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Re: Just got back...

Post by turkeyham » Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:44 pm

I could probably used both at my cart. :D:



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Re: Just got back...

Post by Rob562 » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:48 pm

Zazu wrote:Yup. All names must be acronyms (even "a la carte", though none of us can remember what it is), and it's preferable that they also be the name of a character.

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"Perpetual On Call Accounting for Hours ON The Asphalt System"! :shaker:
I'll do you one better... An insanely convoluted acronym where one of the letters refers to yet *another* acronym...

At Harvard, the library catalog is HOLLIS: Harvard On-Line Library Information System. (It also fits that one of the big family names in Harvard's history was Hollis)

Well, periodically throughout the day my office gets batch files sent to us from the catalog.
This batch file process is called FETCHERRS: Facility to Enter Through the Catalog in HOLLIS End-user Retrieval Requests from Storage.
I kid you not..... :rolleyes:

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Re: Just got back...

Post by DonohoFlnkr » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:36 am

Rob562 wrote: This batch file process is called FETCHERRS: Facility to Enter Through the Catalog in HOLLIS End-user Retrieval Requests from Storage.
I kid you not..... :rolleyes:

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That's pretty long winded. You did say Harvard though.
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Re: Just got back...

Post by Zazu » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:40 pm

Rob562 wrote:I'll do you one better... An insanely convoluted acronym where one of the letters refers to yet *another* acronym...
Not so unusual, we use embedded acronyms every day.

RADAR = RAdio Detection And Ranging
RADIO = Radiation And Detection by Induced Oscillation

Can anyone name an acronym that's three layers deep?


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Re: Just got back...

Post by Malpass93 » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:18 pm

Zazu wrote:Can anyone name an acronym that's three layers deep?
I have a ficticious one from the fifth Alex Rider book Scorpia. In that, there is a criminal organisation called SCORPIA, and the letters SCORPIA stand for "Sabotage, CORruPtion, Intelligence and Assassination"; these are the organisation's main areas of operation.


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Post by CBeilby » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:47 pm

Malpass93 wrote:I have a ficticious one from the fifth Alex Rider book Scorpia. In that, there is a criminal organisation called SCORPIA, and the letters SCORPIA stand for "Sabotage, CORruPtion, Intelligence and Assassination"; these are the organisation's main areas of operation.
Ande of course, there's James Bond's classic enemies, SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)


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Re: Just got back...

Post by darph nader » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:33 pm

And of course,the ever famous UNCLE. United Network Command for Law Enforement.


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Re: Just got back...

Post by Zazu » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:15 pm

Sorry, seems I wasn't clear in my challenge.

RADAR includes the acronym RADIO, thus producing a 2-level acronym. My question was if anyone know of a 3-level acronym -- one where the first acronym includes a term that's an acronym, which itself includes a third acronym.

But to stick with the theme, what about CONTROL and KAOS?


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Re: Just got back...

Post by CptnSkippy » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:36 am

CHAOS: Chief Has Arrived On Scene

Sorry, wrong KAOS.


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Re: Just got back...

Post by Lasolimu » Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:20 am

Zazu wrote:Sorry, seems I wasn't clear in my challenge.

RADAR includes the acronym RADIO, thus producing a 2-level acronym. My question was if anyone know of a 3-level acronym -- one where the first acronym includes a term that's an acronym, which itself includes a third acronym.

But to stick with the theme, what about CONTROL and KAOS?
Here's one that's infinite levels. G.O.D. stands for G.O.D. of djinn. Or is that cheating? :p:


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