I Had No Idea These Brand Names Are Actually Acronyms
Read on to find out what these acronyms really stand for, as well as loads of others, some of which are bound to blow your mind!
Do You Know What All These Acronyms Stand For?
There are certain acronyms that we're all familiar with, but not many seem to know what they stand for. That's all about to change, just keep on reading to discover! 1. FIAT Did you know that the name of the famous Italian car manufacturer is actually an acronym?
12 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Acronyms
Acronyms often seamlessly blend into our everyday conversations, becoming words in their own right. In fact, our daily lives brim with acronyms that are so familiar that their original meaning is often forgotten.
QUIZ: Will You Identify These Acronyms?
Content English QUIZ: Do You Know These Acronyms? quiz Let's test your knowledge of acronyms from various walks of life...
Quiz: Do You Know Your Acronyms?
We use them all the time and hear them bandied about, but do we actually know all these acronyms? Prove to us you know what they mean by correctly identifying the next 15 acronyms. What does this acronym mean? Date of Birth Day of Birth Date of Baptism Date of Burial What does this acronym mean?
English Test: Can You Explain These Acronyms?
Joke: A Rather Odd Man Is Pulled Over For Speeding
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Joke: The Odd Driver
Psychiatrist Shares the Golden Rule of Brain Health
The acronym is 'Bright Minds,' but you'll need to watch the entire video to find out what stands behind each letter.
Everyone Needs to Know These 17 Online Slang Words
The word is an acronym for "the greatest of all time", and it actually comes from sports slang of the 1900s that reemerged and came to be widely used online in the past few years. Example Sentence: These shoes are GOAT! Related Article: 11 New English Words Recently Added to the Dictionary 3.
How Can Laser Cut Through Metal and Make Incisions?
Did you know the word laser is actually an acronym? It stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Its potential was first theorized by Einstein in 1917, and was realized in 1960.
These Newly Discovered Giant Viruses Are Everywhere!
The term girus is an acronym that stands for "giant virus." But why do these oversized viruses deserve their own category? It turns out that these strange microorganisms are a very distinct group of viruses.
You Will Not Believe the Change This Sick Puppy Underwent
Jenny and her husband Jimmy, two Americans operating a chimpanzee shelter in Liberia, found a puppy in a devastating state that could be best described by one acronym: SNAFU, and that’s exactly what they called her. Snafu the puppy was dehydrated, starved, dirty and with severe infections.
Hilarious 13 Tattoos Terribly Translated
“Ichthys” in Greek means fish, but it’s also an acronym for “Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter”- “Jesus Christ, savior son of God”. The person who did this tattoo probably figured this acronym works the same regardless of the language, so he just wrote “fish” in Hebrew. In the wrong direction.
14 Nifty & Practical Charts That Explain Things Visually
BE FAST: an acronym to memorize stroke symptoms 5. A map of 10 zip code zones across the USA Related Article: Interesting Facts about the American Population 6. A map of air traffic control zones in the USA 7. Who knew there are actually so many types of ladybugs? [related_articles] 8.
These Facts Sound False, But They’re Accurate!
The acronym "OMG" for Oh My God is not new. The first recorded usage of it can be tracked to 1917! Related article: Learn Some Fascinating Facts in The Most Fun Way Possible 3. Did you know that there are more castles in Germany than McDonald's restaurants in the USA?
15 Common Texting Abbreviations You Should Know
Luckily, we rounded up 15 of the most common internet acronyms you should know. 1. TY/ TYSM This simple and super useful abbreviation means Thank You (TY) or Thank You SO Much (TYSM). It is one of the most commonly used text abbreviations out there.
10 Words That Entered the Dictionary This Decade
Introduced: 2018 Origin: Acronym for the expression ‘Thank God It’s Friday!’. The origin of the phrase is still disputable. However, the ‘Encyclopedia of Slang’ introduced it way back in 1941, and that is generally considered the first use of “TGIF” in print.
These Foods Are the BEST at Really Reducing Nausea
BRAT is an acronym of the 4 foods that are included in this diet: B ananas, R ice, A pple sauce and T oast. All of these foods are easy on the stomach and very well tolerated by most people experiencing nausea.
Do Animals Talk? You’d be Shocked at What They Have to Say
African greys are considered to be the best mimics, with one famous bird called Alex (acronym for *A*vian *L*anguage *EX*periment) having a vocabulary of more than 100 words and showing innovative use of language and, unlike apes, having the capability to ask questions.
How to Distinguish between Chinese, Korean, and Japanese
The Scripts When it comes to computers, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are usually grouped together under the acronym CJK, and for good reason.
These Limited Edition Ferraris Are As Special As They Come
Luigi Chinetti, the man who requested that the cars be built for his dealership, ran the North American Racing Team, hence the “NART” acronym given to this particular model.
Learn the Skin Cancer Symptoms That You Really Should Know
Use this acronym to track mole changes: • A stands for asymmetry. In melanoma, two sides of a mole often don't match. • B stands for borders. A melanoma usually has irregular borders, rather than clearly defined ones. • C stands for color.
Study Says: We Have Found 4 Distinct Personality Types
"The social psychology community is pretty in line with being anti-Myers-Briggs (a personality test that results in the generation of an acronym in order to describe a personality) type assessments," said Alexander Swan, a psychologist at Eureka College in Illinois who is a critic of the Myers-Briggs
