Invent An Acronym...

[DFext37 Fielding]

After reading this topic - http://forum.atomclub.com/index.php/top ... msg180284- this got me thinking about how to waste some time.

So invent an acronym, can be about anything as long as it is real and has more than 2 letters.

I will start.

DHL - Dull, Hardly Luxurious.

[Heywood-Yablowme]

DEXT:

Demented
Ermine
Xeno
Twat

[John Lloyd]

Dunce

Dext
undoes
notable
college
education

[WorkingOnIt]

Even funnier that the responses qualify, but the initial example is an abbreviation, not an acronym.

[John Lloyd]

[quote="WorkingOnIt"]
Even funnier that the responses qualify, but the initial example is an abbreviation, not an acronym.

[/quote]

Yeh like

TWA

Try
Walking
Across

or

BOAC

Better
on
a
Camel

[drj]

ATOM:

A
Terrific
Odd
Motor

Check out http://www.answers.com/acronym for definitions...

[DFext37 Fielding]

VOLVO

Very
Old
Like
Virginia
Oil

[John Lloyd]

I always remember

"Richard of York gained battle in vain" for the colours of the rainbow

Red, Orange, Yellow, green, Blue, Indigo, Violate

[DFext37 Fielding]

North, East, South, West

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

[WorkingOnIt]

[quote="drj"]
Check out http://www.answers.com/acronym for definitions...
[/quote]

[quote="Answers.com Business Dictionary"]An acronym is pronounceable, whereas many other abbreviations are not.
[/quote]

This was the distinction I had learned, but I see that many other sources have relaxed the definition.  (I knew one persnickity scholarly type who insisted that an acronym had to be an existing word - that laser, scuba, snafu, etc didn't qualify.)

"Bits Of Engine In Neighbor's Garden" made the rounds a few years ago when Boeing was having some problems.

[Alec]

[quote="John Lloyd"]
I always remember

"Richard of York gained battle in vain" for the colours of the rainbow

Red, Orange, Yellow, green, Blue, Indigo, Violate
[/quote]

We were also taught . . . .

"Read over your good books in vain"

and in the early 60s one of my science teachers came out with another one when we had a large group of German exchange students in our class . . . .

"Remember Oh Ye Germans, Britain Is Victorious"

as you can imagine, everyone was stunned into silence and didn't know which way to look. 

[AlanP]

ISO 7 layer model

Please
Do
Not
Touch
Sally
Pomroy's
Arse

A

[DFext37 Fielding]

IMAC

Immitation
Multi-
Application
Crap

[benyeats]

[quote="AlanP"]
ISO 7 layer model

Please
Do
Not
Touch
Sally
Pomroy's
Arse

A
[/quote]

Geek !

[wisp]

[quote="Alec"]
[quote="John Lloyd"]
I always remember

"Richard of York gained battle in vain" for the colours of the rainbow

Red, Orange, Yellow, green, Blue, Indigo, Violate
[/quote]

We were also taught . . . .

"Read over your good books in vain"

and in the early 60s one of my science teachers came out with another one when we had a large group of German exchange students in our class . . . .

"Remember Oh Ye Germans, Britain Is Victorious"

as you can imagine, everyone was stunned into silence and didn't know which way to look. 
[/quote]

Nowadays they refer to the guy with a colourful name... Roy G. Biv