11 Acronyms Disguised As Everyday Words

The English Language has a metric-ton of words.

1.

RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging

Source: cas.manchester.ac.uk

2.

SCUBA: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Source: columbiascubasc.com

3.

LASER: Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Source: wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net

4.

ATM: Automatic Teller Machine

Source: caveofknowledge.com

5.

IRS: Internal Revenue Service

Source: advancedtaxsolutions.biz

6.

NABISCO: National Biscuit Company

Source: andrews.edu

7.

SNAFU: Situation Normal: All Fucked Up - the situation is bad, but that this is a normal state of affairs

Source: 4.bp.blogspot.com

8.

FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/any repair/all reason (Yup, that’s one of the first Google images for FUBAR).

Source: cdn.ticketfly.com

9.

ZIP Code: Zone Improvement Plan Code

Source: drlindagalloway.files.wordpress.com

10.

EPCOT: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow - EPCOT was actually the name of a community-of-the-future that Walt Disney had envisioned before his death.

Source: wdwinfo.com

11.

IBM: International Business Machines

Source: classiccmp.org