Jason's Massive OFE-TLA List
(Obscure, Freakish, & Eccentric Three Letter Acronyms)

Because sometimes you need an uncommon Three Letter (or longer) Acronym.

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Acronym	Meaning	Definition
AAAH	Appalling Atrocities Against Humanity
AAH	Atrocities Against Humanity	Freakish Genocidal Maniacs are often accused of this
AAI	Appalling Apathetic Indifference
AAP	(1) Accelerated Attrition Program	an HR term coined by General Motors involving offering incentives to employees to take early retirement (see also AAT)
	(2) Accelerated Atrocities Program
	(3) Alien Anal Probe	see also ARP
AAS	Arbitrary Age Segmentation	Western church paradigm of dividing up a congregation, typically, singles (and usually around age 30) that is not rooted in any Biblical precedent
AAT	Accelerated Attrition Tools	an HR term coined by General Motors involving offering incentives to employees to take early retirement (see also AAP)
ABC	(1) Abnormal Business Channel	often utilized by illegal drug and/or arm smugglers & traffickers; see also UBC & NBC
	(2) Adults Behaving Childishly
ABF	Additional Business Functions
ABRS/ABRAS	Asymmetric Breast Re(A)lignment Surgery	a form of recreational, elective surgery, apparently widely available in Mexico; see also BRAS/BRS, BAS, or BES
ABL	Adults Behaving Litigiously
ABR	Adults Behaving Religiously
ABS	Adults Behaving Strangely	an adjective phrase often attributed to NDP's (Naked Drunk People); see also PBS.
ACE	Anonymous Church Experience	systemic in Western culture or in large Christian "mega churches," where people seek to remain anonymously non-connected in an unaccountable way to a church body; see also ACS; see also MCM.
ACR	Acronym Creation Record	wholly embodied by this document
ACS	Anonymous Church Service	anyone seeking an ACE would attend this; see also MCM.
ACTOS	Annual Coincidental Terminal Observance Soiree	Coined in c.1993 during the "political correctness" movement, a neutral, nonreligious descriptor used for a government Christmas holiday party
AER	(1) Artistic Expression Rights (2) Aardvark Expression Rights
AGH	Amen Glory Hallelujah	an expression of extreme agreement, joy,  elation, or unexpected closure.  Example:  "After winning the lottery, Bob exclaimed, 'Oh AGH!'"
AIC	Additional Inherent Complexity	more complexity than normally expected
AIR	Astronomical Interest Rate	see also EIR
AIUA	Arrogant, Imperial, Unilateral Attitude	the US has been accused of this in its foreign policy paradigm & its military involvement in Iraq; see also UTA, & UTO.
ALS	Arbitrary Legal Standards
AME	Anomalous Meteorologic Event(s)	freak, sudden tornados and ball lightning are examples.
AMG	Amateur Mind Games
AMH	Adverse Mental Health
AMI	Anger Management Issue(s)	people who have difficulty controlling their repressed rage; see also TSM
AMP	Anemic Management Paradigm	often found in major multi-national corporations-- a self-centered management philosophy whose principle focus is to do anything to get larger bonuses for managers, not on strategies to increase employee efficacy and job satisfaction
	Anger Management Problem	if you struggle with this, you may need therapy, before someone gets injured or killed
AMS	Anger Management Strategy	any methodology developed to control anger in positive, healthy ways.  See also SMS.  Example:  "I fear that if Ralph doesn't find an AMS immediately, he'll buy a semi-automatic weapon and just start randomly shooting children."
AOC	Agent Of Change	see also AOT
AOG	(1) Act Of God
	(2) Agent Of God	anyone duly representing God & his express purposes on earth (usually an angel)
AOT	Agent Of Transformation	see also AOC
APM	Amateur Psychological Methods	see also APW, & AMG
APP or AP2™	Annoying Pedantic Person	essentially, anyone who is, or wants to become, a prig
APS	Accelerated Problem Solving
APW	Amateur Psychological Warfare	see also APM & AMG
ARAD	Aeronautical Research And Design
ARF	Acute Respiratory Failure
ARP	Alien Rectal Probe	see also AAP(3)
ARS	Automated Response System	a fancy term for a phone answering machine
ASA	Acute Separation Anxiety	may affect humans or animals
ASM / RASM	Awkward Social Moment / Really Awkward Social Moment	any publicly humiliating moment that you would rather forget, such as projectile vomiting on the Queen of England
ASOC	Altered State Of Consciousness	usually caused by hallucinogenic or mind-altering drugs
ASP	Amazing/Astounding Sexual Prowess
ASS	Awkward Sexual Situation	see also CSS
AST	(1) Aggressive Sales Tactics	in extreme cases, this becomes HAST
	(2) Affordable Space Travel	pioneered, at least initially, for commercial purposes by visionary efforts at Virgin Galactic
ATP	Alluring Tropical Paradise
ATS	(1) Anti-Terrorist Serpentining	a method of evading terrorist attack (or bullets) by walking or running erradically, in a serpentine fashion
	(2) Anti-Terrorist Strategy	any strategy developed for the purpose of deterring or thwarting terrorist schemes
	(3) Abusive Tax Shelter
BAL	Bored And Lonely
BAS / BASS	(1) Bait And Switch /  Bait And Switch Strategy	any situation involving fraud and misrepresentation where the item or person originally advertised was very different than what was actually found and available.  Example:  "The BAS girl I met from Match.com was very different from her profile; in fact, she was psychotic."
BAS	(2) Breast Augmentation Surgery	any elective surgery designed to enlarge the (typically female) breasts; see also BRS/BRAS,  ABRS/ABRAS, RES, & BES.
	(3) Bio-Augmentation Surgery	any surgery performed for the express purpose of 'enlarging' a body part
BASE	Bait-And-Switch Eunuch(s)	another term for eunuchs whose apparent function was to "prepare" the king's concubines (but they would not be the ones having intercourse, of course)
BAV	Brave Adult Volunteer	often found in churches working with youth, or Peace Corps workers squirreled away in various unstable 3rd world countries
BCA	Business Case Analysis	a methodology of meticulously analyzing the viability and profitability of undertaking a business endeavor
BCBMU	Bi-pedal Carbon-Based Matriarchal Unit	a fancy moniker for mom
BCBPU	(1) Bi-pedal Carbon-Based Parental Units	a moniker for parents; see also BCBWU
	(2) Bi-pedal Carbon-Based Patriarchal Unit	a fancy moniker for dad
BCBWU	Bi-pedal Carbon-Based Wife Unit	very awkward, nerdy acronym for "wife"
BCD	Birth Control Device	any device or method used for the purposes of avoiding pregnancy; in some regions, this may include the use of aardvark excretions, fire, and large sticks
BCG	Birth Control Gear	typically used in humorous anecdotal contexts to refer to items that inherently prevent someone from being perceived as sexually desirable.  Example:  "Those sunglasses are BCG because they make you look so old and stupid."
BDF	Break-Dance Fighting	a radical '80's fighting technique that debuted between Hansel & the disk-jockey guy in the movie "Zoolander"
BDG	Boring Domestic Guy	opposite of a DUG
BDP	Beautiful Deadly Person/People
BDS	Boring Domestic Stuff	anything mundane done around the home; e.g. laundry, cooking, cleaning
BEAP	Bizarre Enron Accounting Practices
BEEP	(1) Breathtaking Expansion of Executive Power	the Bush Administration has been accused of this in its efforts to fight Domestic & International Terrorism (DAIT)
	(2) Breathtaking Expansion of Excrement Power	usually associated with uncontrolled outbursts from diarrhea sufferers
BES	(1) Breast Enlargement Surgery (2) Beautiful Elegant Simplicity	(1) a form of recreational, elective surgery; see also BAS, RES, BRAS/BRS, or ABRS/ABRAS
BGF	Breakdance Ghostfighting Female
BHB	Big Hair Band
BHP	Beautiful Hairy People
BLS	Basic Life Skills / Base Life Skills	ordinary, core skills considered essential to living in society in an efficacious way
BMC	Binding Magical Contract	coined from a term used in the film "Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire"
BOC	(1) Breach Of Contract
	(2) Body Of Christ	see also FOG
BOE	Body Of Evidence
BPF	Bizarre Puffin Fetish	some Antarctic researchers have been stricken with this unusual sexual addiction
BPS	(1) Bizarre Puppet Sex	don't ask don't tell; likely illegal in many countries
	(2) Bizarre Publicity Stunt	embodied by Michael Jackson dangling his son outside a hotel window in Germany
BRA	Bizarre Radioactive Accident
BRAS	Breast Re-Alignment Surgery	also known as Nipple Realignment, according to my friend Paul, this does actually exist (at least via services offered by quack doctors in Mexico); see also ABRS/ABRAS, BAS, RES, & BES.  Imagine the horror of waking up with asymmetric breasts.
BRS	Breast Realignment Surgery
BRP	Bogus Retirement Program / Bogus Retirement Package	offered by many of today's major publicly-traded corporations to staff-level employees, who only *think* their employers actually care about their retirement & wellbeing; best example is Enron
BSC	(1) Broken Safety Culture (2) Bumper-Sticker Christian
BSP	Beautiful Shallow People
BUD	Borderline Unstable Drummer	some bands are plagued with these often talented, yet difficult-to-deal-with drummers, who can crack at any time, even with heavy drug usage; see also BUG & BUM.
BUG	Borderline Unstable Guitarist	some bands are plagued with these often talented, yet difficult-to-deal-with guitarists, who can crack at any time, even with heavy drug usage, often with gratuitous violence or nudity; see also BUD & BUM.
BUM	Borderline Unstable Musician	some bands are plagued with these often talented, yet difficult-to-deal-with people, who can crack at any time, even with heavy drug usage, often with gratuitous violence or nudity; see also BUD & BUG.
BUMP	Busy Unavailable Married Person/People / Busy Unpleasant Married Person/People
BUNA	Borderline Unstable News Anchor	some networks or local TV stations are plagued with these often talented, yet difficult-to-work-with people, who can crack at any time, usually without warning, often with gratuitous violence or nudity.
BWS	Bizarre Wookie Sex	don't ask, don't tell
BYOBC	Bring Your Own Bolt Cutter
BYOD	Bring Your Own Dinner	a caveat for some social gatherings
BYOW	Bring Your Own Weapon	a caveat for social gatherings held in dangerous locations, like New Jersey or Iraq
BYOWMD	Bring Your Own Weapon of Mass Destruction	a caveat for social gatherings sponsored by dangerous, suicidal terrorists, and some radical Christian groups
CAA	Condition-Appropriate Activation/ Condition-Appropriate Actuation	e.g. may be used in reference to activating a part-time 4WD system when conditions sufficiently warrant it
CAB	Ceremonial Auto Baptism	sophisticated term for washing one's automobile
CAD	(1) Context Appropriate Disclosure	used in reference to levels of disclosure, transparency, or intimacy that are appropriate for a given human relationship (its scope, depth, and breadth); it's antonym is PID or PED
	(2) Crazy Aggressive Driving	this could land you in jail
CAE	Cyber-Athletic Event(s)	see also CAS
CAH	Crime(s) Against Humanity	totalitarian regimes are accused of this
CAL / CSL	Cybernetic Artificial Limb / Cybernetic Synthetic Limb	a completely artificial, fully-functional limb replacement; see also CAT / CST.
CAP	Costly Animal Provocation	any egregious provocation of a dangerous animal resulting in a harmful or deadly injury to humans; see also CSAP & SAP(1).   Example:  "The CAP with the bear is all that it took to really scare Bob, who'll never taunt a bear with a banana again."
CAS	Cyber-Athletic Sports	a nascent field of Internet/online gaming enthusiasts; see also CAE
CAT / CST	(1) Cybernetic Artificial Toe / Cybernetic Synthetic Toe	a completely artificial, fully-functional toe replacement; see also CAL / CSL.
CAT	(2) Crazy American Tourist
CBA	Celestial Bank Account / Christian Bank Account	a 'Christianese' or Mormon term for "treasures in heaven"; synonym of HBA.
CBF	(1) Core Business Function(s)	any functionality considered mission-critical to a business' viability and continued operation
	(2) Critical Business Function(s)
CBP	Costly Bear Provocation /  Costly Bigfoot Provocation	a dangerous, life-threatening, or deadly altercation with a bear, often by a clueless tourist
CCA	Canned Church Answer	any trite or predictable answer to questions posed in church.  See also TCA.
CCD	(1) Crazy California Driver(s)	any driver whose observed behaviors resemble erratic, aggressive, unpredictable swerving maneuvers, often common among California drivers.  Example:  "I've been accused of being a CCD because I enjoy running people off the road and giving drivers the finger when I pass them on the shoulder."
	(2) Crowd Control Device(s)	tear gas, pellets, or equivalent weapons used by law enforcement to manage bawdy crowds
	(3) Competitive Contra Dancing	a very rare form of contra dancing often with large sums of under-the-table cash involved
CDA	(1) Catastrophic Disturbing Accident	used generally to refer to anything troubling, from a so-called "bad hair day" to a 100-car pile-up in dense fog on I-64.  Example:  "In yesterday's CDA the guy in front of me at the ticket counter started shooting people because he couldn't get a seat in First Class."
	(2) Crazy Dog Attack	any unexpected, sudden dog attack
	(3) Critical Design Assumption
CDAS	Collateral Damage Avoidance Strategy	employed during war situations to avoid civilian casulties
CDD	(1) Clueless Distracted Driver	these people, often self-perceived as who  multi-talented, are actually extreme hazards behind the wheel, are often seen driving while chatting away on their cell-phones, reading a map, eating lunch, applying make-up (if female), watching a DVD, and/or transmitting a fax.  See also ICD.  Sometimes a CCD.
