Let's face it, we live in an acroynm-happy world. We are all familiar with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ASAP (As Soon As Possible), and SIFE (you'd better know what that stands for!), but did you know that Jeep came from GP (which stood for "General Purpose" vehicle), that scuba stood for "Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus," and that laser stood for "Light Amiplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation"?
Social media has expanded our use of acronyms to the point that we wonder how we ever communicated without them. Think you know them all? Try this quiz (answers below).
1. BTW
a. Buy the Winnebago
b. Bye the Wednesday
c. By the Way
2. DM
a. Don't Move
b. Direct Messaging
c. Doughnut Machine
3. HTH
a. Hope that Helps
b. Hi There Honey
c. Head to Heart
4. IMHO
a. Igloos Make Houses Obsolete
b. I Might Have Overeaten
c. In My Humble Opinion
5. JV
a. Junk Vehicle
b. Joint Venture
c. Just Vague
6. LMK
a. Let Me Know
b. Let's Make Knishes
c. Letters Mean Knowledge
7. PRT
a. Parson Russell Terrier
b. Please Retweet
c. Pretend Rocks Talk
8. SMO
a. Search Media Optimization
b. So Many Onions
c. Should Move Over
9. UGC
a. Unusually Ghastly Contact
b. User Generated Content
c. Ugly Green Coat
10. YMMV
a. You May Move Vertically
b. Your Mom Must Vanish
c. Your Mileage May Vary
Answers: 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c, 5-b, 6-a, 7-b, 8-a, 9-b, 10-c
SIFE* 2011 / Career Connections
