Favorite acronym?

[NightWatcher]

mine's

[HopeHoops]

1. TITS

True story:

I had an asshole for a boss in the early 80's. He assigned me to write a database to track the interface requirements maintained in the primary database. Keep in mind, this is a government agency, so EVERYTHING gets converted to acronyms. So I asked him what the tracking database requirements were and his response, exactly, was, "just make it look like the other database." I never got any further requirements for the project, just a billing code for my timesheet.

So, I spent time with the customer and figured out what it SHOULD do and wrote a database and all of the interface screens to do what it seemed to need to do. The customer loved it. On every screen, I put the title: "Test Interface Tracking System". I got away with this for two months before taking a new job (which was in the works at the time).

TWO FUCKING MONTHS after I left (note: four months after I started this), my asshole former boss burst into one of my former co-worker's office and yelled "THAT FUCKING ASSHOLE!"

Apparently, one of "the girls", as the asshole boss called them, had brought it to his attention that they COULDN'T change the title to an acronym because it spelled "TITS". There were a lot of screens, but I could have edited them all in less than two hours. He was just steamed that I got a good one on him.

Four months? I thought he was an idiot all along, but that confirmed it.

:evilgrin:


:evilgrin:

[pokerfan]

6. Charlie Foxtrot

CF (Cluster Fuck)

[HopeHoops]

2. Two others: PEBKAC and ID10T

The first, PEBKAC - Problem exists between keyboard and chair.

Second: ID10T - pronounced ID-ten-T, but visually what it implies.

Both are tech support terms.

[hippywife]

9. In regards to your first one,

I prefer PICNIC: Problem in chair, not in computer. You can talk about having to go on a picnic whenever there's a problem user you have to assist.

:rofl:

[Moondog]

3. Two - FUBAR & BOHICA

FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

[Xipe Totec]

4. SAPIENS

Shuttle Avionics Program for Integrated Entry Navigation Simulation

[DeepBlueC]

5. CREEP - a classic from the past

Committee to Re-elect the President (Nixon)

[Deja Q]

7. TARDIS

"Time And Relative Dimension In Space" :D

[Danger Mouse]

8. SNAFU.

[gmoney]

10. TLA

Three-Letter Acronym

"The brochure for the computer is almost finished... someone just has to go in and sprinkle in a few TLAs."

[keroro gunsou]

11. St. Fuapahp

the patron saint of put-upon tech workers and help desk persons. we invoke his holy name when we have to tell some stupid moron to:

Shut The Fuck Up As Politely As Humanly Possible