	(2) Competitive Disco Dancing	a relic from the '70's embodied in the hit TV show, "Dance Fever"
CDI**	"Chics Dig It"	Example:  "Greg decided to buy a Porche because it has a higher CDI factor than his Winnebago."
CDIH	"Cold Day In Hell"	Example:  "It will be a CDIH before I loan you my girlfriend."
CDO	Curious Dreamlike Oddity(ies)**	used to describe anything (or anyone) that is particularly strange or weird
CDP	(1) Cohabiting Domestic Partner	a generic term for a domestic partner or mate; related to SMP and SDP
	(2) Catastrophic Disaster Planning
CDR	Co-Dependent Relationship	you don't want one of these
CEA	Creative Enron™ Accounting	use of any questionable accounting practices that are shady, unethical, or possibly illegal (such as the use of "Raptor" corporations to hide debts off of a company's balance sheet)
CEC	Cryptic Error Code(s)	often employed with poorly designed technology products or Microsoft operating systems.  Example:  "When the blue screen appeared on my PC, I got this bizarre CEC, 'General Error 51.'  What the hell is a 'General Error 51'?"
CEE	Consistently Extremely Elusive	spies often complain that their targets are "CEE" when they are difficult to find, track, or follow consistently
CEP	Compelling Evidentiary Proof	any highly compelling or believable evidence; see also SCE and NCE.
CES	Creative Employment Strategy
CFC	Completely Frickin' Clueless Completely Frickin' Crazy	used in reference to utterly clueless people.  Example:  "The CFC lady who nearly ran me off the road was too busy talking on her cell phone to drive."
CFE	Complicated Financial Entanglement
CFT	Criminal Fraud Trial
CGD	Cross-Generational Discipleship	a ministry that matches people of significantly different ages for purposes of discipleship, learning, mentoring, & spiritual growth
CGP	Costly Giraffe Provocation	a dangerous, life-threatening, or deadly altercation with a giraffe
CHE	Collective Human Experience	the experience of humanity as a whole
CHT	Cool, Hip, & Trendy	street slang for something or someone really hot
CIA	Creative Inspiration Anomaly	any inadvertent, yet highly creative idea from a source not typically associated with brilliant ideas
CIB	Culturally Insensitive Behavior
CIF	Critical Intelligence Flaws	the CIA is occasionally accused of these
CIK	Competitive Immolation Karaoke	a rare, disturbing, and possibly illegal form of competitive dance karaoke in which participants set the losers on fire
CIM	Creative Inspirational Moment	analogous to an epiphany
CIREA	Certain Important Restrictions & Exclusions Apply	a legalese term, often employed in lease contracts, used car promotions, or car dealer TV commercials.  (see also related terms:  CREA, CSAA, CSAMA, SREA, & SIREA)
CIT	(1) Cash-Induced Trauma	trauma induced by haemorrhaging bank accounts or a financial situation involving significant outlays of cash
	(2) Culturally-Insensitive Tourist	a general descriptor for impolite tourists; see also UAT/ VUAT
CJC	Clandestine Jungle Camp	such as those used by Nigerian militant rebels or the secret hideout used by Dick Chaney (according to CUJS- Clandestine Undercover Jungle Sources)
CJE	Critical Judgment Error
CJF	Critical Judgment Flaw
CJR; CJS	Ceremonial Jewish Ritual(s); Ceremonial Jewish Spirituals	any traditional Jewish custom, ritual, holiday, or Hebrew spiritual song
CLA	Corrective Literary Action	any editorial remarks or markups made by a proofreader
CLAS	Christian Liberal Arts School
CLE	Complicated/Complex Legal Entanglements
CLM	Career Limiting Move	anything done that offends or upsets management and severely limits one's chances of promotion within his/her career field at a given employer.  Example:  "Bob calling his manager a sycophant' was probably a CLM."
CMI	Contract Manufacturing Initiative
CNA	Critical National Asset	e.g. ports of entry and National Parks
CNDM	Culturally Normalised Debt Mentality	the unquestioned, culturally-acceptable view that amassing consumer debt is inherently good, acceptable, and even desirable
COF	Culture Of Fear
COI	(1) Center of Innovation (2) Culture Of Innovation (3) Community Of Interest (4) Culture Of Insecurity
COP	(1) Chronic Oblivious Procrastinator	a label for someone whose procrastination tendencies are at their worst
	(2) Cooling Off Period	any span of time used to affect change
COS	Community Of Support
COTI	Cost Of Technology Innovation
CPAP / CFAP	Costly Prodigious Animal Provocation /  Costly Formidable Animal Provocation	often occurs when clueless tourists visit a large park in the U.S. and attempt to feed dangerous animals, such as bears; may also occur with tourist provocations of animals during African safaris
CPI	(1) Cross-Platform Integration
	(2) Cross-Product Integration
	(3) Confidential, Proprietary Information
CPM	Cheesy Propaganda Machine
CPS	(1) Clever Preacher Story	a clever anecdote or story used by a preacher or minister for dramatic effect
	(2) Constitutionally Protected Status
	(3) Complex Pyramid Scheme
CRA	Chain-Reaction Accident	see also CRE
CRE; CRIE	(1) Complicated Romantic Entanglement; Complicated Romantic Internet Entanglement	any Pretend Internet Relationship (PIR) which spirals into something more disturbing and Kafkaesque
	(2) Complicated Relationship Entanglement
	(3) Chain-Reaction Event	see also CRA
CREA	Certain Restrictions and Exclusions Apply	a legalese term, often employed in lease contracts, used car promotions, or car dealer TV commercials (see also related terms:  CIREA, CSAA, CSAMA, SREA, & SIREA)
CREMA	Certain Restrictions and Exclusions May Apply	a contractual legalese term; see also related terms:  CIREA, CREA, CSAA, CSAMA, SREA, & SIREA
CRI	Common Romantic Interlude	see also MRI, ORI; any romantic encounter or experience considered boring or trite
CRP	Costly Rinosaurus Provocation	a dangerous, life-threatening, or deadly altercation with a fearsome rinosaurus
CRS	California Rolling Stop**	incomplete stop at an intersection with a stop sign or when turning right at a traffic light that is red.  Example:  We'd better not do a CRS here, because there's a cop across the street watching."
CRT	Core Resonant Theme	any significant, overarching meta-theme
CRW; CRoW	Confiscatory Redistribution of Wealth***	any political agenda designed to force the redistribution of wealth through various government entitlement programs.
CSA	Common Sense Approach	an intuitive, very rational base for problem solving
CSAA	Certain Simplifying Assumptions Apply	a legalese term often calling attention to the "fine print" (see also related terms:  CREA,  CSAMA, SREA, & SIREA)
CSAMA	Certain Simplifying Assumptions May Apply	a vague legalese term calling attention to "fine print" details that may not even be relevant
CSAP	Costly Scary Animal Provocation	a dangerous, life-threatening, or deadly altercation with any prodigious animal; see also CAP
CSI	Cole Stress Index™	a proprietary indexing system developed by J. Cole for ranking personal stress levels.  Comprised, in part, of "Stress Code Mauve" (SCM), and "Stress Code Taupe" (SCT).  If SCT level is reached, all electronic & telephonic correspondence must use Cypher Talk™ methods to confuse interceptors.  Example:  Since Bob has reached CSI level Stress Code Taupe, he now often uses cryptic references in his e-mails, such as 'The rainbow will lead the children to the disturbing alligator who lives in the deep green river.  This of course would mean that Bob plans on sending a birthday gift to his daughter in Madagascar.'"
CSM	Convenient Selective Memory
CSS	Compromising Sexual Situation	see also ASS
CSV	Commercial Shipping Vessel
CTH	Complicated Transactional History
CTI	Ceremonial Tree Ignition	compare with CTL (a milder variant)
CTL	Ceremonial Tree Lighting	compare with CTI (which is not usually associated with environmentalists)
CTS	Creative Transportation Strategy	those who bike or commute to work by 'alternate', non-mainstream means may employ this term.
CUT	(1) Completely Undocumented Trip (2) Completely Undocumented Tip
CVP	Compelling Value Proposition	a very engaging selling point or feature of a product or person being marketed
CWD	Charmingly Witty Disposition
CWF	Consumed With Fear
CWR	Consumed With Rage
DAIT	Domestic And International Terrorism/Terrorists	see also BEEP
DAMP	Design And Manufacturing Partner
DARK	Doctors Against Radical Kindness; Diplomats Against Radical Kindness	two unpopular political action groups
DBP	Deceptive Business Practice(s)	any willful act of outright deception or fraud perpetrated by an employee of a business during the course of its normal operations (esp. if customers are deceived)
DCE	(1) Dramatic Conversion Experience	(1) usually a reference to an unusual event or epiphany that leads to a conversion to a different religious faith than previously held
	(2) Devastating Commercial Exploitation	(2) it's what's happening to the rain forests in many parts of South America
DCI	(1) Damage Control Initiative
	(2) Dance Control Initiative	a theme in the movie "Footloose"
DCP	Disaster Contingency Plan	similar to a DEP, TCP (2), or TEP (2)
DCS	Dedicated Civil Servant	anyone who is a serious, hardworking, ethical employee of the federal, state, or local government
DED	Disturbing Explosive Device / Dangerous Explosive Device
DEH	Dangerous Experimental Haircut	for synonym, see DRH.  see this photo for a shocking example
DEL	Decadent Exotic Lifestyle	antonym of NEL; see also SEL
DEP	Disaster Evacuation Plan; Disaster Emergency Plan	similar to a DCP, TCP (2), or TEP (2)
DEIR	Deeply Entrenched Institutional Resistance	see also DER
DER	Deeply Entrenched Resistance	such as cultural or institutional; see also DEIR
DES; DRES	Date Exit Strategy; Date Rapid Exit Strategy	when an otherwise normal/average date goes horribly, horribly wrong, requiring the immediate implementation of this strategy.  See also RDES.  May also be referenced as IDES, for Immediate DES.
DFR	Dangerous Free Radical	synonymous with DNC; see also SND
DHV	Disturbing Home Video	many closets are filled with these, and many people are still in the closet, but that's another story altogether
DIP	Data Integrity Problem	descriptor for suspect invalid or untrustworthy underlying data; see also SDIP
DIR	Disaffected Islamic Radical	avoid these people at all costs; many are suicide bombers strapped with explosives
DIS	(1) Deep Inner Struggle (2) Dazzling Incontrovertible Success	see also DIT
DIT	Deep Inner Turmoil	see also DIS
DLE	(1) Dissimilar Life Experiences	may occasionally be a contributing factor in break-ups or divorce; see also FDLE
	(2) Dynamic/Dramatic Learning Environment
DLI	Domestic Logistical Issues	any domestics problem on the home-front
DME / DMPE	Deeply Moving Experience /  Deeply Moving Personal Experience	a personal epiphany, such as when Martha Stewart realised she was going to jail
DMOB / DMB	Dynamic Mosaic of Believers	from the mission statement of a local Methodist church
DMP	Decision Making Power	anyone entity that has more power and/or authority to make decisions
DNA	Do Not Attempt
DNC	Dangerous Non-Conformist	if you're not like everyone else, you shall be feared by the middle-class; synonymous with DFR; see also SND
DNOS	Dark Night Of the Soul
DNP	Domestic Nuclear Program
DOG	Delusions Of Grandeur	megalomania; see also DOP
DOH	Designated Oprah Holiday
DOP	Delusions Of Power	megalomania; see also DOG
DOR	Diffusion of Responsibility	the diluting of personal responsibility and ethics in a corporate context; a term derived from the movie, "Enron:  The Smartest Guys in the Room" about the collapse of Enron (to view the trailer, click here).
DPE	Decadent Palatial Estate	Jason's domicile;  see also SPE
DPG	Domestic Power Grid	the network of high-tension, high-voltage power lines & substations that down-convert energy from power plants to voltages suitable for home and business use
DPR	Due-Process Rights	many of these seem to be suspended under provisions of the Patriot Act
DPT	Disturbing Pathological Tendencies	often ascribed to serial killers and mutant psychopaths, or to some politicians
DRG	(1) Dangerous Risky Guy (2) Dangerous Radical Guy
DRH	Dangerous Radical Haircut	for synonym, see DEH.  see this photo for a shocking example
DRZ	Dangerous Religious Zealots	don't tangle with these guys-- they'll either coerce Suicide-Bombing Missions (SBM) or drinking Funky Toxic Punch (FTP)
DSM	(1) Distribution Supply Manager / Distribution Supply-chain Manager	a sophisticated veiled term often employed on résumés to refer to a dealer who peddles illegal drugs & narcotics
	(2) Disturbing Sugar Monster	facetious term for one who ingests too much sugar
DSA	Disruptive Social Agenda	usually in reference to agendas of groups with often extreme political views, activities, & motivations
DSP	(1) Defective Single Person	if diagnosed with this, you may be single for an indeterminate length of time
	(2) Dysfunctional Single Person
	(3) Disaffected Single Person	an unmarried person who feels marginalized by society [see also DUP (2)]
	(4) Domestic Spy Program	President Bush's secret NSA eavesdropping program, supposedly targeting U.S. entities with ties to terrorists; see also EST
DSU	Data Storage Unit
DTEL / TEL	Deeply Traumatic Election Loss / Traumatic Election Loss	Supporters of John Kerry, Al Gore, Michael Dukakis, & Walter Mondale have felt this.  Another medical variant of this acronym refers to erectile dysfunction by substituting erection in place of election.
