>Someone asked about a more specific term for
abbreviations like ACLU
>and MLA. It's acronym, which is the word for words
composed of the
>first letter of the parts of a phrase. I was surprised
that Webster's
>9th Collegiate used snafu as an example.
Why? Situation Normal All Fucked Up ... it fits the def ...
my favorite
(I'm a Defense Contractor) is BGPHES ... pronounced "Big
Fees" ... I can't
remember them off the top of my head, but I tend to remember
a lot of
acronyms in L.A. Confidential ... like "the QT" ...
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