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BOGO

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Buy One, Get One

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BOPUS

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Buy One, Pick Up in Store.

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ICYMI

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In case you missed it

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LASER

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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

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PIN

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Personal Identification Number

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SCUBA

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Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

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SNAFU

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Situation Normal, All Fucked Up

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SOHCAHTOA

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Acronym used in mathematics to remember the trigonometric functions sine, cosine, and tangent.

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SONAR

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Sound Navigation And Ranging

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TASER

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Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle

The Taser was first developed in the mid-1970s by American inventor Jack Cover.

The Tom Swift books about an inventor of amazing gadgets were a childhood favorite of Cover.

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VIN

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Vehicle Identification Number

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YOLO

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You Only Live Once.

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ZIP

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Zone Improvement Plan

The term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan; it was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address.

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

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CD-ROM

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Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

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DVD

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Digital Versatile Disc

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GIF

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Graphics Interchange Format

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JPEG

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Joint Photographic Experts Group

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PNG

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Portable Network Graphics

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RAM

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Random Access Memory

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SIM

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Subscriber Identity Module (as in a SIM card)

URL

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URL

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Uniform Resource Locator

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Wifi

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An abbreviation commonly thought to stand for “Wireless Fidelity”, but technically, it doesn’t stand for anything

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CONUS

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Continental United States

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FLOTUS
First Lady Of The United States
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FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
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ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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OCONUS
Outside the Continental United States
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SCOTUS
Supreme Court of the United States
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SWAT
Special Weapons and Tactics
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CPAP
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
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NICU
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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ROM
Range of Motion
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SARS
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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AT&T
American Telephone and Telegraph
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BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
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H&M
Hennes and Mauritz
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IKEA
Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnary. The first two words are the founder’s name, Invgvar Kamprad, and the second two refer to Kamprad’s family farm (Elmtaryd) and hometown (Agunnary, Sweden)
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NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
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UNICEF
United Nations Childrens' Fund
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YAHOO
Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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SPF
Sun Protection Factor
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ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
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CFO
Chief Financial Officer
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YMCA
Young Men's Christian Association
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SMH
Shaking My Head
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EOD
End of Day
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IRS
Internal Revenue Service
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UPS
United Parcel Service
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LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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COP26
Conference of Parties
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SAGE
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
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RADAR
Radio Detection and Ranging
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PoC
Proof of Concept
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MoMA
Museum of Modern Art
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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
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ROI
Return on Investment
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ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
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USA - Patriot Act
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
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UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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ABTA
Association of British Travel Agents
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ACAS
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service | an organisation that helps settle disputes, pronounced “eikass”
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ASA
Advertising Standards Authority
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ASH
Action on Smoking and Health
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BAE
British Aerospace
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BBFC
British Board of Film Classification
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BCC
British Chamber of Commerce
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BME
Black and Minority Ethnic
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BSI
British Standards Institution
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CAA
Civil Aviation Authority
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CAMRA
Campaign for Real Ale
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CAP
Common Agricultural Policy
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CBE
Commander of the British Empire
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CID
Criminal Investigation Department
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CPI
Consumer Price Index
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DBS was CRB
Disclosure and Barring Service Criminal Records Bureau
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DEFRA
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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DIT
The Department for International Trade
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DPP
Director of Public Prosecutions
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EDL
English Defence League
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DVLA
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
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EFTA
European Free Trade Association
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ESOL
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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FCA
Financial Conduct Authority
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FOREST
Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco
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HBOS
Halifax Bank of Scotland
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HMP
Her Majesty's Prison
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HMRC
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
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HS2
High Speed 2
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HSBC
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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HSE
Health and Safety Executive
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ICI
Imperial Chemical Industries
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IPCC
Independent Police Complaints Commission
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IPA
India Pale Ale
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IPPR
Institute for Public Policy Research
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IRA
Irish Republican Army (provos)
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ISA
Individual Savings Account
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ITN
Independent Television News
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LIBOR
London Inter Bank Offered Rate
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LSE
London School of Economics and Political Science
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LSE
London Stock Exchange
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MBE
Member of the British Empire
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MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
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MD
Managing Director Medical Doctor
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MI5
Military Intelligence Section 5
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MORI
Market and Opinion Research International
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MRC
Medical Research Council
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NASUWT
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
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NCA
National Crime Agency
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NICE
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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OBR
Office for Budget Responsibility
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QC
Queen's Counsel
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QUANGO
quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation
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RAC
Royal Automobile Club
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RBOS
Royal Bank of Scotland
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RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
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RMT
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
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RSA
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
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RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary (former police force of Northern Ireland)>
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SFO
Serious Fraud Office
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SOAS
School of Oriental and African Studies
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TCCB
Test and County Cricket Board
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TfL
Transport for London
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TUC
Trades Union Congress
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UDA
Ulster Defence Association
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VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day
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PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction Test
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BCG
Bacille Calmette Guerin

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