DTR	Define The Relationship***	it is during this talk that a couple solidifies their otherwise ambiguous dating relationship; also, in rare cases, the male's opportunity to confess his undying love and ask his acquaintance to marry him
DUG	(1) Dangerous Unconventional Guy (2) Dangerous Unstable Guy	if you're either of these you're MUCH more likely to get a date...statistically speaking (contrast with BDG)
DUNG	Decidedly Unusual Natural Growth; Dominant Unnatural National Genocide	very, very, very obscure acronym that was used once in the Carter administration
DUP	(1) Dramatic Unnecessary Pause	often related to Awkward Social Moments
	(2) Disaffected Unmarried Person	any unmarried person who feels marginalized by society [see also DSP (3)]
DVA / DVI	Devastating Vehicular Accident / Devastating Vehicular Incident	any automotive accident with high damages and/or severe injuries
DYC	Disaffected Youth Culture	be careful how you pronounce this
DYP	Disaffected Young Person
EAP	Enron Accounting Practices	see also SAP(5) & SEAP
EAR	Emotionally Abusive Relationship	you really don't want one of these; synonym of ERR
EBD	Early Booking Discount	airline, tourism, and travel industry jargon
EBM; REBM	Evolving Business Model; Rapidly Evolving Business Model
ECE	Ethereal Cosmic Ether	an obscure pseudo, neo-pagan naming convention for a powerful god-like deity
ECI	Escalating-Cost Infrastructure	churches, non-profits, and corporations are all guilty of this-- expanding capacity to accommodate growth so quickly that costs escalate beyond reasonable, sustainable levels
ECP	Emotionally-Cold Person	one who gives you the 'cold shoulder'
ECR	Extra Care Required***	used in reference to people who are difficult to relate to; who require significant help from others to run their lives; or who otherwise require extra time and attention; see also EGR.
ECS	Emergency Communication System	typically includes call centers & 911 telephone response centers
EDA	Economically-Depressed Area	synonym of EDR(3)
EDP	Emerging Distribution Platform	a unique, novel 21st-century sales channel
EDR	(1) Event Data Recorder	for example, an aircraft's Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
	(2) Exclusive Dating Relationship
	(3) Economically-Depressed Region	synonym of EDA
EFC	Evil Function Creep	moniker used by hardware and software developers and managers to refer to Significant Architectural Changes (SAC) that adversely impact the deliverability schedule
EFZ	Ethics Free Zone	often used in reference to wild parties held by corporate lobbyists to influence members of Congress
EGR	Extra Grace Required***	used in reference to people who are difficult to relate to; who require significant help from others to run their lives; or who otherwise require extra time and attention; see also ECR.
EIR	Exorbitant Interest Rate	see also AIR
EIT	Enhanced Interrogation Techniques	a trendy CIA acronym related to the "war on terror"
EMC	Empowered Marginalised Class(es)	any population sub-group or category that is both marginalised by classes holding greater power and yet empowered by, for example, governmental authorities (e.g. in, perhaps access to the court system); this is an unusual oxymoronic acronym
EME	(1) Explosive Mucous Emission	(1) any violent, spontaneous emission of mucous from any orifice; or
	(2) Elusive Mucous Emission	(2) a sophisticated reference to a sneeze attempt that failed
EMF	Extraordinary Moral Fibre	synonym of OMF
EMP	Excessive Management Pressure	any environment with unusually oppressive, or restrictive management
EMS	Emergency Management System
ENE	Economically Nonviable Existence	You would qualify for this term if you live in a van down by the river.
ENT	Explicit Numerical Target(s)	an Alan Greenspan term
EPC	Excessive Pickle Consumption	refer to TPA / TPD for a related formal definition
EPD	Experienced Professional Dancer	anyone who knows how to get their grove on and who likely gets paid for it
EPM	Egregious Public Mastication	any shameless public display of mastication; see also SPM
ERB	Ethically-Responsible Behaviour	see also ERD, SRD, & SRB
ERD	Ethically-Responsible Decision	see also ERB, SRD, & SRB
ERI	Extraordinary Romantic Interlude	antonym of ORI, CRI, and MRI; any romantic encounter or experience considered highly unusual/incredible/amazing
ERIP	Early Retirement Incentive Plan (or Program)	management-speak for incentivating eligible employees to "retire early" to reduce corporate headcount & payroll expense; see also RIP & IRP.
ERP	Ethically-Responsible Person	see also SRP, SRB, SRD(2), ERB, & ERD
ERR	Emotionally Raping Relationship	you really don't want one of these; if you're already in one, RUN AWAY!  synonym of EAR
ESB	Educational Speed Bump	a term often employed by students (sometimes on résumés) to refer to poor test scores or poor academic performance
ESF	Elite Special Forces
ESI / MSI	(1) Extraneous Scatological Information / Miscellaneous Scatological Info.	excessive, unnecessary information about one's defecating activities; often occurs in restaurants or other public settings when someone is asked if "everything came out okay in the bathroom."
ESI(2)	Enlightened Self Interest
ESN	Expansive/Expanded Social Network
ESP / ESSP	(1) Evil Scandalous Provocateur /  Evil Semi-Scandalous Provocateur
ESP	(2) Employee Suggestion Program
	(3) Extensive Screening Process
ESR	Emotionally Scarring Relationship	yes, sometimes being single isn't such a bad thing after all
ESS	Economically Self-Sustaining	any person, business, or entity that is economically viable & able to fully meet its debt and other financial obligations; see also FESS, and FSS (2)
EST	Electronic Surveillance Technique(s)	see also DSP
ETO	Evangelically Ticked Off	a cheesy Christian-ese way of saying "I'm really pissed off at you [or your theology]."
ETS	(1) Enigmatic Ticking Sounds	often emitted by suspicious packages
	(2) Excessive Travel Spending
EUL	Extravagant Unconditional Love	this is what God has for His people
EVA	Economically Viable Alternative
EVE	Economically Viable Existence	You qualify if you have a stable source of (legal) income and pay your bills on time.  If your primary source of income is through illegal means, you would have an EVIL.
EVI	Economically Viable Initiative	any idea or plan with strong/reasonable/accurate underlying financials & cash flow assumptions
EVIL	Economically Viable Illegal Life	a qualifier for those with sufficient income from unscrupulous, illegal, or unethical sources (politicians often qualify for this)
EWF	Ethereal Wraithlike Figure	see also FWF, SWE, & VWF
FAA	Freakish Animal Attack
FAAR	Fully Automatic Assault Rifle
FAD	Fundamental Accounting Discrepancy(ies)	any shady accounting practices, such as hiding debts or losses in Raptor shell corporations
FAG / FAGS	Federal Aid Grant / Federal Aid Grant Subsidies	often in the context of FEMA disaster aid; and not the same as the "Film Actors Guild" depicted in the movie "Team America:  World Police"
FALT	For A Limited Time	a moniker used by sales people; see also FALTO
FALTO	For A Limited Time Only	a moniker used by sales people; see also FALT
FAM	Full Attention Moment
FAP	Favorite American Pastime	opinions vary on what exactly this is
FART	Fine Arts Research Team; Funding Analysis Research Team; Foreign Aid Research Team; Financial Aid Research Team; Fragmented Alliance Restructuring Team
FAS	Foreign Accent Syndrome
FAT	Funky Acid Trip	see also PAT
FAV	Fleet Acquisition Vehicle	a pedantic, sophisticated term for "rental car"
FBS	Faulty Belief System / Funky Belief System	it's unclear who exactly defines faulty & funky, but it's probably entirely subjective
FCA	Fake Chinese Accent / Fake Chinese Accident
FCS	Freakish Carnival Sideshow
FDA	Federal Disaster Area	see also LSC; used in reference to living space areas or rooms which have been declared federal disaster areas, requiring extensive orchestrated cleanup efforts (often used to refer to dorm rooms); see also OFDA.  Example:  "Oh my God!  This room is an FDA because I can't find the TV remote under this six-foot-tall pile of dirty underwear!"
FDAC	Federal Document Authentication Commission	a not-yet-existent government agency that must approve, screen, and sanction all published works or documents (once the 1st Amendment is repealed)
FDC	Fatally Damaged Credibility	many politicians have chronic problems with this
FDLE	Freakishly Dissimilar Life Experiences	extreme form of DLE
FDM	Freakish Dance Move(s)
FDN	Full Disclosure Necessary	see also FDO, FDR, FDU, and SFD
FDO	Full Disclosure Optional	see also FDN, FDR, FDU, and SFD
FDP	Financial Disaster Plan / Financial Disruption Plan	any strategy to build an emergency (liquid) cash fund, inventory personal assets for insurance purposes, and do financial planning
FDR	Full Disclosure Required	see also FDO, FDN, FDU, and SFD
FDU	Full Disclosure Unnecessary	see also FDO, FDR, FDN, and SFD
FEE	Fricken' Evil Empire	from the movie "Austin Powers" movie series
FEF	Fundamental Engineering Flaw	see also FEP.
FEP	Fundamental Engineering Problem	see also FEF.
FESS	Fully Economically Self Sustaining	a stronger form of ESS; see also FSS (2)
FET	Floating Ecological Timebomb	an environmentalists' term for giant oil supertanker, similar to the Exxon Valdez which caused the massive 1989 oil spill near Alaska
FFE	Funky Fashion Euphoria	a phenomenon mostly seen during  Christmas holidays or birthdays of people getting too excited about new clothes received as gifts
FGA	Freak(ish) Gardening Accident	referenced in the movie "This is Spinal Tap," for how one of the band's drummers tragically died
FGM / FAGM	Freakish Genetic Mutant / Freakish Appalling Genetic Mutant	a pejorative term, often associated with politicians (see also MGR)
FLT	Financial Literacy Training
FME	Fragile Male Ego	descriptor for the gossamer male ego
FMS	Faulty Mate Selection	any process resulting in poor, incomplete, or inadequate mate selection; see also FSS
FND	Funky Nasal Discharge	if you have allergies, you understand this problem
FOC	Fear Of Clowns	[pronounced <fowcc>].  Also known as "Coulrophobia."  To experience this, watch the Steven King miniseries "It."
FOE	Full Of Energy	some people who are FOS are also FOE
FOG	Family Of God	a church or general Body of Christ
FOI	Fear Of Infinity	Also called "Apeirophobia."
FON	Freak Of Nature
FOS	Full of Sh!t	full of excrement.  Example:  "The car salesman was FOS, because he claimed the '78 Pinto he had for sale was a really hot car."
FOV	Field Of View
FRP	Flatulence Reduction Program	a trendy new program used by some employers to improve the smell of the workplace, because some courts have ruled that excessive flatulence results in a 'hostile work environment', or HWE.  See also PDF
FSAD	Fraud, Scandal And Deception	For example, Enron's corporate and unethical financial reporting practices just prior to its filing for bankruptcy protection
FSG	Freaky Single Guy Freakish Single Guy	you don't want to be accused of being this!
FSS	(1) Faulty Spouse Selection	any process resulting in poor, incomplete, or inadequate mate selection; see also FMS
	(2) Financially Self Sustaining	any person/business/entity that is economically viable & able to fully meet its debt and other financial obligations; see also FESS, and ESS
FTBFA	Foul-Tasting Baked Fruit Abomination	according to The Onion, this is a paraphrase of what Pat Robertson called fruit pies
FTA	Failure To Act
FTC	Failure To Connect
FTD	Failure To Disconnect/Decouple	e.g. a child's failure to leave the home after high school or college
FTL	(1) Failure To Love
	(2) Failure To Listen
FTN	(1) Failure To Notice
	(2) Failure To Nurture
FTP	Funky Toxic Punch	a usually fatal concoction, like that served by Jim Jones in 1978 in his People's Temple cult compound in Guiana; see also DRZ
FTR	Failure To Respond
FTU	Failure To Understand
FTD***	Fault-Tolerant Design
FTI	(1) Freak(ish) Taxidermy Incident**	any disturbing event involving a taxidermic animal carcass; for example, being impaled by deer antlers
	(2) Freak Taxidermy Impaling	a specific type of disturbing event in which a  taxidermic animal carcass impales someone or something
FTP	Freakishly Tall Person	anyone over 6' (~183 cm.) tall
FUZ	Freakish Undead Zombie	contrast with 'Freakish Not-so-Dead Zombie'
FWC	Filled With Compassion
FWF	Freakish Wraithlike Figure	see also EWF, SWE, and VWF
FWS	Funky Work Schedule	an unusual, inconsistent, or otherwise difficult to predict work schedule
GAS	Gastroenterological Anomalous Spontaneity**	spontaneous, unpredictable flatulence
GASSES	Gastroenterological Anomalous Spontaneity Socially Embarrassing Situation(s)**	spontaneous, unpredictable, potentially humiliating, and sometimes-embarrassing flatulence
GCLR	Globally-Connected, Locally Relevant	often found in trendy church mission statements
GEOS	Geosynchronous Earth-Orbiting Satellite	contrast with LEOS
GFZ	"Government-Free Zone"	certain remote areas of Alaska have been declared this
GIF	God-Ignited Fire/God-Inspired Fire	see also GIP & GIV(2)
GIN	Gratuitous Inexcusable Negligence
GIP	(1) Graphic(al) Illustrative Purpose(s)	a reference to anything intended to be used as a clarifying graphical depiction or illustration.  Example:  "For GIP, here you will see a diagram showing how I intend to disseminate my anarchist manifesto worldwide via the Internet."
