Acronyms We Actually Use
Tech and Gadgets
Sitcoms
Food & Snacks of Our Youth
No Place Like "HOME"
200
This acronym on your phone tells someone you'll return shortly.
What is BRB (Be Right Back)?
200
This Apple product, first launched in 2001, changed the way we listen to music on the go.
What is the iPod?
200
This sitcom stars Andy Samburg, as a detective in a precinct of the New York City Police Department.
What is Brooklyn 99?
200
These fruit-flavored candies are wearable on your finger, and are a stable in birthday piñatas.
What are Ring Pops?
200
Macaulay Culkin is the star of this 1990 American Christmas comedy.
What is Home Alone?
400
This acronym is often shouted online when something is funny.
What is LOL (Laugh Out Loud)?
400
This site, founded in 2004, became the social network for college students first.
What is Facebook?
400
In Parks and Recreation, Leslie and her friends work in the government of this fictional town.
What is Pawnee, Indiana?
400
This orange feline creature is the sugary cereal mascot of Frosted Flakes.
Who is Tony the Tiger?
400
This 1971 song begins with the lyrics "Almost Heaven, West Virginia. Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River."
What is "Take Me Home, Country Roads"?
600
This acronym refers to a private chat on social media.
What is DM (Direct Message)?
600
Before the iPhone, this “smartphone” was famous for its physical keyboard and BBM messaging.
What is the BlackBerry?
600
In the theme to this '90s sitcom, "I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 & I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo, Homes, smell ya later!"
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
600
This snack is a toaster pastry that's most popular flavors are Frosted Strawberry, Brown Sugar Cinnamon, and S'mores.
What are Pop-Tarts?
600
He's the lazer-eyed caped villain in Amazon's hit TV series The Boys.
Who is Homelander?
800
This acronym is used when people have anxiety than an exciting event may currently be happening elsewhere.
What is FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)?
800
This instant messaging service let you change your “away message” and chat with friends online in the early 2000s.
What is AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)?
800
Name the 6 characters that make up the main cast of Friends.
Who are "Rachel, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler, Monica, and Joey"?
800
This frozen carbonated beverage is found commonly at 7-Eleven and various movie theaters.
What is an ICEE?
800
This American multinational home improvement store sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services.
What is Home Depot?
1000
This circular format of multimedia is used for all kinds of things, such as movies, music, and games. It can be thought of as the successor to a VHS.
What is DVD (Digital Video/Versatile Disc)?
1000
Before TikTok, this app was the go-to for short, looping videos, often set to music.
What is Vine?
1000
In this episode of The Office, Dwight competes with the Dunder Mifflin website throughout the episode to see who can sell more paper.
What is "Launch Party"?
1000
When you open up this Japanese snack, you are greeted with two compartments, one side with biscuit sticks, and the other with flavored dipping
What is Yan Yan?
1000
The Illiad and The Odyssey are ancient Greek epics, written by this poet.
Who is Homer?