| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| warz | What are some other acronyms similar to rafb, or rtfm ? Or just some cool acronyms. | April 17, 2006, 6:49 PM |
| Disco | MAD = Mutually Assured Destruction ELE = Extinction Level Event I'm kinda in the middle of somethin right now or I'd post more. Those are all I can think of off the top of my head. | April 17, 2006, 8:27 PM |
| rabbit | The recursive acronyms are the best ones of all: GNU - GNU is Not Unix WINE - WINE Is Not an Emulator etc... | April 17, 2006, 9:00 PM |
| warz | ah. im trying to think of a web address to register. i have 4 free registrations to use. heh. i kind of wanted to use an acronym, for a short url. i want something neat and short. :-\ If anyone can think of one I'll give you a subdomain and some space on it. | April 18, 2006, 1:36 AM |
| Spht | THPS - Tony Hawk Pro Skater | April 18, 2006, 1:52 AM |
| JoeTheOdd | PNG = PNG is Not Gif Nice list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym | April 18, 2006, 2:25 AM |
| UserLoser | gtfo | April 18, 2006, 2:49 AM |
| warz | :-( | April 18, 2006, 10:19 AM |
| JoeTheOdd | [quote author=UserLoser link=topic=14790.msg150746#msg150746 date=1145328566] gtfo [/quote] gtfa* ? EDIT - "HURD" is an indirectly recursive acronym, standing for "HIRD of Unix-Replacing Daemons", where "HIRD" stands for "HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd | April 18, 2006, 12:20 PM |
| Grok | [quote author=J link=topic=14790.msg150744#msg150744 date=1145327101] PNG = PNG is Not Gif [/quote] PNG is Portable Network Graphics | April 18, 2006, 1:06 PM |
| JoeTheOdd | Not according to the Wikipedia page, but now that you mention it I remember it meaning that. Maybe it has a dual meaning? | April 18, 2006, 2:21 PM |
| Hitmen | [quote author=J link=topic=14790.msg150772#msg150772 date=1145370085] Not according to the Wikipedia page, but now that you mention it I remember it meaning that. Maybe it has a dual meaning? [/quote] It's called a backronym. | April 18, 2006, 5:21 PM |
| peofeoknight | Yes, Portable Network Graphics is the real meaning, PNG is not gif is a slang backronym for it. | April 18, 2006, 5:27 PM |
| Grok | But it's simply not the meaning of PNG. Saying it means something it does not, by coming up with some cute phrase, is nothing more than cute. Either you're looking for acronyms that are cool, as the thread title implies, or you're asking anyone to come up with any cute redefinition of an acronym that pops into their heads. I guess whatever floats your boat. | April 18, 2006, 6:51 PM |
| warz | Either way, creating a site named PNG isn't really what I had in mind anyways. | April 18, 2006, 7:36 PM |
| JoeTheOdd | Warz' Awesome Resource Zombie (WARZ) | April 18, 2006, 9:16 PM |
| warz | warz' awesome resource zine lol, too bad .com, .net and .org are taken. :-\ | April 18, 2006, 9:39 PM |