Acronyms you never knew

terley

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Anyone know any interesting ones?

NEWS
(Notable Events Weather & Sports)

Posh
(Port Out Starboard Home) - rich people would be in the cabins facing the port leaving and starboard coming in

Chav
(Council House And Violent)

I know its a dull post, but entertain me..
 
terley said:
Anyone know any interesting ones?

NEWS
(Notable Events Weather & Sports)

Posh
(Port Out Starboard Home) - rich people would be in the cabins facing the port leaving and starboard coming in

Chav
(Council House And Violent)

I know its a dull post, but entertain me..
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I might afraid you're very first one is a fail.....

the word news can be traced back to late Middle English around the 14th century as a plural for the adjective “new” or “new thing”. This is a somewhat rare instance of an English adjective becoming a noun when made plural. Making this leap from “new” to “news” in English is thought to have been influenced by the Old French “nouveau”, meaning “new”. “Nouveau” in its plural feminine form becomes the noun “nouvelles”, meaning “news”.
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terley said:
Anyone know any interesting ones?

NEWS
(Notable Events Weather & Sports)

Posh
(Port Out Starboard Home) - rich people would be in the cabins facing the port leaving and starboard coming in

Chav
(Council House And Violent)

I know its a dull post, but entertain me..
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sorry to disappoint but the first one is nonsense and the last one is a bacronym
 
terley said:
Anyone know any interesting ones?

NEWS
(Notable Events Weather & Sports)

Posh
(Port Out Starboard Home) - rich people would be in the cabins facing the port leaving and starboard coming in

Chav
(Council House And Violent)

I know its a dull post, but entertain me..
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None of those are true.

As far as I know there aren't any English words that are acronyms and which existed before the 20th century. Acronyms are quite rare in general use English even today and usually have a technical origin (radar, laser, etc).

Of course, something that's not true might still be interesting. Here's an acronym that shows that people were dissatisfied with the quality of reporting in the media quite some time ago:

NEWS
(Not Even Worth Sixpence)
 
rebel rebel said:
Moon - Massive Object Orbiting at Night.
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I like that one. In a similar vein, there's SUN - Subject Unobservable at Night.

Or, a bit of a stretch...MARS - Mighty Ares Rules the Sky.

Stretching a bit more...PLUTO - Poor Little Unplanet Tootles On.
 
hyperseven said:
MASK - Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand
VENOM - Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem

bacronyms but I like them.
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M.A.S.K. crusaders,
Working all the time,
Fighting crime,
Fighting crime!

TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
PICNIC - Problem In Chair Not In Computer
 
How can I give examples of acronyms I never knew, if I never knew then? Surely the moment I know them then they become acronyms I knew and are therefore out of scope for this post. That leaves acronyms I genuinely never knew. But if I really never knew them then how can I post them here :confused:
 
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