What Is Your Favorite Acronym?

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   paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago

   Today, mine is "FUBAR".

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      poppyrposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      We had some good ways to remember spelling when I was at school. Maybe others will remember them too. Like to spell "because," you have to remember "Big Elephants Can't Always Use Small Exits."
      
      There was one to remember the colours in a rainbow, too:
      Richard (Red)
      Of (Orange)
      York (Yellow)
      Gave (Green)
      Battle (Blue)
      In (Indigo)
      Vain (Violet)

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         wildernessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         The brings to mind the color code we learned in high school for electronics resistors:
         Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
         
         black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, gray, white.
         
         Not very acceptable today, though!

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            poppyrposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Wow, that is very naughty indeed!

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         lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         This is the only one I've used to remember something in school: My Very Experience Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
         
         Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto in the right order (distance from the sun).

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            poppyrposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            That one is brilliant. I might use it myself since I’m twenty-five and still can’t always remember which one’s which.

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               lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Haha. It is a pretty cool one.

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      DzyMsLizzyposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      FUBAR is good; related to SNAFU, but worse!  LOL

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   wildernessposted 5 years ago

   I've always liked TANSTAAFL.

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      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Good one.
      
      Meanwhile, I stumbled across https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m … lang_terms

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      DzyMsLizzyposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I learned it with an "I" after the first "T" :  TINSTAAFL (There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)

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   paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago

   Forums are dead. I miss the good old days.

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      lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      For this kind of stuff, there is a lot of activity on the topical forums. Go there

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         paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Based on my conclusions these last several years, I respect you.

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            lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Haha, and me you. That's why I reply to most of your posts even if I don't want to directly contribute to a topic But you would definitely get a lot of responses on the topical forums.

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               DrMark1961posted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Not on this one. If he changed it to "What is your favorite acronym for the midterm elections?" or "How does your favorite acronym encourage illegal immigration?" he would have all kinds of comments.
               Of course if he were really looking for a lot of participation he could ask "What is Trumps favorite acronym?"

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                  lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  Haha. I would respond to that.

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   paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago

   Deal with:
   
   "Where is the man with the dog?"

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      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I am not going to like the real-world answer.

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      DrMark1961posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      From Saddam Hussein or George W. Bush´s perspective?

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         paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         A suddenly missing neighbor. I strongly suspect medical.

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