Do-Gooder Needs Help With Amusing Slackronym! [more inside]
posted by Lipstick Thespian on Nov 1, 2009 - 21 answers

Is it OK to use the SUNY abbreviation when referring to State University of New York schools outside of the tri-state area/east coast? [more inside]
posted by amethysts on Oct 6, 2009 - 30 answers

the Acronym "F.Y.I " Who came up with it and how old is it? [more inside]
posted by Charlie Lesoine on Jun 23, 2009 - 8 answers

RSVP means "respondez sil vous plait", but when I respond to an RSVP, is there a French acronym that acts as the "We are responding" counterpart to RSVP?
posted by parmanparman on Jun 3, 2008 - 17 answers

Webspeak filter: A lot appear on Mefi (IANAL, YMMV, IMHO et al), but i'm looking for more. Please tell me all your interweb acronyms or made-up words along with definitions, the weirder the better. zomg lolcats!
posted by cardamine on Jun 20, 2007 - 42 answers

What does "<3" mean? [more inside]
posted by nickerbocker on May 12, 2006 - 53 answers

How does one correctly pluralise an acronym or an abbreviation? How does one specify an acronym's ownership? How should one go about specifying the ownership of a collection of acronyms? [more inside]
posted by PuGZ on Nov 20, 2005 - 39 answers

In dealing with academia, I often meet people with a bewildering array of letters after their name. Does anyone know of a glossary extant of what these all mean? At the moment I'm trying to puzzle out what FBA means - any clues?
posted by Mossy on Sep 8, 2004 - 4 answers