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Acronym/Initialism Game

brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
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Mostly a game but also a way to learn the difference between and acronym and an initialism. One person gives and acronym. The next person uses the last letter of the acronym to form an initialism. The next person uses the last letter of the initialism to form an acronym, etc.

Example:

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) -> ABC (American Broadcasting Company) -> CORE (Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education)

Make sure you know the difference between an acronym and an initialism before you play.

If they sound plausible, you can even make them up.

I'll start with an acronym:

PAWS (Progressive Animal Welfare Society)
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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  • Asterisk on the StreetAsterisk on the Street Posts: 829
    brianlux said:


    PAWS (Progressive Animal Welfare Society)

    SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    T.V. (television)
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    edited September 2016
    hauntingfamiliar said:

    T.V. (television)

    Oops! Two initialism in a row, try again!

    "The difference between an acronym and initialism is that the abbreviation formed with initialisms is not pronounced as a word, rather you say the individual letters, such as FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), and DVD (Digital Video Disk"

    Acronyms are pronounced like a word (NASA, PAWS, etc).
    Post edited by brianlux on
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,418
    TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    brian trying to smarten up our bunch of dullards :lol:

    don't get a corrective from brian :nuh_uh:

    DVD
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,418
    DARE
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    EU
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    brianlux said:

    hauntingfamiliar said:

    T.V. (television)

    Oops! Two initialism in a row, try again!

    "The difference between an acronym and initialism is that the abbreviation formed with initialisms is not pronounced as a word, rather you say the individual letters, such as FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), and DVD (Digital Video Disk"

    Acronyms are pronounced like a word (NASA, PAWS, etc).
    But..so is T.V...... oh I'm just so confused. Lol :)
  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    Wobbie said:

    EU

    UN (better??)
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    two initialisms again.

    brian, this game is clearly too tough :lol:

    for the record, we need an acronym starting with "U"
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    Nooooo... really? I guess I just don't get it......But, I NEVER give up. How about...

    UHF
  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    hauntingfamiliar said:

    Nooooo... really? I guess I just don't get it......But, I NEVER give up. How about...

    UHF

    Pronounced "uhhhfff"
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    sorry....we need an acronym....UHF is an initialism....I'll help you out:

    UNICEF

    pronounced you ni cef
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,844
    Soooo, now we need an initialism starting with F.

    FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,418
    OPEC
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,844
    C-3PO
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,427
    OSHA
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    oftenreading said:

    C-3PO

    C-3PO may be an acronym....I'm not sure....in either case, the star wars reference makes you a nerd.

    acronym....OSHA
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,844
    Wobbie said:

    oftenreading said:

    C-3PO

    C-3PO may be an acronym....I'm not sure....in either case, the star wars reference makes you a nerd.

    acronym....OSHA
    The star wars reference does not make me a nerd. I was a nerd long before that.

    AAA (because I'm fairly sure that no one pronounces it like "aaaaaah". But if we needed an acronym, I would have gone for Wob's favourite organization - AARP)
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    OK, thanks....acronym AARP

    next up, initialism starting with P.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,760
    Wobbie said:

    OK, thanks....acronym AARP

    next up, initialism starting with P.

    PBS
    I miss igotid88
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,844
    edited September 2016
    SCUBA
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    ADA
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,418
    ASCAP
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    PTA

    (too many A's, gamemaster Brian [who seems to have disappeared])
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    Wobbie said:

    brian trying to smarten up our bunch of dullards :lol:

    don't get a corrective from brian :nuh_uh:

    DVD

    Haha! Keeping us all on our toes!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • Asterisk on the StreetAsterisk on the Street Posts: 829
    AWOL
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    hauntingfamiliar said:

    hauntingfamiliar said:

    Nooooo... really? I guess I just don't get it......But, I NEVER give up. How about...

    UHF

    Pronounced "uhhhfff"
    I know, it is confusing as all get out but once you get the hang of it, it will be easy as PIE (Psychedelic Igloo Enterprises).

    OK, so here we go:

    Acronym: the initials for something that forms a word or at least something that can be said like a word. NASA. We don't say the letters N-A-S-A, we say it like a word- nasa.

    Initialism: the initials for something that does not form a word but rather where each the letter is said themselves. The now defunct airline TWA we said as letters, T-W-A not as the word or pseudo word "twa". Capiche? Good!

    So what we do is alternate acronym, initialism, acronym, initialism, each time one using the last letter of the last acronym OR initialism that was posted.

    Hope that helps! :smile:
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,760
    LGBTQ
    I miss igotid88
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    edited September 2016
    igotid88 said:

    LGBTQ

    Tough one to follow, very good!

    QANTAS (the "U" is implied and though not there is pronounced): Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services

    (Hint: now follow with an initialism- as described above- starting with an "S")
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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