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Acronumym

Acronym: the word you use when someone says thank you, and it's better than "your welcome" or "don't mention It".
Joe: hey thanks man.
Joe2: ah, Acronumym
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Unfortunate Acronym

An unfortunate Acronym is an acronym for an organisation or person that results in a word that is rude, disgusting or totally inappropriate. A typical example would be the Country and Urban Nature Trail Society which was intended to promote pleasant nature walks in both the town and countryside. It never got off the ground because the acronym was CUNTS. Another British example is Radical Alternatives to Prison, a bunch of bleeding hearts who want to abolish prisons. They were originally going to be called Completely Radical Alternatives to Prison – CRAP, but decided against this, perhaps it was too close to the truth about their ideas.
One unfortunate acronym which is still currently used is TWAT which stands for The War Against Terrorism, while from the United States comes FLOTUS which identifies the President’s wife and stands for First Lady Of The United States. It’s an unfortunate acronym in that it sounds as if it is something unpleasant lurking in a toilet bowl. I suppose they could try removing some of the unimportant letters, but FLOUS and FLUS don’t sound much better.
“Is it true that Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party, is going to set up a new organisation, Scottish Nationalists Opposed to Tories?”
“SNOT! There’s an unfortunate acronym!”
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Reverse Acronym

Acronyms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name. A Reverse Acronym is when the initial word is broken into an acronym for humorous purposes.
Reverse Acronyms:
Fuck = For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
Fart = Frequently Activated Rectal Tremble.
Etc., etc.
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Posttraumatic Acronym Disorder

A psychological disorder emanating from continuous exposure to absurd and meaningless, sometimes indecipherable, acronyms such as what happens when you’ve worked for years in a civil service job such as the post office, politics, or a state prison.
I wasn’t even sure what PTAD was due to this sad and disabling condition called Posttraumatic Acronym Disorder!
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FART (Acronym)

FART for Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobes is a pun acronym created and used by queer people and inclusive feminists to laugh at transphobic cisgender women claiming being radical feminists.

These people, also called TERF (for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) hate transgender people and deny the fact their genders are valid.
They claim that transgender women are men, transgender men are women and non-binary people aren't valid.
With the growing influence of some activist groups, they become dangerous and put queer folks in danger.
2 examples of usage of FART (Acronym) :
"- We, radical feminists, are sick of these men in dresses appropriating our safe spaces.
- You TERFs smell like FART, Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobes. "

" - Stop saying you're man. You're actually a biological woman who betrayed us to join patriarchy. You disgust me bitch.
- You're reducing yourself to a walking vagina by saying this. You're the one betraying the cause, you FART!
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acronym

Abbreviated Coded Rendition of Name Yielding Meaning.
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. is an acronym.
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Acronym

An acronym is an initial abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word, such as NASA or WASP. This term is also used to refer to a series of initials pronounced individually, such as FBI or TGIF, but the technical term is initialism.
Acronyms #NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization

#RADAR = Radio Detecting And Ranging

#SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

#WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant
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