Famous Acronyms for Organizations
- 4H – Head, Heart, Hands, Health
- ACL – American Consultants League
- ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union
- ACT – Association for Commuter Transportation
- ALS Association – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
- AWAI – American Writers and Artists Institute
- BBB – Better Business Bureau
- CAUSE – Council of Actions United for Service Efforts
- COMPA – Conference of Minority Public Administrators
- DMEF – Direct Marketing Educational Foundation
- EPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency
- FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
- HSLDA – Home School Legal Defense Association
- HUD – Housing and Urban Development
- IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency
- INTERPOL – International Crime Police Organization
- IOC – International Olympic Committee
- IRS – Internal Revenue Service
- ISO – International Organization for Standardization
- NABET – National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
- NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NRA – National Rifle Association
- OPEC – Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- TRANSED – Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
- UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
- WHO – World Health Organization
- WWF – World Wildlife Fund
- YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
Famous Company Acronyms
- 3M – The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
- A&W – Allen and Wright (founders Roy Allen and Frank Wright)
- AT&T – American Telephone and Telegraph Company
- BMW – Bavarian Motor Works
- BVD – Bradley, Voorhees, and Day
- CVS – Consumer Value Stores
- GEICO – Government Employees Insurance Company
- ESPN – Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
- EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
- H&R Block – Henry and Richard Block (actual last name was Bloch)
- H&M – Hennes and Mauritz
- HSBC – Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
- IBM – International Business Machines
- JBL – James Bullough Lansing
- L.L. Bean – Leon Leonwood Bean
- M&M – Mars & Murrie’s
- MAC – Make-up Art Cosmetics
- NBC – National Broadcasting Company
- PAM Cooking Spray – Product of Arthur Meyerhoff
- NERF – Non-Expandable Recreational Foam
- REI – Recreational Equipment, Inc.
- SPAM – Shoulder of Pork and Ham
- TASER – Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle
- TCBY – The Country’s Best Yogurt
- T.G.I Fridays – Thank God It’s Fridays
- UPS – United Parcel Service
- WD-40 – Water Displacement 40th formula
- WWE – World Wrestling Entertainment
- YAHOO! – Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
- YKK – Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation