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List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by Jeffrey12(m): 9:19am On Aug 26, 2017
1. What does Yahoo! stand for?

YAHOO stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Official Oracle.

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Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by Jeffrey12(m): 9:24am On Aug 26, 2017
2. What does ZIP code stand for?

Your ZIP code is actually your Zone Improvement Plan code.


3.What does TIME Magazine stand for?

TIME stands for "The International Magazine of Events."


4. What does LASER stand for?

Laser stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.


5. What does canola oil stand for?


Canola stands for Canada oil, low acid. There is no canola plant; the oil comes from rapeseed.


6. What does GIF stand for?


GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format.


7. What does SPAM stand for?


SPAM stands for Shoulder of Pork and Ham.


8. What does BMW stand for?


BMW means Bayerische Motoren Werke , which translates from German to "Bavarian Motor Works."


9. What does CD-ROM stand for?

CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc read-only memory.


10. What does SOS stand for?

SOS… doesn’t stand for anything! It was chosen as a sign of distress for its unmistakable Morse code representation—three dots, three dashes, three dots.


11.What does CVS stand for?

CVS stands for Consumer Value Stores.


12. What does TASER stand for?

TASER stands for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.

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Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by Nobody: 10:31am On Aug 26, 2017
Nice one, op smiley
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by exynos(m): 10:38am On Aug 26, 2017
Nice piece ...
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by kingsley9505(m): 10:40am On Aug 26, 2017
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Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by Collins1906: 12:00pm On Aug 26, 2017
Informative

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Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by ItsJezzy(m): 12:41pm On Aug 26, 2017
Op what does Wi-Fi stand for?? Without checking google o
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by amrichy(m): 12:48pm On Aug 26, 2017
ItsJezzy:
Op what does Wi-Fi stand for?? Without checking google o
Wireless Fidelity
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by FromZeroToHero(m): 2:13pm On Aug 26, 2017
USB= universal serial bus. GPRS= gross packetdata radio services.
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by FemiEddy(m): 2:17pm On Aug 26, 2017
Cool
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by gracein: 2:28pm On Aug 26, 2017
SOS is Save Our Soul.
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by ItsJezzy(m): 2:48pm On Aug 26, 2017
amrichy:

Wireless Fidelity
Yu try... Nt that i trust yu tho grin grin
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by Oworock(m): 3:02pm On Aug 26, 2017
Jeffrey12:
2. What does ZIP code stand for?

Your ZIP code is actually your Zone Improvement Plan code.


3.What does TIME Magazine stand for?

TIME stands for "The International Magazine of Events."


4. What does LASER stand for?

Laser stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.


5. What does canola oil stand for?


Canola stands for Canada oil, low acid. There is no canola plant; the oil comes from rapeseed.


6. What does GIF stand for?


GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format.


7. What does SPAM stand for?


SPAM stands for Shoulder of Pork and Ham.


8. What does BMW stand for?


BMW means Bayerische Motoren Werke , which translates from German to "Bavarian Motor Works."


9. What does CD-ROM stand for?

CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc read-only memory.


10. What does SOS stand for?

SOS… doesn’t stand for anything! It was chosen as a sign of distress for its unmistakable Morse code representation—three dots, three dashes, three dots.


11.What does CVS stand for?

CVS stands for Consumer Value Stores.


12. What does TASER stand for?

TASER stands for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.



Your number 7 is wrong. The meaning of SPAM is SPontaneous Annoying Messages.

So in a short definition is a message that occur when not needed and always annoying in nature. Check: www.oworock.com for more
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by THUNDAR(m): 9:13pm On Aug 26, 2017
You Try Oya everybody clap for him!

You are promoted to Primary 5
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by lenghtinny(m): 9:21pm On Aug 26, 2017
Jeffrey12:
1. What does Yahoo! stand for?

YAHOO stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Official Oracle.
So Oracle dey inside Yahoo...
No wonder these yahoo boys dey always get herbalists
Re: List Of Common Acronyms You Never Knew. by Odunharry(m): 5:50am On Aug 27, 2017
EKO- ENELI KUKU IBIORA. Founder of EKO hospital. Forgotten what the K stands for again not sure kuku.

Don't know if it's same person that founded EKO hotel or how EKO hotel came about is name.

Naptu, Naptu2.

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