/23 "2016-09-07T07:42:05Z")
Would someone ever invent the kind of jobs that could mean someone being known as HOCUS POCUS? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/24 "2016-09-07T13:41:51Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Would someone ever invent the kind of jobs that could mean someone being known as HOCUS POCUS? Give them time. With laws titled such as PROTECT, USAPATRIOT and PROMESA already in the books, it seems that Congress is all about the “they really wanted it to spell out SHIELD” gimmick, but they haven’t gone for it with job titles. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/25 "2016-09-07T14:15:37Z")
I’ve been referring to Samuel L. Jackson as the BAMFOTUS for years. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/26 "2016-09-07T14:17:34Z")
Well over 25 years ago for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/27 "2016-09-07T14:38:39Z")
One rarely hears these acronyms OCONUS. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/28 "2016-09-07T15:32:34Z")
My first assignment in the Air Force was a morning radio newscaster in Seoul. In 1988, we still had AP and UPI wire teletype machines that we gathered our newscast content from, and that was the first time I had seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/29 "2016-09-07T15:41:27Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Give them time. With laws titled such as PROTECT, USAPATRIOT and PROMESA already in the books, it seems that Congress is all about the “they really wanted it to spell out SHIELD” gimmick, but they haven’t gone for it with job titles. Yet. The top U.S. Navy admiral used to be CINCUS, but with the onset of WWII they decided “sink us” maybe wasn’t the best homophone, under the circumstances. > **[United States Fleet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fleet)** > > The United States Fleet was an organization in the United States Navy from 1922 until after World War II. The acronym CINCUS, pronounced "sink us", was used for the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet. This was replaced by COMINCH in December, 1941, under the Executive Order 8984, when it was redefined and given operational command over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic Fleets, as well as all naval coastal forces. The Executive Order 9096 authorized the offices of the CNO and COMINCH to Th... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931/30 "2016-09-07T17:52:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The top U.S. Navy admiral used to be CINCUS, but with the onset of WWII they decided “sink us” maybe wasn’t the best homophone, under the circumstances. > > [United States Fleet - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fleet) Nowadays they use CINCPAC and CINCLANT for the fleet commanders, and the CNO (Chief of Naval Operations) for the big cheese. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-scotus-etc/757931.md?page=1)