Abbreviations and Acronyms
ASAP, meaning imminently.
What is as soon as possible? ASAP originated as army slang in 1955.
The air is drier during the winter, but you can use one of these to add moisture to the air.
What is a humidifier? In addition to contributing to winter health, a humidifier helps the HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning) system regulate temperature.
This is one of the two astrological signs of people born in January..
What is Capricorn or Aquarius? Those born January 1–19 are born under Capricorn, and those born January 20–31 are born under Aquarius.
These little powerhouses of nutrients look like miniature cabbages.
What are brussels sprouts? Around an ounce of these veggies provides five grams of protein and five grams of fiber. They can grow all winter in moderate climates.
This addictive habit was once portrayed as being cool in ads, commercials, TV shows, and movies.
What is cigarette smoking? Watch almost any movie from the 1950s and you’ll see characters smoking.
Govt.
What is government? Govt. is an abbreviation, or shortened version of a word. An acronym is an abbreviation that is formed by using the first letters of major words in a phrase, and it is pronounced as a word.
Keep your curtains or blinds like this to naturally heat your home during the day.
What is open? When exposed to sunlight, glass heats up because windows let in more radiant energy than they let out. However, as soon as dusk hits, it’s best to close the curtains to help hold the heat in the home
A holiday we celebrate the first day on January...
What is New Year's Day.
These red root vegetables are often found in smoothie mixes or cooked and added to salads.
What are beets? Nineteenth-century women in England rinsed their hair in beet juice to give it a red sheen.
During this decade, women wore flapper dresses..
What are the 1920s? It was the first time women’s dresses sported shorter hemlines, sometimes above the knee.
P.S
What is postscript? You usually find this abbreviation at the end of a letter or email as an afterthought.
Replace these to make your HVAC work more efficiently..
What are filters? HVAC systems work harder to force air through dirty filters.
This term encompasses the changes people set out to make in the new year..
What are resolutions? A top reason resolutions fail is that people treat them like sprints instead of marathons. If you incorporate small changes a few at a time, they add up to big changes. Success breeds success.
This vegetable is full of iron, and its tender leaves are often found in salads..
What is spinach? During the Great Depression, spinach consumption rose 33 percent.
In the 1960s, Clairol introduced these to curl girls’ hair..
What are electric rollers? Those with extra-long hair used orange juice or soda cans.
LOL!
What is laughing out loud (or lots of love)? LOL originated in letter writing to mean lots of love but evolved into laughing out loud on the internet.
Name one part of the body that gets cold first during the winter..
What are extremities (or fingers, toes, nose, or ears)? Most of the time, it’s not a circulatory problem; it’s the blood vessels in those parts of the body going into spasms because of their sensitivity to cold.
Dean Martin sang a song about this month in January..
What is June? The song is “June in January,” and it starts: It’s June in January, Because I’m in love.
This is a white carrot look-alike..
What is a parsnip? They’re sweeter when harvested after the first frost.
During World War II, people sacrificed by limiting how much they bought of some items. When they bought them, they had to present these.
What are ration coupons, books, or cards? Some of the rationed items included gas, tires, nylon stockings, shoes, and many household staples.
PIN
What is personal identification number? Debit and credit cards have four-numeral identification numbers used to withdraw money from an ATM—the acronym for automated teller machine.
Set your water to this temperature when showering in the winter..
What is warm? Hot showers rob your skin of moisture.
The January moon is most often named for this canine..
What is wolf? It is named for the sound of howling, hungry wolves heard in January.
Hardy varieties of scallions, also known by this common name, can survive freezing weather..
What are green onions? The entire plant is edible—the green sprouts as well as the bulbous root.
In the 1960s, Dippity-Do was used on this part of the body.
What is hair? It was a setting gel, and a newer formulation is available today.