# What do your initials stand for? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346 "2004-10-15T10:23:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/1 "2004-10-15T10:23:23Z")
My initials are GFC. I figure every possible three letter combination has been grabbed as an abbreivation for something. In my case, twenty somethings: GFC Gaelic Football Club GFC Gaining Force Command GFC Gay Football Club GFC Geelong Football Club (Australia) GFC Gel Filtration Chromatography GFC General Fabrication Contractor GFC General Facilities Card (Newbridge) GFC General Functional Code GFC Generic Flow Control GFC Georgia Forestry Commission GFC Global Foncard (Sprint) GFC GMD (Ground-Based Midcourse Defense) Fire Control GFC Going For Coffee šŸ™‚ GFC Government-Furnished Concept GFC Grand Falls Central Railway Company, Ltd GFC Granulite Facies Complexes (geology) GFC Graphite Fiber Composite GFC Greatest Common Factor GFC Grumman-Flexible Corporation (bus manufacturer) GFC Gun Fire Control (source [http://www.acronymfinder.com](http://www.acronymfinder.com)) Going for coffee is my favorite. I think somebody got dyslexic with greatest common factor though. Gay football club?! Isnā€™t it easier just to say soccer team? Greg P.S. You know G and C already. I could tell you what F stands for, but then Iā€™d have to kill you. P.P.S No, actually, Iā€™m _not_ tired of that joke. ---
### Author: ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/2 "2004-10-15T10:30:03Z")
1. JLF Joint Likelihood Function 2. JLF Joint Live Fire 3. JLF Junior League of Fayetteville 4. JLF Junior League of Florence 5. JLF Junior League of Fresno I like ā€œJoint Live Fireā€; however, my 93-year-old grandmother is name Florence, and Iā€™m one of her younger grandchildren, so #4 is oddly appropriate. ---
### Author: ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/3 "2004-10-15T10:35:15Z")
LBC: LBC Albanian Airlines (ICAO code) LBC Lakeside Bible Camp LBC Lancaster Bible College (Pennsylvania) LBC Laser Beam Ceilometer LBC Laser Beam Cutting LBC Lateral Boundary Condition LBC Launch Base Complex LBC Laurentian Bank of Canada LBC Lawrence Bible Chapel LBC Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation LBC Legion of Black Collegians LBC Linear Binary Code LBC Linear Block Code LBC Linked Boundary Conditions LBC Liquid Based Cytology LBC Little British Car LBC Local Boundary Condition LBC London Broadcasting Company LBC Long Beach California LBC Long Beach City All kind of boring, IMHO. ---
### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/4 "2004-10-15T10:42:29Z")
The ones I found amusing: Master of Space Studies [sounds action hero-y and nerdy at the same time] Member of the Same Sex [well, I AM the same sex as myself] Memphis Soaring Society [aviation group] Mississippi Space Service And hereā€™s an interesting twosome: Ministry of State Security (Chinese counterintelligence organization) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf (the Iraqi Minister of Information!) ---
### Author: ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/5 "2004-10-15T11:30:48Z")
Mine - **JFK** - seem to relate exclusively to some bloke who had an accident in Texas back in the 60s. AFAIK my parents did not deliberately give me those initials because of him. ---
### Author: ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/6 "2004-10-15T11:50:51Z")
MES Main Engine Start MES Management Engineering Squadron _A whole Squadron, no less_ MES Manawatu Evening Standard (New Zealand newspaper) MES Manufacturing Execution Systems _A Pro-Death Penalty group, Iā€™m sure._ MES Maple Equipment Specialists \*Syrup professionals? \* MES Marconi Electronic Systems MES Marine Evacuation System MES Measurement Evaluation System (semiconductors) MES Mechanical Event Simulator MES Medan, Indonesia - Polonia (Airport Code) MES Medical Equipment Sets MES Medical Expense Statement MES Message Entry System MES Microembolic Signals (transcranial doppler monitoring) MES Microfilm Exposure System MES Microsoft Exchange System MES Military Engineering Services MES Mine Effects Simulator MES Mines Effects Simulation MES Miniature Edison Screw (type of cap on electric bulb) _I think I know that guy, but we always just called him 'Eddie."_ MES MinistĆ©rio do Equipamento Social (Portuguese Ministry for the Social Equipment) _whatā€™s social equipment? Do I want to know?_ MES Mis En Scene (film terminology) MES Miscellaneous Equipment Specifications MES Mississippi Engineering Society MES Mitered End Section _um . . . never mind._ MES Mobile Earth Station (INMARSAT) MES Mobile End System MES Mossbauer Emission Spectroscopy MES Motor End Support MES Multilateral Education System Sidenote: When my folks whould get on me about cleaning my room as a kid, Iā€™d tell them it was their fault it was messy. They named me, after all. That argument never went very far, but you canā€™t blame a kid for trying, right? ---
### Author: ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/7 "2004-10-15T11:52:57Z")
> [@Sami41](#): > > Sidenote: When my folks **whould** get on me about cleaning my room as a kid, Iā€™d tell them it was their fault it was messy. They named me, after all. That argument never went very far, but you canā€™t blame a kid for trying, right? W(h)ow. I canā€™t spell. :smack: ---
