THANK YOU!Fanitullen said:This isn't a list of acronyms, it's a list of initialisms.
Acronyms are pronounced as words (NASA, laser, radio), while in initialisms that aren't acronyms, every letter is pronounced for itself (DVD, CD, LSD).
LOL and COD CAN be acronyms (depending on how you pronounce them). PC and MGS aren't acronyms.
BrynThomas said:Those are both false etymologies, people trying to create an acronym from those words (or a backronym as I like to call it).Chester41585 said:I think FUCK is "Fornication under Consent of the King. Had something to do with the limited legalization of prostitution in the Renaissance or something.
SHIT: Ship High In Transit was a label stamped on perishable food items like tea and rice that were shipped via boat, or so I recall.
Shit and fuck, and their equivalents have existed in most languages for thousands of years.
Edit: Oops didn't realise I was the last to post, boy is my face red.
Was that an intentional error?Inverse Skies said:Snip, Snip...
ESM - Erythocyte Sedimentation Rate
ForThe_ModeRazor said:If I remember right, FUCK originally used to be an acronym of sg. Can't remember what, though.
And damn, is it useful.
Oops! Mistake on my behalf, it is meant to be ESR for sed rate. I just obviously wasn't paying attention at all.Empireth said:Was that an intentional error?
Or have you got something else on your mind?
Oh, and isn't ESM supposed to stand for Emergency Scene Management?
(Well, for first aid, at least?)
I am now confused. Please enlighten me.