27 Acronyms of Famous Businesses.

Nathan Johnson Published 12/04/2020 in wow

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1.
BMW – Bavarian Motor Works
2.
TASER – Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, a 1911 science fiction novel by Victor Appleton that imagined an electric gun
3.
ZIP Code – Zone Improvement Plan Code, which was created to improve the efficiency of the USPS
4.
M&M’s – Mars and Murrie, the last name of company founders Forrest Mars, Sr. and Bruce Murrie
5.
GEICO – Government Employees Insurance Company
6.
SMART Car – Swatch Mercedes Art. This name came about because this line of compact vehicles is the product of a collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes-Benz.
7.
CVS – Consumer Value Stores
8.
A&W – the A and W of A&W represent the last names of this fast-food franchise’s founders, Roy Allen and Frank Wright
9.
JBL – James B. Lansing
10.
CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
11.
HSBC – Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
12.
FIAT – Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, which translates, appropriately, to “Italian automobile factory of Turin.”
13.
PAM – Product of Arthur Meyerhoff
14.
H&M – Hennes & Mauritz
15.
AFLAC – American Family Life Assurance Company
16.
IBM – International Business Machines
17.
JCPenney – James Cash Penney
18.
L.L. BEAN – Leon Leonwood Bean (the founder)
19.
REI – Recreational Equipment, Inc.
20.
NECCO – New England Confectionery Company
21.
3M – Originally called the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
22.
TCBY – The Country’s Best Yogurt
23.
YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
24.
YKK – Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, which translates to Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation in English
25.
UPS – United Parcel Service
26.
ALF – Alien Life Form
27.
ESPN – Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

1.
BMW – Bavarian Motor Works
2.
TASER – Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, a 1911 science fiction novel by Victor Appleton that imagined an electric gun
3.
ZIP Code – Zone Improvement Plan Code, which was created to improve the efficiency of the USPS
4.
M&M’s – Mars and Murrie, the last name of company founders Forrest Mars, Sr. and Bruce Murrie
5.
GEICO – Government Employees Insurance Company
6.
SMART Car – Swatch Mercedes Art. This name came about because this line of compact vehicles is the product of a collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes-Benz.
7.
CVS – Consumer Value Stores
8.
A&W – the A and W of A&W represent the last names of this fast-food franchise’s founders, Roy Allen and Frank Wright
9.
JBL – James B. Lansing
10.
CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
11.
HSBC – Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
12.
FIAT – Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, which translates, appropriately, to “Italian automobile factory of Turin.”
13.
PAM – Product of Arthur Meyerhoff
14.
H&M – Hennes & Mauritz
15.
AFLAC – American Family Life Assurance Company
16.
IBM – International Business Machines
17.
JCPenney – James Cash Penney
18.
L.L. BEAN – Leon Leonwood Bean (the founder)
19.
REI – Recreational Equipment, Inc.
20.
NECCO – New England Confectionery Company
21.
3M – Originally called the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
22.
TCBY – The Country’s Best Yogurt
23.
YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
24.
YKK – Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, which translates to Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation in English
25.
UPS – United Parcel Service
26.
ALF – Alien Life Form
27.
ESPN – Entertainment and Sports Programming Network