25 Abbreviations And Acronyms You’ve Always Wondered About

Stands for Thomas A Swift Electric Rifle

An acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Official Oracle

An abbreviation of Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing

Stands for Mars & Murrie’s and is named after Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie who started producing M&M’s exclusively for the military during WWII.

The Q stands for quality.

An acronym for Bavarian Motor Works.

The SMART car began as a project between Swatch and Mercedes hence it was originally code named the Swatch & Mercedes Art Car.

The name of this Japanese athletic equipment manufacturer is derived from the Latin phrase Anima Sana In Corpore Sano which means a sound mind in a sound body.

Although there are many rumors about where the company got its name, the truth is that it came from it’s founder, Adolf (Adi) Dassler.

Now means The Country’s Best Yogurt but it originally meant This Can’t Be Yogurt. They changed the name after being sued by a rival company called I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt

Means Product of Arthur Meyerhoff

The K stands for founder Sebastian S Kresge

The abbreviation on almost every zipper in the world stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha which is a Japanese manufacturing company.

The ZIP is for Zone Improvement Plan

Originally it was short for Government Employees Insurance Company

Once upon a time it stood for Consumer Value Stores

The Swedish clothing retailer was initially name Hennes, which in Swedish means “for her”. When it added a men’s line of clothing the name changed to Hennes & Mauritz.

It means Water Deplacement 40th Attempt

Means National Biscuit Company

Stands for Wireless Fidelity

It actually originally meant “regarding” and not “reply”

Stands for Image Maximum

Stand for Radio Detection and Ranging

Stands for Canadian Oil, Low Acid

Possibly the most unnecessary acronym ever devised it stands for Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept & Obstruct Terrorism