	(2) God-Ignited Passion/God-Inspired Passion	see also GIF
	(3) God-Inspired Purpose	see also GIF & GIV(2)
GIS	Gratuitous/Graphic Inexcusable Sex
GIV	(1) Gratuitous/Graphic Inexcusable Violence
	(2) God-Ignited Vision/God-Inspired Vision	see also GIF & GIP
GOV	Grossly Overstated Value	any excessively over-rated value
GOYC	God Of Your Choice
GPH / GPV	Government-Paid Holiday / Government-Paid Vacation	labyrinthine terminology for drawing unemployment compensation after being laid-off (or terminated)
GPR	(1) Government Preferred Rate
	(2) Genocidal Political Regime	see also IHT
GRS	(1) Gender Realignment Surgery
	(2) Gender Reassignment Surgery
GSM / GSFM	Grad School Multiplier / Grad School Financial Multiplier	this is the income multiplier showing the comparative "impact" of expenses between income levels while in grad. school and while employed after graduating.  For example, if your income after grad school is 4 times what it was while in school, for a given purchase while in grad school, you would have to spend 4 times the same amount while in a job after grad school to feel the same financial impact or psychological effect.  In that case, the GSM is "4".
GSV	Gorgeous Scenic Vista(s)
GUP	(1) Grossly Unconstitutional Program	see also WWP & WDS
	(2) Grossly Unpopular Program
HAF	High American Fashion	any particularly trendy American fashion (e.g. bell bottoms and leisure suits)
HAM	Highly Anemic Management	often found in sprawling, stifling corporate bureaucracies at huge multinational firms, or in government; see also SPAM.
HASE	Horribly Awkward Sexual Experience	common phenomenon among people who experiment with bestiality
HAST	Hyper-Aggressive Sales Tactic(s)	see also AST.
HAT	"Hip And Trendy"
HBA	Heavenly Bank Account	a 'Christianese' or Mormon term for 'treasures in heaven'; synonym of CBA.
HCB	Highly-Constrained Budget
HCC	Hyper-Consumer Culture
HCF	High Cash Flow	contrast with LCF
HCI	High-Cost Infrastructure	compare with LCI
HDC	Hot Divorced Chic	semi-pejorative term used by guys to describe attractive, desirable-- yet divorced-- women
HDP	High Drama Person	compare with LDP
HDV	High Dollar Value	any particularly expensive, pricy or exotic item
HEL	High Energy Level	see also LEL.
HEP	Highly Enriched Plutonium	plutonium isotopes used in nuclear reactors and in the making of related weapons; see also HEU.
HEU	Highly Enriched Uranium	plutonium isotopes used in nuclear reactors and in the making of related weapons; see also HEP.
HFA	Highly Fluidic Architecture	any often-changing or otherwise transformable architecture
HFF	Health-Food Fanatic
HIC	Hot Internet Chic(s)	usually found in sassy Internet chat rooms
HIS	Highly Irregular Sex	either highly unusual, highly unpredictable, or highly infrequent sex.  Example:  "Ralph's HIS ultimately lead to his tragic and unfortunate suicide."
HIT	High Impact Threat	a high-profile terrorist target or threat
HMH	Have Mobile Home**	excellent verbiage or qualifier for a singles' classified ad. in certain rural areas
HMP	High Maintenance Person	compare with LMP
HMR	High Maintenance Relationship	a relationship (with human or animal) requiring exhaustive effort/exertion and near constant communication and upkeep; see also LMR.
HMV	Holistic Ministry (Ministerial) Vision	a perspective on Christian ministry that is not narrow, but instead all-inclusive and focused on whole-life faith, leadership, & purpose
HNC	Hysterical Nudist Children	a psychological condition only affecting children of nudist parents, possibly due to shock of seeing everyone naked
HNC	Hysterical Nudist Chickens	a rare psychological condition affecting naked chickens, causing them to mate violently and continuously, until death
HNC	Hypothetical Nonexistent Children	singles, who have never had children, qualify for using this acryonym.
HOC**	Huggable Outdoorsy Charm
HOT / HOP / HOR / HOH	Heavily Occupied Trail/Path/Road/Highway	a densely populated, or intensely used, travel route (see also HTT)
HPOS	High Probability Of Success	contrast with LPOS
HPT	(1) High Profile Tourist(s)	antonym of LPT
	(2) High Profile Terrorist(s)
HRI	High Risk Investment	for antonym, see LRI; see also MRI
HSA	Heightened State of Alert / Heightened State of Awareness	the general public sentiment in the U.S. regarding potential terrorist attacks after the attacks on 9/11/2001
HSD	Heavy Social Drinker	see LSD for antonym
HSP	(1) Happy Shiny People	(1) while various religious fanatics have been accused of this, it has never been used to describe RSIE's (Radical Suicidal Islamic Extremists)
	(2) Hot Singles' Spot	(2) any location that is particularly preferred by singles' to meet and/or hook-up
HST	Highly Speculative Tangent	any tangent to the current stream of thought or process which involves substantial conjecture; see also HTT
HTA	(1) High Tech. Action	from The Onion article posted here
	(2) High Traffic Area
HTC / HTD	Highly Theoretical Concept / Highly Theoretical Design	any particularly abstract, theoretical construct
HTR	Highly Transient Relationship / Highly Transitory Relationship	any highly temporary, often volatile human relationship; compare to HVR & HVIR
HTT / HTP / HTR / HTH	Heavily Traveled Trail/Path/Road/Highway	a densely populated, or intensely used, travel route (see also HOT)
HTT	Highly Theoretical Tangent	academics, physicists, and scientists are often accused of this, esp. during meetings; see also HST.
HUO	Hair of Unknown Origin	often found in food, soup, or drinks.  Example:  "I complained to the restaurant's management after finding a HUO in my soup.  And then I found rat feces.  And then I realized I was in Haiti."
HUP	Highly Undiversified Portfolio	any largely undiversified (and riskier) financial portfolio of stocks, bond, or other negotiable instruments
HVIR	Highly Volatile Internet Relationship	any Internet-only relationship that needs much therapy, and perhaps some good common sense, to survive; compare to HTR
HVR	Highly Volatile Relationship	any human relationship that needs much therapy to survive; compare to HTR
HVS	Highly Volatile Stock	when used socially, refers to people who are unstable or to  someone who would be highly risky to date or marry.  Example:  "She is HVS because rumor has it that she's had 5 boyfriends in 3 days, which may be some sort of world record, or something."
HWE	Hostile Work Environment	any difficult occupational environment with hostile or mean-spirited coworkers
IAM	(1) Impotent Anemic Management / (2) Ineffective Anemic Managment	a stronger variant of HAM and SPAM
	(3) Intrinsic Artistic Merit	compare with IVM
IAP	Information Asymmetry Problem	when one party holds special access to knowledge or data that others cannot readily access; often used to one's economic advantage; derived from the book "Freakonomics"
IBS / IVS	Immature Belief System / Immature Value System
ICA	In Christ Alone
ICC / ICCF	Integrated Celebrative Community (of Faith)	what the Christian church is supposed to be
ICD	(1) Irreconcilable Creative Differences	often used in describing why someone was terminated or his/her job "eliminated."  Example:  "Billy-Jean Bob was fired because she had several ICD's with her boss; namely, that she didn't like to bathe or wear clothes to work."
	(2) Inattentive Clueless Driver	people who are often seen chatting away on their cell-phones, reading a map, eating lunch, applying make-up (if female), watching a DVD, and/or transmitting a fax, all while driving.  See also CDD.
ICE	Important Celestial Event
ICM	Indulgent Culinary Madness / Incessant Culinary Madness**
IDDM	Injury, Death, Dismemberment, Mutilation	a strong warning/disclaimer often used to indicate serious hazards to human life near heavy machinery, farm equipment, etc.
IDE	(1) Intimate Dining Experience
	(2) Invisible Disembodied Entity	e.g. demons, angels, aliens, or HAL9000 supercomputer
IDMS	Internet Dating & Marketing Strategy
IDS	Internet Dating Strategy	I have several friends actively deploying "IDS"
IEI	Illegitimate Emotional Investment	a claim often made by people after a rough break-up
IFN	Illegal Filesharing Network	any network topology used for the express purpose of illegally sharing copyrighted works; any network whose users have been targeted by the RIAA for frivolous litigation
IGR	Instant Gratification Relationship	similar to infatuation & typically not sustainable
IHT	Incomprehensible Human Tragedy	e.g. Genocidal Political Regimes [GPR(2)]
IIP or I2P™	Imminent Inescapable Peril / Inescapable Imminent Peril
ILL	Important Lesson Learned
IMA	Important Management Announcement	often precedes a massive layoff or the announcement of huge bonuses or promotions
IMB**	Indifferent Monolithic Bureaucracy	any behemoth organisation whose structure and management hierarchy hinder innovation and employee satisfaction; a weaker form of variant SMB, and much weaker form of PMB
IMC	(1) Industrial Military Complex	a dated anti-war/protestor monicker from the '60's
	(2) Internal Moral Compass
	(3) Internal Moral Conflict
IMS**	(1) Image Makeover Strategy	because, after all, isn't image everything?  If your image is suffering, aren't you suffering?  Maybe you need an IMS?
	(2) Impression Marketing Strategy (3) Impression Management Strategy
	(4) Internet Marketing Strategy
INC	Incredibly/Intensely Negative Childhood	compare with INE & IPC
INE	Incredibly/Intensely Negative Experience	compare with INC & IPC
INM	Incredibly/Intensely Negative Marriage	contrast with IPM
IOA	Instrument Of Authority
IOB	Instrument Of Blessing
IOD	Instrument Of Destruction
IOP	Instrument Of Power
IOT	Instrument Of Torture	see also MTI & MTD
IPA	Intense Physical Activity	usually refers to some form of exercise
IPC	(1) Internet Phone Company
	(2) Intensely Positive Childhood	contrast with INC
IPD	Intentional Proactive Discipline
IPE	Incredibly/Intensely Positive Experience	contrast with INE
IPM	Intensely Positive Marriage	contrast with INM
IRB	Innovative Rule Breaker	class bullies take note-- this could be your new euphemism
IRE	Islamic Radical Extremist / Islamic Revolutionary Extremist / Islamic Religious Extremist	see also RIFE
IRF	Intolerant Religious Fanatic	synonymous with IRZ
IROG	Increased Revelation Of God	see also ROG
IRP	Involuntary Reduction Plan (or Program)	management-speak for a layoff or other forced reduction of workforce to reduce headcount; see also ERIP & RIP
IRZ	Intolerant Religious Zealot	synonymous with IRF
ISC	"Impregnable Steel Cocoon"	trendy marketing verbiage used to advertise cars & trucks
ISD	Immortal Soul Deficit	a serious spiritual problem usually solved by prayer and meditation (or medication)
ISH	Icelandic Sheep Herder(s)	anyone involved in any of the multifaceted lucrative genres of sheep herding professions throughout Iceland.  Example:  "Bob is scandalously wealthy because he was an ISH for 30 years."
ISM	Intrinsic Spiritual Merit	see also SIM
ISOD	Impending Sense Of Doom
ISP	(1) Inadequate Service Provider	may refer to business entities or people who simply 'don't deliver' what they promise
	(2) Irresponsible Service Provider	a business or human entity whose service or friendship is 'irresponsible'
	(3) Invasive Surgical Procedure	contrast with NISP
IUB	Implicit Unconscious Bias
IUO	Item of Unknown Origin	see also OUO; used most frequently for items discovered in bachelor domiciles
IVM	Intrinsic Visual Merit	compare with IAM
IVR	Icelandic Viking Romance	often used as IVR novels; for the elitists, Viking is pronounced VEH-king
JBC	Judgmental Blatant Condemnation
JIS	Jason's Immortal Soul	I tried selling this on E-bay®, but it didn't work.
JSN	Just Say 'No'	moniker popularized by Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign in the 1980's
KOC	Key Operative Concept	(pronounced "KOO-kah"); used to emphasize one major point on concept; be careful to pronounce it correctly, otherwise people might think you're talking about something altogether completely different
KOW	Key Operative Word	used to emphasis one word in a stream of thought.  Example:  "The KOW is that I will try to call Lisa tonight.  I'll probably only talk to her voicemail."
KSI	Key Strategic Initiative
KSM	Kinda Sorta Maybe	Example:  "We would like you to be KSM in our wedding party."
KTL	Key Technology Leader
LAS	Limited Attention Span	akin to Attention Deficit Disorder
LBE	Limited Brief Exposure	any short-duration exposure (to anything) that is considered minor
LCF	Low Cash Flow	contrast with HCF
LCI	Low-Cost Infrastructure	compare with HCI
LCMBH	Leather-Clad Marauding Barbarian Horde	from an article in the Onion's 300th Anniversary Issue (6/22/2056)
LDC	Likely Dating Candidate(s)	anyone considered a good opportunity to date; for marriageability, see also PFW, PFM, & PFS
LDP	Long Dramatic Pause
LEL	Low Energy Level	see also HEL.
LEOS	Low-Earth Orbiting Satellite	contrast with GEOS
LGLG	Let Go & Let God
LIA	Liberal Ideological Agenda	see also RLIA.
LMR	Low Maintenance Relationship	a relationship (with human or animal) requiring little effort/exertion and infrequent communication; see also HMR.
