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Bossy Monkey

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Tue Sep-28-04 02:25 PM
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Worst abbreviation?

Saw a hung letter sign reading: Church of the week: Asbury Meth. There but for a couple thousand miles, more or less, it could have been much more interesting:
http://www.churchangel.com/WEBND/crystal.htm
(scroll down about 3/4 of the page)

I'm sure y'all can top this one easily, of course.

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On the Road

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Tue Sep-28-04 02:33 PM
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1. Assistant Manager = Ass Man

I was called this once in jest a long time ago. Thought it was pretty funny, actually.

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calico1

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Tue Sep-28-04 02:52 PM
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5. We had a new manager some years back

that had some business cards made for her. She wasn't giving them out and when the boss asked her about it she said she didn't want to give out a card that said "Mary Jones, Ass Man." I used a different name by the way but you wonder who does the proof reading if any. Does anyone look at these things and say "yeah, ass man, that sounds good?" LOL.

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Mizmoon

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Tue Sep-28-04 02:34 PM
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2. B.S.

bachelor of science

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Bossy Monkey

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Wed Sep-29-04 12:14 AM
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9. Not to obsess on methamphetamine, but it turns out they use MA for it, too

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JVS

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Tue Sep-28-04 02:42 PM
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3. Crystal Methodist church, they gotta be kidding

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Bossy Monkey

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Tue Sep-28-04 03:13 PM
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6. Most likely they call it Crystal UMC

and if they didn't before 1995 or so, no doubt they do now. But still.

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phaseolus

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Tue Sep-28-04 02:48 PM
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4. the Moro Islamic Liberation Front

...or MILF. I think that's the proper name. Some kind of insurgent group in the Philippines...

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Skittles

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Tue Sep-28-04 03:24 PM
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7. ANAL FOR ANALYST

I see it all the time in the IT world and actually it fits pretty good

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Bossy Monkey

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Tue Sep-28-04 04:16 PM
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8. Or Analysis (ie Calculus). My hs junior year class schedule included

Edited on Tue Sep-28-04 04:17 PM by undisclosedlocation

(swear to goodness):
Intro Anal....... E. Infinger

Yes, that was really the teacher's name. It fit really well, too. (The name, that is :))

Edit: Who knew you can't use the space bar to put multiple spaces between words?

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JVS

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Wed Sep-29-04 10:51 AM
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10. I was buying Jurgen Joersts math text "Postmodern Analysis"

Postmodern Anal is what the cash register called it.

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Anaxamander

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Wed Sep-29-04 10:57 AM
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11. I always hated Calif.

I hate when people abbreviate states in any way other than the 2-letter code. So therefore I hate the following:

Calif.
Cali.
Cal.
Rhode Is. (yes, I saw this one on MSNBC)
Del.
Fla. (reminds me of my Yankee cousins who say FLAR-a-dah)
Miss. (WHICH ONE? Mississippi or fucking Missouri???)
Mich.
Wash.
Tex.
Okla. (shudder)
Ark.
Kan.
Pen.
Penn.
Conn.

...and, well, the rest.

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barackmyworld

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Wed Sep-29-04 10:58 AM
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12. FAG Ass

My dad's business, frommer and goldstien associates, in a business directory

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tarkus

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Wed Sep-29-04 11:32 AM
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13. I have a friend whose mother is part of the MOFO law firm in NJ...

Edited on Wed Sep-29-04 11:33 AM by tarkus

They sell hats and shirts that just say "MOFO.com" on them. I think the firm is called Morrison and Forrester or something like that.

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Bossy Monkey

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Wed Sep-29-04 01:56 PM
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15. Heck, I'd hire 'em

I'd maybe call it the most improbable abbreviation; you wouldn't expect a law firm to embrace the term, but I got a big kick out of it.

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Gir Draxon

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Wed Sep-29-04 11:55 AM
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14. Worst abbr.

IANAL (I am not a lawyer, as in "IANAL, but I think that is illegal)

Zoo Ass (I use this in my daily agenda to denote "Zoology Assignment")

And let's not forget the abbreviation for the Canadian Union of Nationalist Treehuggers ;)

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