Upon reading about the origins of the expression whoops-a-daisy, I was reminded of the Washington Public Power Supply System, which became a debacle when its wild fast-track nuclear-development program collapsed in the 1980s. The media took to pronouncing its acromyn “WPPSS” as “Whoops!”, much to the dismay of the agency, which struggled (without success) to make itself known instead as “The Supply System.”
Probably because “The SS” was already taken.
Spiff