LNT	Late Night Television
LOA	Love One Another	an important command of Jesus for his/God's people
LOI	Lack Of Interest
LOP	(1) Legitimate Ostensible Purpose	see NOP and NLP for antonyms
	(2) Lack Of Passion (3) Lack Of Purpose
LOT	Lack Of Time
LOTE	"Live On The Edge"
LPOS	Low Probability Of Success	contrast with HPOS
LPT	(1) Low Profile Tourist(s)	tourists who wear modest clothing & whose actions don't draw attention to themselves
	(2) Low Profile Terrorist(s)
LRI	Low Risk Investment	for antonym, see HRI; see also MRI
LRO / LIRO	Life in Relative Obscurity; Living in Relative Obscurity; Living in Relational Obscurity	a descriptor for anyone or anything choosing to live humbly without drawing attention to him/her/itself
LSC / LSCO	Large Scale Cleanup; Large Scale Cleanup Operation	see also FDA; used in reference to living space areas or rooms which require extensive (sometimes disaster agency mandated) orchestrated cleanup efforts.  Example:  "This putrefying pile of dung in Nancy's room will clearly require LSC."
LSD	Light Social Drinker	see also HSD for antonym
LSU	Lavish Spending Unit	a generic monetary unit used in general budgets for people in the Scandalously Wealthy Aristocracy (SWA)
MAD	(1) Minor Arrested Development; also Major Arrested Development	a reference to someone with a minor or major developmental problem.  Example:  "Bob appears to have MAD because he periodically goes on random, senseless shooting rampages."
	(2) Minor Accounting Discrepancy
MBE	Ministry Building Experience	any connection, event, or series of events which enhances or improves a given (typically Christian) ministry's performance; akin to MEE
MBS	Meaningless Bull S*&$
MCBF	Mission-Critical Business Function(s)	any business or operational function considered essential to sustain (& make viable) its existence; see also MCCBF
MCCBF	Mission-Critical Core Business Function	a stronger form of MCBF
MCF	Mission-Critical Function	see also MCS
MCM	Mega-Church Mentality	systemic in Western culture or in large Christian "mega churches," where (1) there is a pronounced culture of consumerism among participants (focused on finding a church that meets their needs, vs. finding a place where they can serve optimally), and (2) people seek to remain anonymously non-connected in an unaccountable way to a church body; see also ACE & ACS;
MCP	Male Chauvinist Pig	a moniker often used by feminists
MCS	Mission-Critical System	see also MCF
MED	Major Ethical Dilemna
MEE	Ministry Enhancing Experience	any connection, event, or series of events which enhances or improves a given (typically Christian) ministry's performance; akin to MBE
MEV	Meaningless Escalated Violence
MFA	Medically Fragile Adult	see also MFC and MFP
MFC	Medically Fragile Child	see also MFA and MFP
MFF	Major Fashion Faux-pas
MFP	Medically Fragile Person	see also MFA and MFC
MFT	Missing Front Teeth**	excellent verbiage or qualifier for a singles' classified ad. in certain rural areas
MGR / MGRC	Mutated Genetic Replicate / Mutated Genetic Replicate Cyborg	a pejorative term often used for purposes of public mockery (see also FGM)
MIB	"Man In Black"	a.k.a. the immortal Johnny Cash
MID	Major Incurable Disease
MIF	Massive Inexorable Force	part of Merriam Webster's definition of "juggernaut"
MIS	Minimally-Invasive Surgery
MLC	Mid-Life Crisis	a horrifying, potentially depressing psychological condition affecting many "middle aged" adults who question their own values, purpose, future, etc.;  see also MLCC
MLCC	Mid-Life Crisis Car	any automobile purchased expressly to assuage the haunting, disturbing feelings that accompany an MLC
MLS	Money Laundering Scheme
MMM / M3	Mighty Maiming Machine
MMP	Mediocre Ministry Potential
MMR	Mutually Monogamous Relationship
MNT	Mutant Ninja Turtles	see also TNT
MOC	Moment Of Confusion
MOD	Moment Of Desperation Moment Of Decision
MOI	Moment Of Inspiration	see also MOT & MOST
MOO	Moment Of Opportunity
MOP	Morbidly Obese Person	these folks are typically WRF's
MOS	Majestic Ocular Saturation	any visage which causes an overwhelming feeling of visual euphoria (see also TOS)
MOST	Moment Of Spiritual/Supernatural Truth
MOT	(1) Matriarchal Oppressive Tyranny	any woman who stifles her children with unusual force, excessively overbearing rules, roles, chores and/or procedures.  See also OPT, PAT, POT, & OMT.
	(2) Moment Of Truth	see also MOI & MOST
MOVD	Master Of Verbal Disguises	anyone who excels at masquerading his/her voice
MPOG	Miraculous Power Of God	see also POG
MPV	Meaningless Pedantic Verbiage	any printed or verbal usage which is unnecessarily complex and whose only discernable purpose is to impress others
MRI	(1) Mundane Romantic Interlude	see also CRI, ORI; any romantic encounter or experience considered boring or trite
	(2) Moderate Risk Investment	see also LRI and HRI
MSC / MASC	Manual Stability Control / Manually-Activated Stability Control	Applicable to SUV's with manually-activated 4WD systems.  MSC would be pulling a lever or pushing a button to activate a 4WD system on-the-fly, as needed.
MTC / MATC	Manual Traction Control / Manually-Activated Traction Control
MSF	Massive System(-wide) Failure
MSI	Minimal Service Interruption	compare with NSD & NSI
MTP	(1) Musically Talented Person (2) Multi-Talented Person (3) Mysterious, Troubled Past
MSD	Magical Salad Dressing™
MTD	Medieval Torture Device	akin to MTI or IOT
MTE	Mountain-Top Experience/Epiphany	any radical epiphany experience with life-changing implications and consequences
MTF	Multi-ethnic Tribal Footwear	Nike is attempting to break into this niche market
MTI	Medieval Torture Instrument	akin to MTD or IOT
MTM	Meditative Traceability Matrix	??
MTO	Multi-Task(ing) Operation
MTP	(1) Multi-Talented Person (2) Multi-Tasking Person	see also UTP
MTW	Multi-Time Wasting	opposite of fully competent multitasking
MUMP	Messed-Up Mental Process(es) / Mixed-Up Mental Process(es)
MUR	Messed-Up Relationship
	Multi-Use Room
MUS	Messed-Up Situation
NBC	Normal Business Channel	see also ABC & UBC
NBDB	Never Been Done Before
NBE	Negative Bonding Experience	contrast with PBE
NCA	(1) Numerous Contractual Arrangements (2) Negative Critical Attitude	(2) see also OCA
NCE	Nonspecific Compelling Evidence	similar to SCE or CEP, but nonspecific in nature
NDE	Near Death Experience***
NDP	Naked Drunk Person; Naked Drunk People	see also ABS.
NEI	Negative Environmental Impact
NEL	Non-Exotic Lifestyle	antonym of DEL; see also SEL
NER	New Emotional Religion
NES	No Exit Strategy	US involvement in Iraq?
NEST	Non-Existent Spare Time
NETT	No Excuses Truth Telling	wouldn't be incredible if politicians, religious leaders, and corporate managers embodied this?
NFA	(1) No Flatulence (Flatulating) Allowed	see also FRP
	(2) Near-Fatal Accident
NIM	Naturally Inquisitive Mind
NIMB	Not In My Backyard	a syndrome affecting people who want to dump their own waste & pollution somewhere else where they don't have to deal with the problem
NISI	No Immediate Significant Improvement
NISP	Non-Invasive Surgical Procedure	contrast with ISP(3)
NLM	National Labor Market
NLP	No Legitimate Purpose	see LOP for antonym; see NOP for synonym
NMC / NMI	Non-Misquoted Christianity /  Non-Misquoted Islam	a true/pure form of the religion, not adulterated, compromised, or otherwise altered for public consumption or network news media coverage
NOA	Negative Obesity Attitude
NOP	No Ostensible Purpose	see LOP for antonym; see NLP for synonym
NPC	(1) Nagging, Petulant Co-conspirator
	(2) Non-Practicing Catholic (3) Non-Practicing Christian
NSA	(1) Non-Standard Accessory	see also NSE(2)
	(2) No Strings Attached	also 'No Such Agency'
NSB	(1) Not So Brave	anyone (or any animal) who exhibits cowardice
	(2) Not So Believable	synonym of NSP
NSD	No Service Disruption	akin to NSI(2)
NSE	(1) Not So Eloquent	anyone who is 'loquaciously challenged' or who has difficulty forming coherent thoughts when speaking in front of groups
	(2) Non-Standard Equipment	see also NSA(1)
NSH	(1) Not So Humble (2) Not So Horrible	(1) anyone who is a braggadocio
NSI	(1) Not So Inspirational	anyone or anything who is (that is) not inspiring
	(2) No Service Interruption	akin to NSD
NSL	Not So Lucky	anyone who is chronically unlucky
NSP	Not So Plausible	synonym of NSB(2)
NSS	Not So Sexy	think of Janet Reno or Margaret Thatcher
NTP	(1) Numerous Technical Problems	NASA and other large, expensive government programs are often plagued with these
	(2) Naughty Tingly Parts	a moniker used by "The Church Lady" on NBC's "Saturday Night Live"
NTS	Non-Traditional Student	anyone in college who is not attending immediately after high school graduation
NUF	Non User-Friendly
NYA	Not Yet Approved
NYD	(1) Not Yet Defined (2) Not Yet Dispatched (3) Not Yet Desecrated
NYO	Not Yet Official	unofficial
NYOP	Not Yet Officially Posted	synonym of NYOR
NYOR	Not Yet Officially Released	synonym of NYOP
NYS	Not Yet Sanctioned
OAB	Outrageously Antisocial Behaviour	see also OVB
OAI	Over-Active Imagination
OCA	Overly Critical Attitude	see also NCA(2)
OCJ	Oppressive Corporate Job	If you rejoice when you get an extra vacation day after working for the same company for a decade, you probably have one of these.
ODS	One-Day Sale	any store promotion or sale lasting only one day (pronounced OH-DEE-US, which sounds like 'odious')
OFDA	Official Federal Disaster Area	see also FDA
OIPT	Occasional Intermittent Paranoid Tendencies	similar to OPT (temporary paranoia), except more infrequent, and maybe deadly
OMF	Outstanding Moral Fibre	coined from a term used in the film "Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire"; synonym of EMF
OMP	Overall Modernisation Plan
OMT	Oppressive Matriarchal Tyranny	any woman who takes her role far too seriously/aggressively and stiffles her children with unusual force, excessively overbearing rules, roles, chores and/or procedures.  See also OPT, POT, PAT, & MOT.
ONS	One Night Stand
OPJ	Other People's Junk
OPL	Overwhelming Palpable Loneliness	often an immediate precursor to suicide or a suicide attempt; similar to OSOPL
OPT	(1) Oppressive Patriarchal Tyranny	any man who stifles his children through excessive force, overbearing rules, roles, chores, and/or procedures.  See also OMT, MOT, PAT, and POT.
	(2) Occasional Paranoid Tendencies	descriptor for anyone whose paranoia is 'temporary'; see also OIPT
ORI	Ordinary Romantic Interlude	see also CRI, MRI; any romantic encounter or experience considered boring or trite
OSOPL	Overwhelming Sense Of Palpable Loneliness	in the same family as OPL
OUO	Object of Unknown Origin	see also IUO; used most frequently in reference to items discovered in bachelor domiciles
OVB	Outrageously Violent Behavior	see also OAB
PAD	Pseudo-Arbitrary Deadline	often from management directives (e.g. in stifling corporate or government bureaucracies), any capriciously-determined due-date for a deliverable
PAP	Profoundly Annoying Person
PAT	(1) Patriarchal Abdicated Tyranny;	(1) any man who has formally relinquished a former role of unduly oppressing his children through excessive force, overbearing rules/roles/chores/procedures.  See also OMT, OPT, POT, & MOT.
	(2) Patriarchal Arbitrary Tyranny	any man who exercises random, capricious, excessive oppression of his children through unusual force or overbearing rules/roles/chores/procedures, often directed at innocent parties.
	(3a) Psychedelic Acid Trip (3b) Psychotropic Acid Trip	any drug-induced, funky "acid trip"; see also FAT
PBA	Paralysis By Analysis
PBE	Positive Bonding Experience	contrast with NBE
PBP	Permanently Banned Pharmaceutical	any drugs which are are deemed hazardous our dangerous and consequently banned from import or sale; see also TBP.
PBS	People Behaving Strangely	an adjective phrase often attributed to NDP's (Naked Drunk People); see also ABS.
PCC	Pre-Compressed Corpse	a term, not in common usage, that is usually employed by serial killers & the mob
PCE / PC&E	Public Consternation & Embarrassment	occurs when important public (often government) officials or celebrities are caught in the act of being themselves in compromising, embarrassing, or humiliating situations
PCE	Pressing Corporate Engagement	any event considered to have high significance towards a corporation's success or competitive strategies
PCS	Pre-Compressed Sand	wet or dry sand that has already been compressed
PCT	Palpable Cinematic Tension	synonym of PTT
PDA	Public Display of Affection***; Public Display of Arousal	see also PDH; any gratuitous display of heated sexual passion between two people or animals.  Example:  "At Acme, Inc., PDA's are not acceptable in the office."
PDC	Premanufactured Developed Community	sophisticated term for a "mobile home park."  Example:  "My girlfriend, Billie-Jean-Bob, and I live in a PDC, down by the river."
PDE	Precipitating Death Event	any event whose occurrence necessarily causes or facilitates imminent human death
PDF	Public Display of Flatulence	any particularly egregious or vulgar display of public flatulence; extreme situations in work contexts may require an FRP
PDH	Public Display of Horniness; also, Public Display of Holiness	an unusual TLA with potentially opposite meanings:  (1)  any excessively gratuitous display of heated sexual passion between any two living beings; usually in reference to the male of the species, or (2) any shameless public display of sanctimoniousness.  Example 1:  "The man's PDH made everyone wonder about the sincerity of his faith."  Example 2:  "The man's PDH caused eyewitnesses to call police, who arrested him and charged him with molesting a park bench."
