21 Actual Meanings Behind Popular Acronyms

Steven_Seagal Published 05/09/2018

Did you guess all of them correctly?

1.
Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
2.
The Country’s Best Yogurt
3.
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
4.
Leon Leonwood Bean
5.
CAPTCHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
6.
ALF - Alien Life Form
7.
Lucky-Goldstar (later changed to the company's slongan Life’s Good)
8.
BASE JUMPING - Building, Antenna, Span, or Earth Jumping
9.
Government Employees Insurance Company
10.
World Wildlife Fund
11.
Zone Improvement Plan
12.
James Cash Penney
13.
CARE-Package - Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
14.
REI - Recreational Equipment, Inc.
15.
SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
16.
Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch
17.
(Roy) Allen and (Frank) Wright
18.
Consumer Value Stores
19.
AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave
20.
Beverly Jean, the daughter of Mervyn Weich, who was the company’s first president
21.
AFLAC - American Family Life Assurance Company

1.
Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
2.
The Country’s Best Yogurt
3.
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
4.
Leon Leonwood Bean
5.
CAPTCHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
6.
ALF - Alien Life Form
7.
Lucky-Goldstar (later changed to the company's slongan Life’s Good)
8.
BASE JUMPING - Building, Antenna, Span, or Earth Jumping
9.
Government Employees Insurance Company
10.
World Wildlife Fund
11.
Zone Improvement Plan
12.
James Cash Penney
13.
CARE-Package - Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
14.
REI - Recreational Equipment, Inc.
15.
SCUBA - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
16.
Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch
17.
(Roy) Allen and (Frank) Wright
18.
Consumer Value Stores
19.
AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave
20.
Beverly Jean, the daughter of Mervyn Weich, who was the company’s first president
21.
AFLAC - American Family Life Assurance Company