BBC

Big Black Chickens

1/8/2008 6:00:48 PM

hhic

head honky in charge

1/8/2008 6:01:44 PM

SFT

Stupid Fucking Thread

1/8/2008 6:02:18 PM

NSEW

No Spaniard Enjoys Washing

1/8/2008 6:02:26 PM

BLC

Betha** Leigh C****

I am my own acronym

1/8/2008 6:02:50 PM

WYGH?

WHAT U GOT HOES LOL

1/8/2008 6:02:58 PM

sfa

stupid fucking acronym

1/8/2008 6:02:59 PM

im not an english major here, but for it to be an acronym, doesnt it have to form a word, like opec?

1/8/2008 6:04:29 PM

not really...

NASA is an acronym.

1/8/2008 6:05:16 PM

^ dumbest post ever

1/8/2008 6:06:03 PM

^^^ [no]

1/8/2008 6:10:45 PM

Isn't NCSU an aronym?

1/8/2008 6:10:47 PM

its a noun

[Edited on January 8, 2008 at 6:11 PM. Reason : so i guess so]

1/8/2008 6:11:24 PM

It could be both. Like if I said "OPEC is stupid." OPEC is both a noun and an acronym.

1/8/2008 6:17:46 PM

no, things like ncsu or hbo or fbi are just initializations

scuba, radar, & nato are forms of acronyms

1/8/2008 6:27:34 PM

C...B...E

1/8/2008 8:17:12 PM

IHY

1/8/2008 8:18:25 PM

Drugs Are Really Expensive

1/8/2008 8:18:37 PM

TWW

The Worst Waggots

1/8/2008 8:19:09 PM

So you're saying it has to have vowels to be an acronym?

1/8/2008 8:20:05 PM

i used to play this game online called acro-phobia

all it was was a bunch of people that were given some random acronym and they would all try to come up with the funniest/whateverest one and everyone would vote for what everyone else did

twas fun

1/8/2008 8:20:48 PM

Quote :

"no, things like ncsu or hbo or fbi are just initializations scuba, radar, & nato are forms of acronyms"

but that definition both scuba (self contained underwater breathing apparatus) and nato (north atlantic treaty organization) dont work

radar (radio detection and ranging)

1/8/2008 8:22:46 PM

IBTYP

i beat to your pics

1/8/2008 8:30:25 PM

^ that one wins, i think.

1/8/2008 8:32:52 PM

^^^ scuba & nato are words, hence they are acronyms

all acronyms are initializations, not all initializations are acronyms

1/8/2008 8:40:44 PM

well ill be goddamned he's right

1/8/2008 8:44:29 PM

Quote :

"Initialism originally described abbreviations formed from initials, without reference to pronunciation. During the mid-20th century, when such abbreviations became increasingly common, the word acronym was coined for abbreviations pronounced as words, such as NATO and AIDS. Of the names, acronym is the most frequently used and known; many use it to describe any abbreviation formed from initial letters.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Others differentiate between the two terms, restricting acronym to pronounceable words formed from the initial letters of the constituent words, and using initialism or alphabetism[4] for abbreviations pronounced as the names of the individual letters. In the latter usage, examples of proper acronyms would be NATO (pronounced /'ne?to?/) and radar (/'re?d?r/), while examples of initialisms would include FBI (/??f?bi?'a?/) and HTML (/?e?t??ti???m'?l/).[7][4][5] There is no agreement on what to call abbreviations whose pronunciation involves the combination of letter names and words, such as JPEG ([d?e?.p?g]) and MS-DOS ([?m.?s.d?s]). These abbreviations are sometimes described as acronym–initialism hybrids, although most would group them under the broad meaning of acronym.[citation needed] There is also no agreement as to what to call abbreviations that some pronounce as letters and others pronounce as a word. For example, the terms URL and IRA can be pronounced as individual letters or as a single word. "

and who the fuck pronounces URL

like the ural mountains?

1/8/2008 8:45:32 PM

lol, i used to play that acrophobia game too, that seemed like ages ago though


if url is considered a word, than anything initialized could be made into a word, hence acronym?

[Edited on January 8, 2008 at 8:47 PM. Reason : f]

1/8/2008 8:46:06 PM

MUSRBAATNC

(manchester united sucks really bad and are the new chelsea)

1/8/2008 9:01:50 PM

Quote :

"scuba & nato are words, hence they are acronyms all acronyms are initializations, not all initializations are acronyms"

you didnt make that distinction in your post but whatever

1/8/2008 9:06:35 PM

^^ahaha nice


AWNWALTA
(ARSENAL WILL NEVER WIN A LEAGUE TITLE AGAIN)

1/8/2008 9:08:03 PM

MAPLHGR

Maximum Average Planer Linear Heat Generation Rate

1/8/2008 9:12:39 PM

^^^ i made the distinction between what constitutes an acronym earlier in the thread

1/8/2008 9:20:02 PM

BFM

BIG FAT MONKEYS

4/6/2008 12:50:17 AM

RDPS

ReceiveDeath's posts suck

4/6/2008 12:51:53 AM

SUYBA

SHUT UP YOU BLACK ASSHOLE!

4/6/2008 12:53:46 AM

PFIT

Payed For In Tuition

4/6/2008 12:55:38 AM

GGG

good god guy

4/6/2008 6:35:01 AM

BBC

Big Buckin Chicken



GTHC
Saw this on a truck yesterday. It was one of those "OBX" type stickers, was trying to figure out what beach GTHC was... Then I got up close enough to read the bottom text.

GO TO HELL CAROLINA.


GG to that guy

4/6/2008 8:59:56 AM

LOL

6/9/2008 10:08:08 AM

extratwwhicular activity

ETAV

6/9/2008 10:10:54 AM

Hot for teacher

HFT

6/9/2008 10:13:06 AM

I work in telecom, so my entire life is acronyms

6/9/2008 10:15:51 AM

cluck bucket chicken

CBC

6/9/2008 10:15:53 AM

TLA

Three Letter Acronym

6/9/2008 10:16:37 AM

AST

Another Shit Thread

6/9/2008 10:20:47 AM

NAACP

Not At All Child Pornography

6/9/2008 10:22:34 AM

PFIT

payed for in tuition

6/9/2008 10:23:47 AM

Quote :

"SUYBA SHUT UP YOU BLACK ASSHOLE!"

Holy shit, i lolled!

6/9/2008 10:24:21 AM

WIFE

Whining Irritating Frustrating Elephant

6/9/2008 10:35:12 AM