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An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word, for example, NASA, NATO and the NHS.

Common Acronyms

1. BBC
2. ISA
3. MORI
4. SIM
5. WAGs








6. ASBO
7. QUANGO
8. NATO
9. YMCA
10. NASA
11. SCUBA
12. CAPTCHA
13. LASER
14. GIF
15. ESPN
16. B&Q
17. IVF
18. POTUS
19. ASLEF
20. HBOS

Answers:

1. BBC - The British Broadcasting Company,
2. ISA – individual savings account
3. MORI – market and opinion research international
4. SIM (card) - subscriber identification module
5. WAGs – wives and girlfriends (usually meaning of sportsmen, most famously of the England football team)
6. ASBO – (an) anti-social behaviour order
7. QUANGO – quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation
8. NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
9. YMCA - Young Men's Christian Association
10. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
11. SCUBA - self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
12. CAPTCHA - completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart
13. LASER - light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
14. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
15. ESPN - Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
16. B&Q - Block & Quayle (Founded by Richard Block and David Quayle in 1969)
17. IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
18. POTUS - President of the United States








19. ASLEF – Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
20. HBOS – Halifax Bank of Scotland