Name those Acronyms




Do the best you can!! Trust me, it's fun. All you gotta do is email me your guesses. I will post the top 5 scores, so see if you can make it onto my list! Alright, without further ado, here we go:


THE TOP SCORE IS:
Chad with 200 points!!! Oh, my!
Zachary with 9 points
  1. HLA
  2. WTF
  3. PDA (2 different definitions -- 1 point each)
  4. TnA
  5. TLC (3 different definitions)
  6. EOD
  7. NWA (2 different defs)
  8. WWE
  9. WWF
  10. OVW
  11. FOW
  12. FCW (hmm... these last few are all similar.. better move onto some different stuff)
  13. TNN (2 defs)
  14. NBC
  15. CC
  16. TSNN
  17. PIN
  18. radar
  19. sonar
  20. modem
  21. laser
  22. ABC
  23. USA
  24. WTC (2 defs)
  25. ATCQ
  26. RHCP
  27. PR & CLS
  28. PMS
  29. ROTFLMFAO
  30. IMHO
  31. LOL
  32. OMG
  33. MS
  34. PFLAG
  35. GSA
  36. JSO (a couple different defs)
  37. LGBT
  38. STFU
  39. MTV
  40. TriBecCa
  41. SoHo
  42. NoHo
  43. PEA
  44. PA
  45. TTYL
  46. TTYT
  47. LL Cool J
  48. EPMD (2 defs)
  49. DX
  50. NWO
  51. NIHM
  52. HMO
  53. PSA
  54. NGO
  55. UN
  56. UNICEF
  57. HR (2 defs)
  58. GOP
  59. MI2
  60. JE (2 defs)
  61. BK (many defs)
  62. ODB
  63. N*E*R*D
  64. PD
  65. BSB
  66. *NSYNC
  67. BS
  68. JPFM
  69. QED
  70. WM
  71. PPV
  72. WCW
  73. ECW
  74. TBS
  75. ID
  76. TBB
  77. BNL
  78. DMB
  79. SOS
  80. MC (a few defs)
  81. OT
  82. TDs
  83. STD
  84. AIDS
  85. HIV
  86. THC
  87. BHT
  88. POP
  89. NES
  90. SNES
  91. PS (or PS2, if you prefer)
  92. FFVII
  93. RPG
  94. HP (2 defs)
  95. SP (or MP)
  96. S&M
  97. NKOTB
  98. TMNT
  99. TGIF
  100. VH1
  101. CSO
  102. ISO
  103. AREA
  104. BYOB
  105. WOW
  106. ATB
  107. APB
  108. TLA
  109. NAMBLA
  110. UAE
  111. BBD
  112. NBN
  113. FB
  114. FUBU
  115. FU (should be FY)
  116. FYI
  117. TMI!!
  118. MSN
  119. GE
  120. GTE
  121. LG&E
  122. BBM
  123. Y2J
  124. SCSA
  125. OSCS
  126. HMV
  127. DMV
  128. DWI
  129. CREEP
  130. SBJ
  131. BIIM
  132. QVC
  133. HGTV
  134. TNT (2 defs)
  135. NRA
  136. NRL
  137. AARP
  138. AA
  139. AAA
  140. SOB (2 defs)
  141. APR
  142. GPA
  143. GNP
  144. GRE
  145. SAT
  146. GMAT
  147. LSAT
  148. LED
  149. snafu
  150. FUBAR
  151. IRA
  152. IRS (2 defs)
  153. BHT
  154. USSR
  155. CIS
  156. NBA
  157. NAACP
  158. NWBA
  159. MLB
  160. NL
  161. NHL
  162. AL
  163. NFL
  164. PBS
  165. PS
  166. CPTV
  167. TBA
  168. CNN (2 defs)
  169. NESN
  170. TTYS
  171. FOD
  172. N/A
  173. TVA
  174. CCC (a few defs)
  175. ABC (gum)
  176. XYZ...PDQ!!!
  177. TBD
  178. CEO
  179. CFO
  180. IMO
  181. SPF
  182. MILF
  183. ASAP
  184. IMDB
  185. ODBC
  186. LFO
  187. DPI
  188. SWV
  189. KMA (2 defs :)
  190. BBQ
  191. FX (okay, that's not really an acronym, but whatever)
  192. SF
  193. MOP
  194. SCSI
  195. USB
  196. LP
  197. EP (2 defs, ya hear?)
  198. EMP
  199. EKG
  200. PPP
  201. R&D
  202. A&R
  203. PQM
  204. PTO
  205. PTA
  206. CGI
  207. HTML
  208. XML
  209. ML
  210. CF
  211. KYOPOP
  212. KISS
  213. ASP
  214. EMT
  215. MBA
  216. PHD
  217. DHM
  218. LBC
  219. DOA
  220. POW
  221. MIA
  222. MSG (2 defs)
  223. FBI
  224. KGB
  225. CIA
  226. DITC
  227. PUTS
  228. BM (2 defs)
  229. DMCA
  230. RIAA
  231. CARP
  232. DART
  233. Alf
  234. WB
  235. UPN
  236. ESRB
  237. GBA
  238. AWOL
  239. The BFG (hint: it's a children's book)
  240. NORE (not the seaweed; oh, now you're gonna get all funny on my @$$, wut,?)
  241. DMX
  242. PPG
  243. DL (a few defs)
  244. CSI (...is next!)
  245. SVU
