Alternative Acronyms.

[trapperjohn]

For years I have understood PTFE was the acronym for Polytetrafluoroethylene.

Apparently I was wrong its - Plumbers Tape For Everything.

Any one got other meanings for acronyms please.

 

[Mike Walker]

Work in Conjunction with Network Rail - you will have millions. A few to start with:-

STORM - Station operators review meeting
WAS - Western Approach Structures
STU - Shock Transmission Unit
IDC - Inter - disciplinary Check
STQ - Site Technical Query
RFI - Request for information
WAV - Western Approach Viaduct
RAV - Railway Approach Viaduct

 

[Gollom]

From an old boss

JFDI
(Just F***ing Do It!)

Also RTFM
(Read The F***ing Manual!)


Kinda roll off the tongue!

 

[Chrishazle]

A Glaswegian one - YCFROJ

You Can F Right Off Jimmy

 

[davidsw]

WOFT

Waste Of F*****ing Time

 

[cinek]

RCCP

road crossing cable protector, aka rubber mat

 

[KillerHERTZ]

T W A T
The War Agaist Terrorism

 

[WLeg]

Snafu

foubar

 

[peter49]

ICI once had a maintenance crew known as the Fast Action Response Team.

 

[baxlin]

The FSA (now FCA) has a fairly contrived one

GABRIEL - GAthering Best Regulatory Information ELctronically

And a very old one

BSA Bits Stuck Anywhere

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Fornication under consent of the King.

 

[moonloops]

DILLIGAF is a favourite

 

[moonloops]

For Audi TT

TT= Tw@'s Transport

 

[Merc Owner 2B]

FORD Found on road dead

LOTUS Loads of trouble usually serious

Not strictly acronyms but old favourites!

 

[Mike Walker]

Construction related - MACE - Makes Airport Construction Expensive.

 

[Ted]

Bloody Large Unit for Noise Detection at Extreme Range By Using SubSonics

It was supposed to be a top secret early warning system during WW2 for listening to planes coming over, but I've never found anything on t'internet about it.

 

[moonloops]

Bloody Large Unit for Noise Detection at Extreme Range By Using SubSonics

It was supposed to be a top secret early warning system during WW2 for listening to planes coming over, but I've never found anything on t'internet about it.

Acoustic mirror - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[BEJ]

WYBMADIITY

Will you buy me a drink if I tell you.

YTIIDAMBYW

You think if I drink a mild beer you're wrong

I'll have a double scotch please.

 

[Dinizulu]

VASCAR

Vague And Spurious Calculations At Random

 

[MCFastybloke]

How I refer to the youth of today (the ones I meet)
T.A.F. Thick as F**k