Acronyms can have more than one meaning

[+Scooter Rider]

Acronyms can have more than one meaning

 

Swag Scientific Wild @ss Guess

 

Can you name some more?

[+Panther&Pine]

Not Geocaching related but RPG has two very different meanings.

Either Role Playing Game or Rocket Propelled Grenade....

 

It trips me up all the time.

[+JasNBex]

I work in the medical field and there are several (not Geo related) that always give me the giggles. The main one is SOB. I'm sure many people know what it stands for, but in medical terminology its shortness of breath. I often laugh when my doctor says Mr so-and-so is SOB.

[+puddlejumper44]

In aviation SOB means "souls on board" and is filled in on a flight plan. One of my first instructors told me it was important because the search and rescue guys needed to know how many arms and legs to look for after a crash. (Not very encouraging to someone afraid of heights that was learning how to fly!!)

 

Also in aviation (and elsewhere) SAR stands for "search and rescue" as opposed to SARs - a highly contagious virus.

[Keystone]

"Double meaning" acronyms should be related to geocaching or else this thread belongs in the Off Topic forum. Thanks!

[+Danbike_Lizbike]

IMHO, based upon the responses on most discussion groups, it means IN MY HAUGHTY OPINION

Edited September 25, 2010 by Danbike_Lizbike

[+Chokecherry]

SBA as it's used in the forums trips me up. Also work in the medical field and we use SBA for stand by assist.

[+briansnat]

Swag in the geocaching sense isn't an acronym.

[Keystone]

SBA as it's used in the forums trips me up. Also work in the medical field and we use SBA for stand by assist.

Part of my paying job in the banking industry is dealing with the government requirements for loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. I always think of "SBA loans" as "loans that won't get paid back."

[+Bunya]

I recently referred in a log to a cache as being PMO (Premium Member Only) and a geocacher emailed me saying that his daughter had read this and wanted to know what is was about the cache that P**sed Me Off!

[AZcachemeister]

HOO BOY!

Don't get me started.

Fun with acronyms is one of my favorite pastimes.

Most of them are NOT family friendly...

[Tahosa and Sons]

FTF = First to Fail

DNF = Did not Fail

NDP = No Darn Pencil

BWD = Batteries Went Dead

FTM = Forgot the Map

CFS = Can't find Swag (you thought I was going to say something else)

[GOF and Bacall]

FTF = First to Fail

DNF = Did not Fail

NDP = No Darn Pencil

BWD = Batteries Went Dead

FTM = Forgot the Map

CFS = Can't find Swag (you thought I was going to say something else)

 

Yeah, I did. I coulda SWORE you were gonna say spit.

[+The Jester]

Swag in the geocaching sense isn't an acronym.

In some cases it is - Stuff We All Get.

[+The Jester]

Not Geocaching related but RPG has two very different meanings.

Either Role Playing Game or Rocket Propelled Grenade....

 

It trips me up all the time.

Back in college (many moons ago) it was a programing language: Report Program Generator.

[+Laighside Legends]

PM - Premium Member or Prime Minister

[+briansnat]

Swag in the geocaching sense isn't an acronym.

In some cases it is - Stuff We All Get.

 

The word swag goes back nearly 200 years and was used as a term for a thieve's booty. Eventually it came to describe booty or treasure in general, and most recently freebies. That it stands for Stuff We All Get is an "Urban Legend" for lack of a better description.

 

 

How about:

 

CO= cache owner and commanding officer (and an abbreviation of Colorado)

 

NA = Needs archived and North America

Edited September 26, 2010 by briansnat

[+GeoGeeBee]

 

The word swag goes back nearly 200 years and was used as a term for a thieve's booty. Eventually it came to describe booty or treasure in general, and most recently freebies. That it stands for Stuff We All Get is an "Urban Legend" for lack of a better description.

 

 

"Urban Legend" doesn't really fit. I think the term you are looking for is "backronym." Or maybe "Folk etymology."

[+briansnat]

 

The word swag goes back nearly 200 years and was used as a term for a thieve's booty. Eventually it came to describe booty or treasure in general, and most recently freebies. That it stands for Stuff We All Get is an "Urban Legend" for lack of a better description.

 

 

"Urban Legend" doesn't really fit. I think the term you are looking for is "backronym." Or maybe "Folk etymology."

 

Cool, never heard of backronym but it fits.

[+va griz]

FTF has several meanings beyond caching:

Failure To Function/Feed/Fire

 

The last couple of those are firearms specific. Also SOB in firearms is Small Of Back, a method of carry or a holster.

 

Either Role Playing Game or Rocket Propelled Grenade.... It trips me up all the time.

 

You sure wouldn't want to mix up those things!