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Enforcer Talen wrote:<snip>
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a convo I had with verilon involving acronyms. seemed appropriate for this topic.
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Hethrir wrote:
Dalton wrote:These are mostly abbreviations. Acronyms are abbreviations you can actually pronounce: LASER, SCUBA, FUBAR, SNAFU, etc.
Light Amplification through the Spectrum of Emission Radiation, Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apperatus, F'd Up Beyond All Recognition, but whats the last one stand for??

"F'd Up Beyond All Recognition," NOTE: an abbreviation IN an acronym :D
Umm...LASER is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

And SNAFU is either Situation Normal, All Fucked Up or Situation Now All Fucked Up, depending on usage (I've heard both claimed as the original, don't know which is true).
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