PDP	Potential Dating Prospect / Potential Dating Possibility	anyone considered potentially viable for asking out on a date
PED	(1) Premature Excessive Disclosure	any disclosure that exceeds reasonable boundaries given the scope, depth, and breadth of an existing human relationship; often occurs where there is no pre-existing relationship; see also PID; for antonym, see CAD
	(2) Premature Early Departure	anyone or anything that leaves or dies sooner than generally anticipated/expected
	(3) Premature Early Disclosure	any disclosure that is unnatural or too soon, given the context of a relationship
	(4) Performance Enhancing Drug(s)	any drug used to improve athletic or sexual performance
PEI	Profound Existential Issue	see also PEQ
PEJ	Pompous Evil Jerk	a pejorative term, often used by women in describing their ex-boyfriends
PEQ	Profound Existential Question	see also PEI
PETE	People for the Ethical Treatment of Employees	a radical Canadian employee rights group
PFD	Potential Future Divorce	often used as a veiled reference to something which could lead to divorce.  Example:  "Calling your wife a 'slut' in public may be grounds for a PFD; plus, it makes you look really stupid."
PFES	Powered Flight Escape System / Powered Flight Evacuation System
PFM	Potential Future Mate	anyone considered highly desirable (or probable) as a possible future husband or wife;
PFS	(1) Potential Future Spouse	anyone considered to be a serious  candidate for future marriage-ability; see also PFM, PFW, & LDC.
	(2) Potential Future Soulmate™
PFW	Potential Future Wife	anyone considered to be a serious candidate for future marriage-ability; see also PFM, PFS, & LDC.  Example [pick-up lines that failed focus group tests]:  "Hey, baby, I think you're my PFW!"
PHG	Post-Holiday Girth / Post-Holiday Growth	any additional weight gain attributed to excessive partying and food consumption during the Christmas/New Year's holidays
PHR / FHR	Pyrotechnic Hay Ride /  Flaming Hay Ride	a flaming, potentially deadly hay ride, involving igniting hay and riding on top.
PHS	Poor Health Strategy	any strategy involving consumption of mass quantities of unhealthy fast food
PIC	Person of Ignoble Character	antonym of PNC.
PID	Premature Inappropriate Disclosure	any disclosure that exceeds reasonable boundaries given the scope, depth, and breadth of an existing human relationship; often occurs where there is no pre-existing relationship; see also PED; for antonym, see CAD
PILS	Perpetually Indefinite-Length Singleness	in the immortal words of Kermit the Frog, 'It's not easy being green.'
PIM	Pretend Internet Money	many e-businesses developed in the late 1990's were funded this way; also known as "Enron Bucks"™
PIMP	(1) Personal Internet Marketing Primate (2) Personal Internet Mediation Primate	see also PMM or PMP.  Click here for a sample or to create your very own PIMP.
PIP	(1) Powerful Important Person	often these folks are legends in their own minds; see also POI
	(2) Person(People) In Power	politicians and various political leaders
	(3) Predetermined Inflexible Position	occurs when politicians & attorneys edit scientific documents before releasing data/recommendations/conclusions to the public
PIR	Pretend Internet Relationship (see also Virtual Internet Relationship)	many singles are familiar with this pseudo-relationships (often perpetuated through "instant messaging") that can appear or disappear with alarming suddenness
PIS	Public Integrity Section
PIT	Pretend Internet Thingy	any Internet-based construct, e-business, or relationship that is "virtual" in nature & lacking real/vital substance/authenticity
PLT	Pseudo-Legal Technicality
PMB	Paralysing Monolithic Bureaucracy	any behemoth organisation whose structure and management hierarchy hinder innovation, out-of-box thinking, productivity, and employee satisfaction to the extent that nothing moves forward; this is the strongest of variants IMB & SMB
PMD	Profound/Prodigious Moral Dilemma
PMH	Pre-Manufactured Home	an elitist term for "trailer home" or "double wide" home
PMM	Personal Marketing Monkey	click here to get your very own!  see also PIMP
PMP	Personal Marketing Primate	see also PMM or PIMP.
PMS	(1) Personal Marketing Strategy	often highly recommended for singles seeking a mate; see also VAS; Example:  "Alysia was successful because she has a PMS."
	(2) Personal Mail Shredder	a very important, essential weapon in the war against identity theft
	(3) Proactive Maintenance Strategy	any forward-thinking preventative maintenance plan
PNC	Person of Noble Character	antonym of PIC.
POC	Piece Of Crap	a pejorative for something one considers worthless or useless; see also POS
POET	Pathology Of Exclusivist(ic) Thinking
POF	Person Of Faith
POI	(1) Person Of Interest	an FBI/police moniker; see also SPOI
	(2) Person Of Influence	see also PIP
	(3) Point Of Impact	this is where an asteroid, space capsule, or debris from Skylab hits land or water
POG	(1) Person(People) Of God
	(2) Power Of God	see also MPOG
POP	Penguin Orifice Probe	Antarctican scientists occasionally tangle with disgruntled, violent penguins when they use POP's
POS	Piece of S$#@	pejorative for something that one considers worthless; see also POC
POT	(1) Patriarchal Oppressive Tyranny	any male who stifles his children through excessive force, overbearing rules, roles, chores, and/or procedures.  See also OPT.
	(2) Pre-Operative Transsexual	someone who has not yet finished all surgeries to fully transform into the opposite gender
POV	Pre-Owned Vehicle (also Privately Owned Vehicle)	a sophisticated car-dealer term for "used car"
PPD	Poor Parental Decision	examples include giving one's children Unrestricted Internet Access (UIA)
PPMO	Phallocentric Patriarchal Misogynistic Oppressor(s)	a much stronger feminist term for dominant males who hate women
PPO	Phallocentric Patriarchal Oppressor(s)	feminist term for dominant males
PPP or P3	(1) Pathological Personality Profile**	a disturbing personality profile revealing dangerous or pathological traits and tendencies
	(2) Politically-Powerful Position
PSC	Psychedelic Shag Carpeting	reminiscent of the '60's & '70's; found in older homes and many mobile homes in the Midwest
PSE	Paradigm-Shifting Entrepreneur
PSI	(1) Personally-Significant Information (2) Particularly Sensitive Information	anything, that if released, would be disturbing, because of its particularly sensitive nature
PSL	Paralyzing Suffocating Loneliness	a debilitating form of loneliness that could lead to suicide.  Example:  "Bob died because no one cared, and he suffered from PSL."
PSLP	Pathetic Single Lonely Person/People	a pejorative occasionally used by married folks to bash singles; see also SLP
PSR	Profound Systemic Rejection	a debilitating form of repeated rejection that could lead to suicide.  Example:  "Bob died because no one cared, and because he suffered from PSR too, which means he was really screwed."
PST	Personal Signature Trail	a characteristic identifying trail of evidence.  Example:  "The government has issued a code-orange alert, meaning that citizens should be on the lookout for PST's of terrorists."
PTIF	Propagating The Illusion of Frugalness
PTT	Palpable Theatrical Tension	synonym of PCT
PUP	(1) Pure Unbridled Passion	usually the topic of cheesy romance novels
	(2) Politically Unstable Person
	(3) Politely Unstable Person	these are very rare, as most unstable people are really mean
PUR	Politically Unstable Region	pretty much all of Canada.  the unrest there is shocking.
PVGP	Professional Video Game Player	an emerging, nascent gaming profession
PVS	Persistent Vegetative State
PWT	Pure White Trash	a pejorative term for white people
QFT**	Quality Friendship Time
RAD	(1) Reckless And Dangerous (2) Reckless And Disasterous
	(3) Random Afternoon Drive
RAL	Random Act of Love
RAM	Radar-Avoiding Missile
RAP	Random Anal Probe	watch out for RAP inspectors working for the government
RAS	(1) Rust Abatement Strategy	any scheme developed/designed to mitigate or stop the progress of oxidation in steel
	(2) Rigid Authoritarian Structure	from The Onion article posted here
	(3) Really Awkward Situation
RAT	Religious Alternative Theory
RAV	Random Act of Violence	terrorists are fond of these
RBE	(1) Relationship Building Experience	any connection, event, or series of events which enhances/improves, nurtures, or otherwise grows a (typically human) relationship
	(2) Radical Beach Ecoterrorism	akin to RBT, except involving the destruction/decimation of beach wildlife, and/or ecosystems, or septuagenarian beach combers.  See also RIE
RBT	(1) Radical Beach Terrorism	individuals or groups which aim to defraud septuagenarians beach combers of attractive shells by physically overpowering them or by impersonating "UN endangered species artifacts inspectors," claiming they have illegal collections; compare to RBE(2)
	(2) Responsibility Blame Transfer
RCA	Root Cause Analysis	any analysis whose objective is to identify root cause
RCC	Risky/Radical Career Change
RCT	Radical Canadian Terrorist
RDA	Recreational Drug Abuser	see also RDU
RDES	Rapid Date Exit Strategy	see DES
RDG	Random Drunk Guy
RDI	Radical Downsizing Initiative / Ruthless Downsizing Initiative	major corporations are often guilty of this; some are also accused of being TOC's
RDU	Recreational Drug User	see also RDA
REBP	Romantic, Electrifying Bonding Period	a time period in a dating relationship focused on non-sexual emotional bonding (Dr. Pat Love, author)
RED	Radical Extremist Dissident	compare with RUD
RES / RFDES	(1) Rapid Exit Strategy / Rapid Failed-Date Exit Strategy	if you're on what you thought was a "hot date," and the person you're with suddenly admits to having several STD's and a secret drug and child porn addiction, you would need one of these
RES	(2) Recreational Elective Surgery	originally coined in Africa in reference to one of many ways to die tragically while visiting (see example); also used in reference to various elective plastic surgeries.  ee also ABRS/ABRAS, BRS/BRAS, BAS, RES, & BES.  Example:  "One way to improve your odds of dying while visiting Africa would be to find the nearest local medical clinic and request an arbitrary, yet urgent RES, such as a 'tummy tuck.'  Be sure to tell everyone that you're a 'rich American.'"
REV	Risky Entrepreneurial Venture
RFA	Rapid Fire Action
RFM	Rapid Fire Montage	from The Onion article posted here
RHS	(1) Ritualistic Human Sacrifice(s)	found in various unethical Arctic Canadian fishing villages
	(2) Radical Hippie Sex	yet again, don't ask, don't tell
	(3) Ridiculous Horror Shlock-fest	movie reviewer verbiage
RHT	Radical 'Hippie' Type(s)	pejorative term often applied to supposedly rebellious youth by older folks
RIE	Radical Icicle Ecoterrorism / Radical Ice Ecoterrorism	an extremely rare form of terrorism that occurs when individuals or groups scheme to wreck environmental havoc by destroying/decimating icicles, large Arctic ice shelves, or human-created ice sculptures; in rare cases such ecoterrorists are mauled by perturbed Polar Bears
	(2) Radical Islamic Extremist
RIFE	Radical Islamic Fundamentalist Extremist	you really don't want any of these in your neighborhood or within a 100 km. radius; see also IRE
RIP	Retirement Incentive Plan (or Program)	similar to program detailed under ERIP
RIT	Radical Islamic Terrorist	anyone who fancies strapping explosives to his chest (or stashing them in a vehicle) to blow up innocent bystanders to make an Important Political Statment
RLI	Reduced Laughing Initiative	an obscure federally-funding program to reduce adverse effects of humor on society
RLIA	Radical Liberal Ideological Agenda(s)	see also LIA
RMI	Risk Management Issue(s)
RMS	Rich Media Search
ROG	Revelation of God	see also IROG
ROO	Remarkably Odd Occurrence(s)
ROT	Rule Of Thumb	any concept, principle, device, or gauge used for measurement purposes
RPD	Relational Parasitic Drag	an engineering term for 'drag coefficient' applicable to pathological, parasitic human relationships
RPS	(1) Radical Paradigm Shift (2) Ritualistic Penguin Sacrifice	had any paradigm shifts lately?
	(3) Risk Profile Strategy
RSIE	Radical Suicidal Islamic Extremists	highly concentrated in certain areas of Iraq and the Middle East; often found parked in cars packed with explosives in front of US or Western facilities in the Middle East
RSL	Reasonable Stamina Limit	a specified limit of physical exertion which is considered reasonable & achievable.  Example:  "It is beyond my RSL to summit this mountain while drinking Pepsi®, talking on my cellphone, developing an anti-terrorism global strategy, and transmitting a fax."
RSP	Rigorous Security Protocol	any detailed/intense security or security screening procedures
RUA	Reckless Uninhibited Abandonment
RUCG	Raw Unmitigated Corporate Greed	it's what caused the Enron, Worldcom, et. al scandals
RUD	Radical Unpopular Dissident	compare with RED
RWA	Random Word Association	a psychological word association technique
RWP	Radical Weight-loss Program
SAC	Significant Architectural Changes	when applied to hardware & software designs, see also EFC
SAD	(1) Sexually Ambiguous Driving	one who is dressed in androgynous attire and who drives with a driving style that creates confusion among other drivers as to the driver's specific gender identity.  Example:  "People seemed confused by Bob's SAD because he was wearing a dress and an afro wig while driving in the left lane with his turn signal on."
