Misinterpreted Acronyms

[Quoheleth]

PITA: (pronounced "pee-tah") Pain in the arse
PETA: Same thing.

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[230RN]

QANTAS

Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service

(I thought it was "airline service" until I found this pic)

 

[Hutch]

Some morbid nurses give a patient's status as "CTD"

Circling the drain (ouch!)

 

[alistaire]

PETA - People Eating Tiny Animals

 

[Rachen]

C.S.S.= Can't Stand Stupid

CONFEDERATE STATES SHIP

 

[KevinK]

BOHICA

And his brother, FUBAR

 

[Rachen]

PETA - People Eating Tiny Animals

Are the tiny animals tasty as well?

 

[SapperMapper]

BOHICA

And his brother, FUBAR

Their cousin DILLIGAF.

 

[Gottahaveone]

Another favorite from a past life is "FIGMO". Whenever someone was getting close to DEROS (Date of Estimated Return from Over Seas) they got a bad case of FIGMO......Um, "Forget" it, got my orders"

 

[Walt622]

When on the phone where the customer can hear, we have the code
(sound out) eye dee ten tee.


(spelled out) ID10T= Idiot

 

[Mr. James]

Well, SapperMaster, the day isn't wasted; I learned something new.

DILLIGAF - Do I look like I give a ____?

Dang, Gottahaveone, I learned two things. Now my head hurts!

 

[pappy]

EIEIO - Enhanced Integrated Ethernet Input Output

BTSOOM - Beats the ____ Out Of Me

Two of my favorites.

 

[Smokey Joe]

Disconcerting acronym...

When my Dad first worked for the State Department of Public Instruction in his state @ the time, he was upset and disconcerted when he began at his new office, and right away started getting those brown inter-office envelopes marked Jack Smith, SOB. He wondered how he could have made so many enemies in so short a time, until someone pointed out to him that his new office was in the State Office Building.

 

[Omaney]

Smokey, That there's funny. I don't care who ya are.

 

[anythingshiny]

In my prev life as an RN, I once got terribly cold looks from a mom on my peds unit...after a few hours of a very chilly reception from a previously friendly family, I asked what the issue was.

She accused me of calling her child a brat.. confused, I started to backpedal but asked where she heard this.

"Its written right here on his chart!! B R A T...see right there"

The slow smile on my face caused this really constipated look on her's...

"BRAT...is his diet...banana's, rice, applesauce and toast"

SOP for a GI admit with nausea and vomiting for a toddler..

We laughed for a bit on that one!

 

[AndyC]

QANTAS

Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service

Or "Quick And Nasty Transportation, Australian Style"

TAP (Portuguese airline): Take A Parachute

 

[mustang 22]

When things would start to get rough at Warrant Officer flight training my classmates would all start chanting, WETSU,WETSU.

WETSU = We Eat This S**t Up.

 

[alemonkey]

SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed

Useful to remember the next time you come home with a new gun.

 

[HeXeD775]

geez

Im ROFLPMP!!!

 

[Brian Williams]

ST1head






























stone

 

[Domineaux]

PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

 

[PT1911]

Nurses used to used the term FLP and FLK .... well in the other order... often it was a case of a FLK with a couple of FLP's... see if anyone can figure it out.

 

[JackW]

PICNIC
Problem in chair, not in computer.

Or my all time favorite, TLA.
Three Letter Acronym

 

[cluttonfred]

Not funny, but a common mistake, RPG does NOT stand for rocket-propelled grenade. We just transliterated the Cyrillic letters from the Russian acronym, which is "ruchnoy protivotankoviy granatomyot" which means "hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher."

Rocket-propelled grenade is a backwards acronym invented to explain what RPG meant and, of course, it's not correct. The original RPG, the RPG-2, is fired by a powder charge that is all burned in the barrel, no rocket involved. The RPG-7 added a rocket booster that ignites after launch.

 

[rbernie]

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