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[challenge entry] A little bit of politics there ladies and gentlemen..



From the What do acronyms really stand for? challenge. See all 338 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! Vulthoom, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:06, archived)
# Blimey
Did you used to be on have I got news for you?

/impressed by level of satire
(I helped save b3ta! Tone Depear fucking rocks, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:07, archived)
# new labour
isn't an acronym
*puzzled*
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:12, archived)
# Nor's BBC
Like in the example. I think we're allowed to stretch the rules a bit.
(I helped save b3ta! Tone Depear fucking rocks, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:13, archived)
# no, but at least BBC is an initialism of some kind.
the idea is to subvert existing acronyms/initialisms. so bending the rules to include BBC is reasonable.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:20, archived)
# BBC is one
There is no requirement that an acronym be pronounceable as a normal word.
(I helped save b3ta! Jay, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:58, archived)
# It is now.
(I helped save b3ta! Vulthoom, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 13:53, archived)
# *Imagines being violated by Prescott's thumb*
*faints*
(I helped save b3ta! friendlyfire, Sat 13 Aug 2005, 12:13, archived)