We all know acronyms like BSA, CIP, & OFAC, which are not really anyone’s favorite. However, I’d like to know your favorite ones. Here are some of mine…

These may be handy to remember as you go through your performance evaluation or budget meeting:
SWAG – Scientific Wild A$$ Guess
PFA – Pulled from Air (or A$$)
BOHICA – pronounced Bo Hick A – Bend Over Here It Comes Again


And don’t forget my favorite regulator (they know I love ‘em):
LOFI – pronounced loafy

I was doing a training session on regulations and asked at different times what BSA and CRA stood for. The answers I got----(and I am not kidding!)
BSA-----Boy Scouts of America
CRA-----Can't Remember Anything

I've always liked SWAT since it sounds like what they do to bad guys!

PCAOB - (pronounced peek-a-boo) Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

PITA - Pain in the arse

WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get...always liked that one...

Mostly fun because of how it's pronounced - Wizzy-wig.

WETSU - We eat this stuff up
SNAFU - Situation normal, all fouled up

WETSU - Now that is a new one! And a good one to boot. Is it pronouced Wet Sue?

NBA- Now Beating Attendees

NFL (Not For Long) heard this one on ESPN. Not For Long if you keep making those kind of calls!

FUBAR - F'd up beyond all repair

My father, an explosives engineer in the Army, used this term very often when I was growing up.

Jeep - Just Empty Every Pocket
Ford - Fix Or Repair Daily - Found On Road Dead
SSDD - Same S*&@ Different Day

RHP -- Rank has privilege.

NFL No Fun League - since they are outlawing celebrations

I've always liked

POSSLQ = persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters. Pronounced pos sul kew.

I believe it originated on a U.S. census form many years ago.

my brothers always said FORD stood for Fifth On Race Day!

Referring back to PITA (pain in the @$$) -- I had an examiner choke back laughter when he saw a scribbled note that I'd inadvertently left in the rough draft of a risk analysis that referred to the "PITA Rating - no bang for the buck" -- he couldn't figure out what a pita had to do with a risk rating...

LOL

WIIFM: What's in it for me? Old sales training stuff!

BFE: Bum F***ed Egypt

(Meaning far out there) i.e. I parked in BFE!