	(2) Singles' Awareness Day	Feb. 14 Valentine's Day, as it's known to many singles
SAM	(1) Socially Awkward Moment	any socially uncomfortable, awkward situation, such as when a total stranger (of the same sex) confesses his/her undying love for you at your birthday party
	(2) Sexually-Aggressive Man/Male	compare to SAW & SAP(6)
SAEM	Socially Awkward Embarrassing Moment	any particularly uncomfortable, or even humiliating public situation, such as when a total stranger (of the same sex) confesses their undying love for you at your birthday party...after throwing off their clothes
SAG	"Super Approachable Guy"
SAP	(1) Scary Animal Provocation (2) Special Access Privileges (3) Standard Accounting Practices (4) Spiritually Arrogant Person (5) Shady/Shifty/Scandalous Accounting Practices (6) Sexually-Aggressive Person	for (1), see also CAP for (5), see also SEAP & EAP for (6), see also SAM & SAW
SAS	Slick And Sexy; Slick And Sassy
SASA	Self-Absorbed Sex Addict
SAW	Sexually-Aggressive Woman	compare to SAM & SAP(6)
SBD	Shady Business Deal/Dealings	see also SBT
SBF; SBR	Situational Brain Function; Situational Brain Recall	one who suffers from selective memory or selective (yet convenient) capabilities.  Example:  "Nancy's SBF allowed her to accuse Bob of murderous intent while she waved a gun around shooting at things."
SBM	Suicide Bombing Mission(s)	see also DRZ
SBO	Strategic Business Opportunity	see also SBV
SBT	Shady Business Transaction	see also SBD
SBV	(1) Strategic Business Venture (2) Serendipitous Business Venture	see also SBO
SCA	Semi-Contractual Agreement	an informal or verbal agreement that does not involve creation of a written contract
SCB	Stifling Corporate Bureaucracy
SCC	Spontaneous Canine Combustion	when a dog suddenly, and without warning, bursts in flames; see also SHC & SFC
	Severely Cartographically Challenged	a moniker for people who have difficulty reading/interpreting/understanding maps; see also SNC & SNI.
SCD	Strategic Competitive Driving	a softer form of "road rage" often observed among urban drivers in major, heavily populated areas; akin to STD (1)
SCDP	Systemic Community Development Problem	usually refers to church or other religious community development problems
SCE	Specific Compelling Evidence	any highly-credible evidence; see also CEP & NCE.
SCI	Severely-Compromised Infrastructure	e.g. the damage done to levis in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005; compare with SDI(2)
SCP	(1) Spiritual Connectedness Problem (2) Spiritual Compatibility Problem	see also SIP
SCS	Safety Critical System; Safety Critical Software	any system employed in medical, automotive, or aerospace sectors where a failure could result in death or serious personal injury and property damage
SDI	(1) Self-Directed Investor	anyone who autonomously directs his/her negotiable instrument portfolio investing
	(2) Severely Damaged Infrastructure	compare with SCI
SDIP	Suspect Data Integrity Problem	used when there is greater uncertainty than would be applicable to DIP
SDP	Satisfactory Domestic Partner	a partner or mate who is adequate but not exciting; see also CDP and SMP
SDPT	Self-Destructive Personality Tendency(ies)	see also SDT.
SDR	Self-Destructive Relationship
SDT	Self-Destructive Tendency(ies)	see also SDPT.
SEAP	Shady/Scandalous/Shameless(ful) Enron Accounting Practices	see also EAP & SAP(5)
SEB	Scary Energy Bill	if you have gas heat and live in a North American town where it is very cold in the winter, you have seen a few of these in recent winters
SEC	Spontaneous Emotional Combustion****	an unstable or metastable and self-destructive emotional state
SEL	Semi-Exotic Lifestyle	compare with NEL & DEL
SEO	Strategic Egress Opportunity	often used to describe a socially acceptable, fortuitous chance at leaving an uncomfortable situation or undesirable circumstance, such as a really bad date; see also DES & DRES.
SFA	Sexy French Accent
SFC	Spontaneous Feline Combustion	when a cat suddenly & inexplicably erupts in flames without explanation; see also SHC & SCC
SFD	(1) Symptom-Free Day (2) Shocking Full Disclosure (3) Scandalous Full Disclosure (4) Safe Following Distance	(4) drivers who don't tailgate other drivers;  contrast with UFD
SFI	Sensitive Financial Information
SFS	Sexually Frustrated Single	see also SFV, SSS, or SSV
SFT	Shady Financial Transactions	Enron.  Tyco.  Al-Qaeda.  any questions?
SFV	(1) Sexually Frustrated Virgin	for those who want to do the wild thing but for various reasons cannot; see also SFS, SSS, or SSV
	(2) Structured Finance Vehicle(s)	i.e. Enron's "Raptor" corporations for hiding off-balance-sheet debt & expenses; see also EAP, SEAP, & SAP(5)
SGA	Special Guest Appearance
SGP	(1) Sinful Guilty Pleasure
	(2) Suffocating Generational Poverty	a pandemic that's common in Africa
SGR	Surreptitious Government Reconnaissance	any secretive mission carried out by representatives of a secretive government agency, such as the CIA, against civilians
SGS	Spiritual Guidance System	coined by Tony Evans, referring to a process of discerning God's will through prayer and listening to the Holy Spirit
SHC	(1) Spontaneous Human Combustion***	human immolation of unknown spontaneous origin
	(2) Stultifyingly Hyper-Conventional**
SHD	Shaggy Hair Dude	California surfer term for a guy with very large hair
SHE	Spontaneous Human Ejaculation	a serious, yet rare medical condition requiring the use of very heavy underwear.  It is rumored that celestial underwear worn by Mormons may have originally been used to prevent problems with this condition.
SHP	Sexually-Humiliating Position(s)	mostly a reference to Iraqi prisoner abuse by coalition forces
SHS	Sexually Harassing Skeletons	a truly Kafkaesque idea from the twisted minds at the "Conan O'Brian Show"
SIBA	Surface Irregularity Balance Anomaly	a sophisticated way of describing a fall due to hitting an object or pothole; Example:  "I experienced a SIBA, causing me to fall on the ice while ice skating."
SIC	Sexually Immoral Conduct/ Sexually Improper Conduct
SID	Significant/Substantial Irreconcilable Differences	this can lead to marital dissonance & dissolution
SIE	Subterranean Internment Engineer(ing)	sophisticated, elitist term for one whose profession is digging graves.
SILC	Sudden Illegal Lane Change	this often causes vehicular accidents
SIM	Supernatural/Spiritual Intrinsic Merit	see also ISM
SIP	Spiritual Incompatibility Problem	occurs when an atheist marries a fundamentalist; see also SCP
SGO** / SIO	Supplier-Generated Obesity / Supplier-Induced Obesity
SIREA	Significant Inescapable Restrictions & Exclusions Apply	a legalese term, often found in lease contracts and used car dealer TV commercials (see also POV or SREA and related terms CIREA, CREA, CSAA, & CSAMA)
SIS	Strong Incentive Scheme
SLAP; SLAT	Senior Lunar Advisory Panel; Senior Lunar Advisory Team	possible name for a NASA research team
SLB	Significant Legacy Baggage	any entity (person, business, software, or product) with high-degree of "legacy" component complexity and problems (such as the use of obsolete programming languages in 'legacy software' used by the federal government); excellent term to covertly describe someone from a Troubling Dating Experience; Example:  "When I first met Donna and went out with her, I realised she had a long, troubled history, and lots of SLB."
SLD	Significant Life Disruption	hurricane Katrina, or any hurricane in the 2005 season
SLE	Significant Life Event	a life or health insurance term
SLP	(1) Sexy Little Place	a coded, trendy marketing term occasionally found in real estate adverts.
	(2) Single Lonely People	for more extreme version, see PSLP
SLUT	Senior Lunar Underwater Team / Sudden Large Unexpected Turn	name for a NASA astronaut-training team or unexpected chain of events
SMA	(1) Strategic Market Alliance	a business alliance
	(2) Sexual Misconduct Allegation(s)
SMB**	(1) Stifling Monolithic Bureaucracy (2) Suffocating Monolithic Bureaucracy	any behemoth organisation whose structure and management hierarchy hinder innovation, out-of-box thinking, productivity, and employee satisfaction; stronger form of IMB, yet weaker than PMB
SMC	Strong Moral Compass	a strong & vital sense, awareness, and practice of moral responsibility & personal moral integrity; for antonym, see WMC.
SMI	(1) Strategic Market Initiative	a business initiative
	(2) Shocking Moral Irregularity	politicians excel at these
SMMO	Slick Money-Making Organisation	see also SMMS
SMMS	Slick Money-Making Scheme	see also SMMO
SMO	Shameless Marketing Opportunity	see also SPP
SMOG	Sexy Man Of God	see also SWOG & SPOG
SMP	(1) Satisfactory Marriage Partner	this moniker applies when one settles and marries someone out of need, obligation, or circumstance; for antonym, see UMP; see also CDP and SDP.
	(2) Stifling Marriage Partner	you don't want one of these unless you really enjoy oppression, but then again maybe some people are into that sort of thing
SMR	Sufficiently Mature Relationship
SMS	(1) Stress Management Strategy	See also AMS.
	(2) Stealth Marketing Strategy
SNC	Severely Navigationally Challenged	a moniker for people who have difficulty reading/interpreting/understanding maps; see also SCC & SNI.
SND	Severe Nonconformist Disorder	DFR's and DNC's may have this affliction
SNI	(1) Severe Navigational Impairment	refers either to someone who has great difficulty using/reading/interpreting maps or to problem caused by an electronic navigational system failure; see also SNC.
	(2) Social Networking Initiative	part of a Multifaceted Marketing Strategy (MMS); see also SNP
SNP	Social Networking Problem/Practice/Purpose	see also SNI(2)
SOA	Stewardship of Affluence	how resources are allocated by the affluent
SOOC	Spiraling Out Of Control
SOI	(1) Spirit Of Innovation (2) Stewardship of Influence
SOP	Shed-Opening Party
SOR	State Of Readiness	usually refers to government or military units
SOS	Semi-Obsolete Shoes	bachelors are very familiar with this or are often relentlessly accused of wearing them
SSP	Secrets of Scary People
SPAM	Severely Paralyzed Anemic Management	extreme form & derivate of HAM.
SPC	Severely Punctuality-Challenged	I have this problem of being chronically late
SPE	Sprawling Palatial Estate	something akin to the white mansion and grounds shown during the intro. to the 1980's TV series Dallas; see also DPE
SPF	Summer Pastel Frankenstein	a creation of the Conan O'brian Show
SPI	Serendipitous Public Integrity	a polite way of saying someone is a two-faced shameless charlatan (his/her public integrity is only accidental)
SPM	(1) Shameless Public Mastication	any public display of mastication; see also EPM.
	(2) Sports Propaganda Machine
SPOG	Sexy Person Of God	see also SMOG & SWOG.
SPOI	(1) Significant Person Of Interest / Special Person Of Interest (2) Sexy Person Of Interest	an FBI/police moniker; see also POI
SPP	Shameless Product Promotion(s)	see also SMO
SPR	Semi-Permanent Retirement
SRA	Significantly-Reduced Availability
SRB	Socially-Responsible Behaviour	see also SRD(2), & SRP(2)
SRD	(1) Sexy Revolving Door (2) Socially-Responsible Decision	(1) similar to SRW(2) (2) for synonym, see also SRB
SRE	(1) Stress-Related Event	see also SRP
	(2) Stress-Related Error
SREA	Significant Restrictions & Exclusions Apply	a legalese term, often employed in used car promotions or car dealer TV commercials (see also SIREA and related terms CIREA, CREA, CSAA, CSAMA, & SREA)
SRP	(1) Stress-Related Problem (2) Socially-Responsible Person	(1) see also SRE (2) see also SRB, SRD(2), ERB, ERD, & ERP
SRW	(1) Secret Revolving Wall	any hidden revolving wall module (typically activated by a hidden switch) that rotates two distinct furniture or bookcase settings into place, or provides access to a hidden room or corridor
	(2) Sexy Revolving Wall	same as a "Secret Revolving Wall," except adorned more seductively; see the Austin Powers movies for examples from the 1960's
	(3) Sexy Revolving Whore	this TLA is so highly controversial that it has been banned by the International Committee for the Protection of the English Language (ICPEL)
SSB	Swinging Singles Bar(s)
SSC	Shady Street Clinic	any shifty usu. medical clinic of questionable reputation
SSE	Significant Spiritual Epiphany	see also SSSE
SSP	Strategic Social Plan
SSSE; S3E	Semi-Significant Spiritual Epiphany	see also SSE
SSS; S3	(1) Scintillating Sassy Soiree	trendy, metrosexual term for a fabulous party
	(2) Sexually Starved Single	for those who want to get jiggy with it but for various reasons cannot; see also SFS, SFV, or SSV
	(3) Submersible SCUBA Suit	from The Onion article posted here
SSV	Sexually Starved Virgin	see also SFS, SFV, or SSS
STD	(1) Strategic Tactical Driving	a form of aggressive driving often found among urban drivers in heavily populated areas; see also SCD.
