ABC Game

ruthbru

sad, stoic, satisified, startled

Sara536

proud, pissed off

badger

triumphant, thrilled, tranquil, tender, tense

Sara536

(feeling) "up", unhappy, unashamed, uprooted, upset

badger

victorious, vexed, vulnerable

grammamuses

wistful   wondering   waiting   worried   wonderful   wary  

badger

X is always hard. Does xenophobic count as an emotion?

XOXO

chronicpain

yearnful, yucky

badger

zippy, zesty, zealous

new topic: acronyms and abbreviations

AK - Alaska, AZ - Arizona, AL - Alabama, AR - Arkansas

ACLU, AARP, AA, AAA

ABBA - The four ABBA members are said to have initially considered Festfolk as their band name, but eventually the first names of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (also known as Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog provided the acronym that made the group world famous.

ruthbru

BCO, B.C., BLT

Kaption

Co. (company)

CEO

CC (closed captioning)

badger

Dec. - December

DA, DACA, DOJ, DOT, DHS, DHHS, DEA, DIY

DOS - disk operating system

Kaption

EOE

Ed.

Etc

ruthbru

Fl (Florida), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time......stroke symptoms), FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), FF (fast forward), FYI (for your information)

badger

GIGO (garbage in, garbage out)

gal. = gallon

ruthbru

KS (Kansas), KIT (keep in touch), KGB (Russian Secret Police), KP (kitchen patrol), KKK (Ku Klux Klan), KFC (Ketucky Fried Chicken

badger

oops Ruth, you skipped a few letters.

we're on H so I'll say H2O and HHH (Hubert H. Humphrey)

ruthbru

Oops! IDK (I don't know), ICE (ice, compression, elevate a sprain), does IHOP stand for anything?

badger

yup, International House of Pancakes

JAMA, JPL, Jan.

(now K)

ruthbru

KS (Kansas), KIT (keep in touch), KGB (Russian Secret Police), KP (kitchen patrol), KKK (Ku Klux Klan), KFC (Ketucky Fried Chicken)

Kaption

Ltd.

lsd

LA (Louisiana)

ruthbru

MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital), MIA (Missing in Action), MLK (Martin Luther King), Mn (Minnesota),

Kaption

ND (North Dakota)

No. (Number)

NAACP

badger

op. cit. = in a work already cited

OMG, OPEC, Oct.

Kaption

PTA

PA (Pennsylvania)

Stratford

Current topic: acronyms and abbreviations

QED

QC (Quebec, or Queen's Counsel)

QLD (Queensland)

ruthbru

RAF (Royal Air Force), R.I. (Rhode Island), RBI (run batted in), RFK (Robert Frances Kennedy), RR (rail road), Rte (route), RSVP

chronicpain

SAC (Strategic Air Command or Sacramento), SEA (Seattle Tacoma airport), STP, SEC ( securities and exchange commission); SAD ( seasonal affective disorder), SOB (short of breath or you know what!)

ruthbru

TLC (tender loving care), TBA (to be arranged), TR (Teddy Roosevelt), TN (Tennessee), TX (Texas), TMI (too much information)

chronicpain

USA, UT (Utah or university of Texas); UTI (urinary tract infection); USPS (US postal service), UA (United Airlines)