  246. ER
  247. DJ
  248. VJ
  249. TRL
  250. APA (2 defs)
  251. CASY
  252. JPEG
  253. GIF
  254. AIFF
  255. ROM
  256. RAM
  257. CD-ROM
  258. TriBeCa
  259. JAMA
  260. ESB
  261. CVS
  262. ANSI
  263. CMT
  264. AT&T
  265. BART
  266. MPH
  267. UGK
  268. DDP
  269. TOH
  270. FTP
  271. GNU
  272. MULTICS (hey.. UNIX is NOT an acronym.. it is a pun based on MULTICS)
  273. NPC
  274. WLH
  275. SSS
  276. PO
  277. MF
  278. PC (2 definitions)
  279. G'nF'nR!!! (yeah, rock on)
  280. MMF
  281. CMF
  282. EOW
  283. TKO
  284. KO
  285. BMI
  286. ASCAP
  287. EPA
  288. The following 3 are related:
    • SSS
    • SAS
    • ASS (the donkey postulate)
  289. WMF
  290. MPEG
  291. SML (two definitions)
  292. SMW
  293. CCL
  294. PPS
  295. BR
  296. LI
  297. UL
  298. OL
  299. NBSP
  300. SWF
  301. OWL
  302. NEWT
  303. IHOP
  304. ADD
  305. ADHD
  306. DJJJ and the FP
  307. UNCLE
  308. Run-DMC
  309. BCC
  310. BC
  311. AD
  312. BCE
  313. CE
  314. FM
  315. AM (2 defs)
  316. PM
  317. TP
  318. HQ
  319. KND
  320. SPLANKER
  321. TOASTIE
  322. SNOW-SUB
  323. PIPER
  324. MOSQITTOH
  325. SCAMPP
  326. THUMPER
  327. BiF
  328. MO
  329. MIB
  330. MIIB
  331. RNG
  332. LOTUG
  333. J-Lo
  334. MI
  335. BMG
  336. TLB
  337. HoP
  338. DC (a few defs)
  339. KOA
  340. DA
  341. HDTV
  342. DEA
  343. ATF
  344. DFW
  345. PI
  346. JFMAMJJASOND (I saw this on the news... it's funny that it contains MAM and JASON --eocs)
  347. SOH CAH TOA (another fun math one)
  348. KIA
  349. IKIA
  350. FYE
  351. TSP
  352. P=NP??? (who knows)
  353. co-NP
  354. BIA
  355. NIGC
  356. GSM
  357. PCS
  358. AMG
  359. BRB
  360. A/S/L?
  361. HBSC
  362. EJC
  363. YFC
  364. YCOC
  365. DPC
  366. DPG
  367. LIRR
  368. GCC
  369. PABT
  370. ODR
  371. HBK
  372. BCD
  373. IEEE
  374. NIMBY [[submitted by PJ's Husband]]
  375. OOF (which is funny, because it doesn't quite work... should be OOO, or maybe OO, or even OotO)
  376. RL [[submitted by Blackheart VII]]
  377. URL
  378. URI
  379. TCP
  380. yuppie
  381. POD
  382. USAA
  383. GS
  384. PoV
  385. IIRC
  386. COD
  387. NYMEX
  388. NYSE
  389. IWC
  390. IRL
  391. NYPD
  392. NYFD (both of those are written on baseball caps worn on people's heads throughout NYC... I wonder why 8P )
  393. TONY (2 defs)
  394. IPW
  395. ICP
  396. WYSIWYG
  397. TMTOWTDI
  398. FIX
  399. FID
  400. FBDO [[suggested by The Festival]]
  401. NSF
  402. BBDO
  403. BBN
  404. DB
  405. DBA
  406. SysAdmin (that one shouldn't be so hard... :)
  407. NavTech
  408. ARPA
  409. EoW
  410. OOT
  411. CREAM
  412. WWFMI
  413. NOMA
  414. DUMBO
  415. RAMBO
  416. ODDB
  417. OLE
  418. GCN
  419. N64
  420. LGB
  421. Con Ed (BOTH words are short for something else)
  422. taxicab (yeah, it's long for taxi, but it is actually *short* for two longer words.. go figure)
  423. TMS
  424. Bed-Sty
  425. wi-fi [[brought to my attention by Jon Berger]]
  426. OTOH (NO, it's not supposed to be Atah)
  427. PETA
    [[The following suggested by Chad]]
  428. IMF
  429. NATO
  430. NAFTA
  431. BSA
  432. OPEC
  433. ATM
  434. D&D
  435. FPS
  436. LOTR
  437. EU
  438. UK
  439. LA
  440. BTO
    [[End Chad submission.]]


Bonus ones that I made up myself--worth double points each!

Alright, that should be enough to get you thinking for now. I will most certainly let you know when I've come up with more. Also, please let me know if you come up with any that I haven't. You'll get triple bonus points!!

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