	(2) Strategic Ticket Dispositioning	a polite euphemism for ticket scalping, or similar activities
STE	(1) Significant Transformational Event	an epiphany or other potentially life-changing event
	(2) Super-Trendy Elitist/Environmentalist/Eco-terrorist
STF	Super-Trendy Friend
STIR	Sexual Tension In Relationships
SUD	Sudden Unexpected Departure
SUL	Secure Undisclosed Location	after 9/11/2001, this is where Dick Chaney can be found
SUM	Short Unpleasant Marriage	I'm sorry if you're trapped in one of these
SURG	Super Ultra Romantic Guy
SVP	Systemic Vulnerability Problem
SWA	Scandalously Wealthy Aristocracy	sophisticated term for the enormously rich; for related term, see also LSU
SWE / SWF / SWL / SWP	Shadowy Wraith-like Entity / Figure / Leader / Person	see also EWF, FWF, & VWF
SWOG	Sexy Woman Of God	see also SMOG & SPOG
TAP	(1) Throw-Away Prototype	any extremely-early, pre-mass-production experimental prototype
	(2) Technologically Advanced Person	for antonym, see TCP (1)
TAYOR	Tease At Your Own Risk
TBA / MBA /  BAT / TBI	Temporary Balance Anomaly / Momentary Balance Anomaly /  Balance Anomaly Transient / Temporary Balance Instability	a complicated way of describing an embarrassing fall.  Example:  "While I was ice skating, some people saw my accident and said I 'fell,' but I explained that I merely experienced a 'TBA'."
TBA	Tragic Boat Accident	the CIA likes to arrange these for unpopular or uncooperative political leaders or others who oppose their actions in foreign countries
TBP	Temporarily Banned Pharmaceutical	any drug considered sufficiently potentially dangerous to require a temporary suspension of its sale and distribution; see also PBP.
TCA	Trite Church Answer(s)	any response given in a church context which is construed as being artificial, insincere, and merely the "expected" answer.  Synonym of CCA.  Example:  "When asked how the church is supposed to deal with sinners, Bob replied with the TCA, 'We just tell them to 'turn or burn.'"
TCF / TCOF	Transformational Community Of Faith
TCP	(1) Technologically Challenged People/Person	for antonym, see TAP
	(2) Terrorist/Terrorism Contingency Plan	similar to a DCP, DEP, or TEP (2)
TDA	Tragic Disfiguring Accident
TDE	Total Dining Experience
TEH / TED / MEH / EHT	Temporary Employment Hiatus /  Temporary Employment Discontinuity Momentary Employment Hiatus / Employment Hiatus Transient	resumé term for any period (of unspecified length) of "temporary unemployment."  Example:  "I tried to think of my TEH as a GPV."
TED	Temporarily Economically Disadvantaged	sophistry for "I lost my job."
TEP	(1) Technologically Elite People/Person	anyone with a GPS & web-enabled camera cellphone who makes a point to let everyone know how important they are
	(2) Terrorist/Terrorism Evacuation Plan; Terrorist/Terrorism Emergency Plan	similar to a DCP, DEP, or TCP (2)
TES	Terrorism Evacuation Strategy	This involves knowing where the exits are located, how to reach them, and whom to trample on the way there.
TFA	Tragic Ferry Accident
TFP	Technologically Fearful Person	one who is afraid of new technology; see also TCP (1) & TAP
TGR	Traditional Gender Role(s)
TIA	Tragic Industrial Accident
TIT	Total Immersion Therapy	similar to "Death Therapy" featured in the movie "What About Bob," except more generic and equally intense
TLE	Transient Luminous Event	sophisticated meteorologist-speak for lightning events
TLOF	Total Lack Of Fear
TMI	Too Much Information***
TNI	Tragic Nuclear Accident
	Tragic Nuclear Initiative
TNT	Teenage Ninja Turtles	see also MNT
TNW	Tactical Nuclear Weapons (also Tactical Fissile Weapons)	any nuclear weapons or warheads used in tactical warfare against one's enemies
TOC	Tyrannically Oppressive Church
	Tyrannically Oppressive Corporation	these are often guilty of RDI's
TOCC	Tyrannically Oppressive Corporate Culture
TOD	Tyrannical Oppressive Dictator	e.g. North Korea's Kim Il Yung or Cuba's Fidel Castro
TOG	Tyrannically Oppressive Government
TOS	Total Ocular Saturation	any visage which causes an overwhelming feeling of visual euphoria (see also MOS)
TOTU	Tyranny Of The Urgent	a mindset in which everything must be done IMMEDIATELY
TPA / TPD	Tragic Pickle Accident / Tragic Pickle Death	Apparently, it is commonly known that ingesting pickles reduces hunger pains.  Thus, in rare cases, excessive pickle eating  could fool one into believing s/he has ingested enough food, when in fact, the body is starving.  This is death by excessive pickle consumption, leading to starvation (see also EPC).
TPE	Totally Pointless Exercise	the opposite of doing something meaningful & purpose-driven
TRA	(1) Total Reckless Abandonment
	(2) Telecommunications Research Analyst
TRE	Transformational Religious Experience	any life-changing event centered on a religious experience or epiphany; see also TSE.
TSA	Total Sexual Abstinence	saying "no" to sex no matter what happens
TSE / TSL	(1) Trite Superficial Existence / Trite Superficial Life(Lives)	anyone living a visionless, purposeless life (often found in suburbia); to counter this, I recommend reading Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life.
	(2) Transformational Spiritual Experience	same as TRE
TSM	Total System Meltdown	often exhibited by people with Anger Management Issues (AMI); if not used in reference to people, and example of this occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986
TSP	The Sexy People	a term coined by Scott G., allegedly referring to anyone who flies on Concorde
TTA	Tragic Train Accident
TTB	Targeted Tax Breaks
TTH	"Trailer Trash Hot"§
TTTT / T4	To Tell The Truth
TUNA	Telemarketers (or Terrorist) Underground Network Assoc.	an loose association of telemarketers or terrorists, both with the same general mission:  make consumers very uncomfortable
TVS	Thinly-Veiled Sarcasm	remarks made to belittle or besmear others, but disguised as sarcasm
TWA	Tragic Wealth Asymmetry	the socio-cultural phenomenon shown by the wide chasm between the indigent and opulently wealthy
TWD	Total World Domination	the daydreams of megalomaniacs are filled with these thoughts
UAT	Ugly American Tourist	milder form of VUAT; see also CIB & CIT
UBC	Unusual Business Channel	see also ABC & NBC.
UBP	Unusual Body Proportions	a polite way of saying someone is 'large' or 'behemoth'
UCP / UCR / UCF	Ultra Critical Part / Ultra Critical Role / Ultra Critical Function	any part, function, or role whose failure would cause severe harm, death,  dismemberment, or abdominal distension to humans
UCV	Unbelievably Challenging Venture	e.g. the process of finding a mate
UDP	Universal Default Policy	term for banks and creditors
UDS	Unintentional Double-Slap
UFD	Unsafe Following Distance	drivers who tailgate other drivers; contrast with SFD
UIA	Unrestricted Internet Access	don't give your children this (see also PPD)
UMP	Unsatisfactory Marriage Partner	a spouse who is deemed, or spousal relationship that is deemed, wholly unsatisfying; for antonym, see SMP.
URR	Unspecified Relationship Requirement	occurs when one party in a dating, marriage, or friendship relationship has unarticulated requirements for performance within the relationship and tension or anger occurs when the unspoken requirements are not met
USE	Uncompensated Show Enhancer	a.k.a. 'audience member'; 'show enhancer' is a term used by CBS Studios for getting audiences psyched-up
USP	(1) Ultra-Shy Person
	(2) Ultra-Sexy Person
UTA	Unlawful, Tyrannical Aggression (or Aggressor)	similar to UTO, except referring to the aggressor(s); see also AIUA
UTB	Used To Be	anyone who held a position or possessions that offered status, but who lost them
UTO	Unlawful, Tyrannical Occupation	some people have referred to the US invasion of Iraq in these terms, but I won't go there; related to UTA; see also AIUA
UTP	Unusually-Talented Person	see also MTP(2)
UUT	Utterly Useless Technology
VAC	Vital Authentic Community	see also VIC
VAF	(1) Value Added Feature Value Added Function	a product feature or function that adds value in the eyes of customers
	(2) Value Added Friendship	these are the kinds of friends who add value and vitality to your life; they're the ones you want (& hopefully the kind of friend you are)
VAS	(1) Value Added Service	see also PMS
	(2) Value Added Strategy
VCL	Victorious Christian Life/Living
VCP	Vertically Challenged Person;	antonym of VEP
VEP	Vertically Enhanced Person; Vertically Enhanced People	antonym of VCP
VER / VDR	Vehicle Event Recorder / Vehicle Data Recorder	any device used in a motorized vehicle for recording and tracking engine parameters and/or real-time motion dynamics
VHR	Valuable Human Resource
VIC	Vital Interconnected Community	similar to VAC
VIR	(1) Virtual Internet Relationship (see also PIR - Pretend Internet Relationship)	any pseudo-relationship (often perpetuated through "instant messaging") that can appear or disappear with alarming suddenness
	(2) Vicious Internet Rumor	any potentially scandalous or disparaging rumor circulated via the Internet
VIS	Vital Infrastructure Systems / Vital Infrastructure Support
VND	Virtually Negligible Difference	a very small, perhaps imperceptible, difference
VOM	Virtual Office Mate	an imaginary friend who happens to dwell within your work space.  Example:  "I clearly remember hearing my VOM tell me to manipulate our financial statements and lie to our stockholders."
VOPE	Violation Of Professional Ethics
VPR / VPOR	Veritable Plethora of Relationships	descriptor for those who have a vast Personal Resource Array of friends and acquaintances
VRE	Violent Religious Extremist	see also VRF
VRF	Violent Religious Fanatic	see also VRE
VRT	Viagra® Research Team	Pfizer's research team that developed the erectile dysfunction (ED) drug Viagra® (sildenafil citrate) in the late 1990's
VSA	Voice Stress Analysis
VTO	Violent Tyrannical Oppressor (Oppression) / Violent Tyrannical Opposition	Saddam Hussein
VUAT	Very Ugly American Tourist	more severe descriptor than UAT for tragic, impolite, and culturally-insensitive behavior (CIB, CIT) on the part of US tourists overseas
VUR	Vague Undefined Relationship	singles understand this well in the context of "hanging out" with the opposite sex before any sort of relationship is defined via a "DTR" talk
VVS / V2S	Vestal Virgin Sacrifice(s)	a ritual common in many disturbing remote  Canadian province weddings where any of the virgin priestesses (who are normally consecrated to maintaining the sacred fire in the Roman goddess, Vesta's, temple) are ritualistically sacrificed to demonstrate the undying love of the bride or groom to her/his new mate.  (Also, SVVS = Symbolic Vestal Virgin Sacrifice)
VWF	Vaporous Wraithlike Figure	see also EWF
WAR	Weather Accuracy Rating™	often touted by local news stations
WBOD	White Blanket Of Death	a moniker for "snow" used esp. by those who loathe it
WCP	Withholding Chalet Privileges	a means by which the scandalously wealthy punish their often spoiled offspring by disallowing staying at a chalet (or bungalow) whilst vacationing in exotic locations
WCS	Worst Cast Scenario
WDS	Warrentless Domestic Surveillance	the Bush Administration's secret NSA program to monitor telecommunications between U.S.-based entities and overseas entities allegedly involved in terrorism without court order; see also WWP & GUP
WEGE / WEGEP	White Elephant Gift Exchange / White Elephant Gift Exchange Party	a popular Christmas party that includes the exchange of nominal gifts
WES	Well-Enlightened Scholar	a pre-eminent scholar
WET	Warring Ethnic Tribe
WFF / WF2	Warm Fuzzy Feeling	analogous to falling in love, finding a $20 bill in a parking lot, or discovering your car's leather seat warmer has malfunctioned, catching your pants on fire
WIC	Widespread International Condemnation	often experienced by genocidal dictators
WIN	Western Industrialised Nation(s)	developed countries with modern infrastructures
WMC	Weak Moral Compass	anyone who does not have a strong sense, awareness, and/or practice of moral responsibility & personal moral integrity; for contrasting antonym, see SMC.
WMF	Well-Managed Frivolity	coined from a term used in the film "Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire"
WOSA	Whirlwind Of Superficial Activity
WOT	Waste Of Time
WPD	Word Play Delight
WRF	Walking Risk Factor	typically the morbidly obese (MOP's) who smoke & never exercise
WWP	Warrantless Wiretapping Program	see WDS for definition; see also GUP
YOP	Year Of Possibilities
ZAF	Zero-Availability Friend	these aren't worth much on the open market; see also ZAP
ZAM	Zero-Availability Manager/Management	these are quite common in large multinational corporations; see also ZAP
ZAP	Zero-Availability Person	see also ZAF, ZAM, and ZAS
ZAS	Zero-Availability Spouse	you really don't want one of these; see also ZATS
ZATS	Zero-Availability Token Spouse	when a spouse is really just a spouse in name only; see also ZAS
ZCS	Zombie-like Catatonic State	a non-responsive, incoherent mental state often found among rock stars and Hollywood celebrities
ZCT	Zero-Crap Tolerance	one who will not put up with your 'crap'; see also ZST
ZDS	Zesty Dipping Sauce	any tasty dip
ZLP	Zero Liability Policy	often offered with banks who issue affinity credit cards
ZMA	Zero-Maintenance Automobile	exists only in a highly speculative, theoretical sense; see also ZMV
ZMB	Zero-Maintenance Banking
ZMP	Zero-Maintenance Pet	a very rare animal or insect species requiring little or no human care
ZMR	Zero-Maintenance Relationship	a relationship requiring little or no effort; see also BFR & MFR.
ZMS	Zero-Maintenance Spouse	usually refers to robot or synthetic humanoids developed by Japanese engineers
ZMV	Zero-Maintenance Vehicle	see also ZMA
ZST	Zero-Sh&t Tolerance	one who will not put up with your 'crap'; see also ZCT