[Aaron]

TEFPAMOOHB!

Nice Pops...

USGS - United States Geological Survey

ASPO - Association for the Study of Peak Oil

TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

[thuja]

For the Doomer who is praying for TEFPAMOOHB

WFBLTTFTTA- We're Fu#ked But Lets Try to Fix This Thing Anyways

[johnmarkos]

Some of these acronyms are rather vowel-deficient. I'm not even gonna try to say WFBLTTFTTA.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', 'S')ome of these acronyms are rather vowel-deficient. I'm not even gonna try to say WFBLTTFTTA.

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', 'S')ome of these acronyms are rather vowel-deficient. I'm not even gonna try to say WFBLTTFTTA.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', 'S')ome of these acronyms are rather vowel-deficient. I'm not even gonna try to say WFBLTTFTTA.

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'r')eally?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')ac·ro·nym

A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', 'S')ure, as long as it can be pronounced. That's why I was only complaining about the vowel-deficient ones. If it can't be pronounced, is it a word?

[PenultimateManStanding]

Here's something I found to maybe settle this, John:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat's an Acronym?

An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. The word comes from Greek, meaning heads of names. Acronyms are usually made from the capitalised initials of the words it represents, for example FBI is an acronym for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Occasionally, for special reasons, the second letter of a word is used, as in XML (eXtensible Markup Language), but this is deprecated. Sometimes more than one letter is included for a word, to avoid ambiguity or because they form an existing abbreviation, as in SACEUR (Supreme Allied Commander, Europe)

Contrary to what some sources say, acronyms do not have to be pronounceable words (for example FBI is spelled out when spoken, whereas NASA is not). Some sources use the word initialism to refer to the spelled acronyms.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', 'T')hose are abbreviations, not acronyms.

Sorry to be pedantic.

John

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '[')b]Contrary to what some sources say, acronyms do not have to be pronounceable words (for example FBI is spelled out when spoken, whereas NASA is not). Some sources use the word initialism to refer to the spelled acronyms.

[rogerhb]

NIMBY - Not in my back yard

BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone

[Z]

POV - Point Of View
BOE - Barrel of Oil Equivalent
BTU - British Thermal Unit