Acronyms

[emmie]

Any you know that are funny, real ones, made up, none too rude please.
A bit of light relief on a truly appalling day, weather wise.

[emmie]

one i remembered
TAP Portuguese airline,
Take Another Plane

[mrs_overall]

One of my brothers is a police officer and back in the 90's his force briefly introduced a Fast Action Response Team

[emmie]

very good..

[emmie]

P.I.S.S.
The Phoenix Islands Resettlement Scheme In 1938, as an effort to ease over-population problems on the Gilbert and Ellis Islands in the Pacific, a plan was drawn up, so on...

[sunny-dave]

One from sqad ...

TUBE - totally unnecessary breast examination ...

< allegedly >

[puternut]

Everybody knows the SWALK (Sealed with a loving Kiss) on the back of a love letter envelope.

Some know BURMA (Be undressed and ready my angel).

But few know that in Buckinghamshire and in particular my home town of (High) WYCOMBE it meant 'Will you come over my beds empty'

[bibblebub]

OGC (Office of Goverment Commerce) looks innocuous until you see the logo rotated through 90°

http://i.telegraph.co...04/ogc-1_1204130i.jpg

[mrs_overall]

Does anyone remember the practice of putting a packet of soap powder in the window as a means of messaging? It was specifically OMO - Old Man is Out

[MarkRae]

OGC isn't an acronym, though, unless you pronounce it something like "oguck"...

[sunny-dave]

For the senior AB members ...

SAGA - used to mean "Send A Granny Abroad"

but has been revised to

"Sex And Games (for the) Aged"

[mrs_overall]

Me & Mr O are both SKIN's
(Spending Kid's Inheritance Now)

[MichaelZZ]

Following on from your TAP (Take Another Plane) are:

SABENA - Such A Bloody Experience - Never Again
LUFTHANSA - Let Us Fondle The Hostess As No Steward Avavailable

FIAT - Fix It Again Tino

[sunny-dave]

ALITALIA = Aircraft Lands In Turin - All Luggage In Amsterdam

[MarkRae]

In fact, Fiat actually is an acronym anyway: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

[emmie]

brilliant, have to run for now, but keep going.. it still tipping down by the way

[d9f1c7]

You've no doubt heard of Nimbys but there is an even more extreme group known as "Bananas" Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone!

[d9f1c7]

Lotus = Loads Of Trouble, Usually Serious!

[Baldric]

BOAC

better on a camel

[tenrec]

Local coach company were briefly Shaw Hadwin International Travel (SH!T for short)

[MarkRae]

Much prized in IT tech support is the computer user non-technical...