-------------------------- Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 This is sort of related to my 'vote aven' thread, although it's a little more constuctive, so it deserves its own thread: okay, so there's a website called Acronym finder: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?...ct&Acronym=aven ...and we're not listed. So I submitted it yesterday. This wesbite is connected to dictionary.com, so it might be useful to somebody someday. If anyone had a problem getting this site an Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzles mixed up, you now know who to thank. Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Small update: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?...mp;Acronym=aven (It worked! We exist!) Link to post Share on other sites
vits3k Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 A French military organization: Commandos de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur (CRAP) Then there's the Paris underground, whose acronym is RATP... "Come to Paris... where RATP awaits you!" Yes, it's lowbrow humor... Link to post Share on other sites
Xenon Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 A French military organization: Commandos de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur (CRAP) When the Reform Party of Canada first tried to merge with the Progressive Conservative Party, they initially announced the merged party would be known as the Conservative-Reform Alliance Party... The Canadian press had a field day with that one, and the party quickly changed its name to the Canadian Alliance... Link to post Share on other sites
vits3k Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Under US President Carter, it was reported in the media that the newly independent 'education ministry' was to be called the Department Of Public Education. Sadly, it turned out only to be unofficial government grumbling that had leaked, but it was a fun one or two days... and under Carter, it was eminently believable that someone really would have tried to name a department that. Link to post Share on other sites
bard of aven Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 A la rechercher du posts perdu!!!! In France, AVEN is an organization of survivors of nuclear bomb tests. boa Link to post Share on other sites
Penumbra Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 The word 'laser' is an acronym that stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation". There's a slight technical error there: lasers actually involve "Light Oscillation", not "Light Amplification" - but the latter makes a more preferable acronym. Link to post Share on other sites
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