Scared Silly
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I received an advert today for a sales tool. Here was the lead in:
Acronyms gone wrong
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Bob DBF
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Well, if it's like the system that the main office chose for us, in a different industry, the name fits perfectly.
This one is a bit unfortunate depending of how dark your humour is.
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GreggS
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I changed my POS for my business a few years ago and chuckled numerous times over that acronym. But a really like my current POS because it's not a POS.
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I used to be an Exercise Director in NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command. We had a series of exercises for which the purpose was to test the response of the NORAD "Alert Jets" to respond to a no-notice "threat". This threat could be anything from a simple aircraft entering an Air Identification Zone to a situation similar to what happened on 9/11.
These exercises were known as Simulated Penetration Air Defense Exercises or "SPADES". Due to this word also being a racial slur, the decision was made that not only was that name NOT to be used, but that the leadership was looking for a replacement name effective immediately.
Given what the purpose of these exercises was, I suggested (with a little prompting from my "inner 5 year old") renaming them as "Fighter Alert Response Tests". It was approved at my unit and forwarded to the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) where it was approved and forwarded to NORAD HQ Exercise Shop. Shortly after it was submitted to NORAD HQ (within minutes), I got a phonecall from the NORAD Chief Exercise Director that went something like this:
"Seriously Hoag, you submitted actually renaming them as FARTs! Personally, I think it is hilarious, but there is no way that is going to happen. Nice try though."
I wonder how many people saw what the acronym would be and giggled as they forwarded my recommendation up the Chain of Command.
These exercises were known as Simulated Penetration Air Defense Exercises or "SPADES". Due to this word also being a racial slur, the decision was made that not only was that name NOT to be used, but that the leadership was looking for a replacement name effective immediately.
Given what the purpose of these exercises was, I suggested (with a little prompting from my "inner 5 year old") renaming them as "Fighter Alert Response Tests". It was approved at my unit and forwarded to the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) where it was approved and forwarded to NORAD HQ Exercise Shop. Shortly after it was submitted to NORAD HQ (within minutes), I got a phonecall from the NORAD Chief Exercise Director that went something like this:
"Seriously Hoag, you submitted actually renaming them as FARTs! Personally, I think it is hilarious, but there is no way that is going to happen. Nice try though."
I wonder how many people saw what the acronym would be and giggled as they forwarded my recommendation up the Chain of Command.
About 10 years ago here in Seattle they built the South Lake Union Trolley......then had to change the name once the "I rode the SLUT" t-shirts came out.
rmssetc
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Maybe someone can suggest a better acronym for my Semi-DIY O2 and CO analyzer.
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