TV and Film Acronyms
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Organizations
Bet You Didn't Know it is an Acronym!
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As in the title of a TV show, CSI stands for this

Crime Scene Investigation

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JSYK is texting shorthand for this 4-word phrase

just so you know

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This 5-letter acronym was once a telegraph code word for the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

POTUS

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This agency of the United Nations is known as WHO for short

World Health Organization

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The cosmetics brand e.l.f. is an acronym for these 3 areas where its products are used

eyes, lips, and face

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Classic radio & TV messages of this type include "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk"

PSA (Public Service Announcement)

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Online, T.I.L. is short for this phrase reflecting something new you found out about

Today I learned

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The use of this 6-letter acronym for our country's highest court actually goes back to 1879

SCOTUS

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It's the acronym for the organization that runs soccer's World Cup

FIFA

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It's the association that sponsors the Grand National auto races

NASCAR

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If you belong to SAG you belong to this [...]

Screen Actors Guild

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TLDR: Dude, you need an editor--that is overly verbose & I'm not looking at it

too long; didn't read

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The boss wants that report by EOD, this

end of day

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In partnership with police, parents & schools, DARE is this 2-word Resistance Education

Drug Abuse

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Walt Disney intended it to be an "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow"

EPCOT

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The "H" in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stands for this, a word in the name of a Cabinet dept. founded in 2002

Homeland

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OTOH: There's always another side to consider

on the other hand

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Seen on pay stubs, FICA is short for these 2 words "Contributions Act"

Federal Insurance

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TED talks began in 1984 at a conference on this, entertainment & design

Technology

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ZIP code stands for "zone" this "plan", as it was expected to make mail delivery better

improvement

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The "T" in TARDIS stands for this, something the Doctor is good at manipulating

time

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AYOR: Proceed with personal caution

at your own risk

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In business, the CFO is this job title

chief financial officer

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It's what the "C" stands for in UNICEF, a United Nations international emergency fund

Children's
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Take a deep dive & tell us what SCUBA is an acronym for

self-contained underwater breathing apparatus