### Author: ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/8 "2004-10-15T12:04:06Z")
CGK Jakarta, Indonesia - Soekarno Hatta International (Airport Code) Thatā€™s all. It seems Iā€™m rather unique. šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/9 "2004-10-15T12:46:58Z")
Well, aside from my initals being a word on their ownā€¦ MEN Manchester Evening News MEN Master Equipment Number MEN Master of Engineering MEN Menu (File Name Extension) MEN MinistĆØre de lā€™Education National (France) MEN Multiple Earth Neutral (electrical system used in New Zealand) MEN Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia ---
### Author: ![Captain\_Roscoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Captain\_Roscoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Roscoe) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/10 "2004-10-15T12:50:59Z")
Since science class at age eleven Iā€™ve been known as the Light Emitting Diode. Now I see I am also destined to remain unmarried. Thanks, folks. LED Light Emitting Diode LED Law Enforcement Desk LED Ledig (German: unmarried) LED Lethality Enhancing Device LED Library Education Division LED Light Emitting Device LED Linear Energy Density LED Logical Error Detection LED Logic-Evolved Decision Model LED Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus LED St Petersburg, Russia - Pulkovo (Airport Code) ---
### Author: ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/11 "2004-10-15T13:32:44Z")
Not many for me, just these two which are not exciting: RLB Rated Load Break (something to do with voltage) RLB Right Line-Backer (pro-football) ---
### Author: ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/12 "2004-10-15T13:55:35Z")
Mine are RPM, nuff said. ---
### Author: ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/13 "2004-10-15T14:19:23Z")
**JLW** gets me nothing but the Junior Leagues of Waco, Washington, Wheeling, Wichita, Wilmington, and Worcester. That is quite possibly the most boring assortment of options anyone will get. šŸ™‚ ---
### Author: ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/14 "2004-10-15T14:24:23Z")
VSQ gets nothing. Surprise, surprise! So Iā€™ll just make up my own. VSQ = Vivacious Sexy Queen šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/15 "2004-10-15T14:27:31Z")
Absotutely nothinā€™. Iā€™m Just Very Kool. ---
### Author: ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/16 "2004-10-15T15:17:16Z")
Acronym Finder says itā€™s Let Me Know, as well as an abbreviation for landmark; but Google says Iā€™m the Landsforbundet av Motorhistoriske KjĆøretĆøyklubber. If anyone here is from Norway, Iā€™d love to know what the hell that means. ---
### Author: ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/17 "2004-10-15T15:18:48Z")
MPA MPA Macedonian Press Agency MPA Magazine Publishers Association MPA Magazine Publishers of America MPA Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer MPA Maguire Peristaltic Automatic (pump series) MPA Main Payment Account MPA Main Propulsion Assistant MPA Maine Peopleā€™s Alliance MPA Maine Principalsā€™ Association MPA Maintenance Proactive Affecting (Sprint) MPA Maintenance Program Assist MPA Management Production Assistant MPA Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association (Canada) MPA Manitoba Psychiatric Association MPA Manpower Authorization MPA Manufacturing Program Analysis MPA Marine Protected Area (ecology/environment) MPA Maritime and Port Authority MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft (US Navy) MPA Marketing & Public Affairs Uh, yeah, I hate all of them. Just like I hate my initials. ---
### Author: ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/18 "2004-10-15T15:20:19Z")
My intials are KFS it only took one change to make chicken jokes. ---
### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/19 "2004-10-15T15:31:29Z")
MBB Make Before Break MBB Master Black Belt (Six Sigma) MBB Math-Model Based MBB Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) MBB Men Behaving Badly (TV) MBB Messerschmitt-Bƶlkow-Blohm MBB Modular Building Block MBB Modulated Broadband MBB Moisture Barrier Bag MBB Multi-Batch Buffer Heh. Men Behaving Badly. ---
### Author: ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal) #### Post date: [October 15, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346/20 "2004-10-15T15:43:01Z")
IML Image Markup Language IML Impedance Matrix Localization Method IML Imperial, Nebraska (airport code) IML In Mold Labeling IML In My Life (Beatles song) IML Industrial Might and Logic (fictional company in Night Shift, an old LucasFilm PC game) IML Information Markup Language (superset of Wireless Markup Language) IML Initial Machine Load IML Initial Microcode Loader IML Initial Microprogram Load IML Inner Mold Line IML Institut Monetaire Luxembourgeois IML Instituti I MjekĆ«sisĆ« Ligjore (Lawful Medicine Institute, Kosova) IML Instrument Markup Language IML Interactive Matrix Language IML Intermediate Maintenance Level IML International Medical Libraries Ring IML International Microgravity Laboratory IML International Mister Leather IML Internet Mailing List ā€œInner Mold Lineā€? Great. At least ā€œInternational Microgravity Laboratoryā€ is cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-initials-stand-for/269346.md?page=2)