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| − | + | The act of creating an organization less for actual merit than for the sake of creating a ''hilarious'' pun. | |
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*Biomedical Library Acquisitions Bulletin (BLAB) | *Biomedical Library Acquisitions Bulletin (BLAB) | ||
*Farmers Against Ridiculous Taxes (FART) | *Farmers Against Ridiculous Taxes (FART) | ||
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*Pipe Organ Owners and Players (POOP) | *Pipe Organ Owners and Players (POOP) | ||
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*Collection, Receiving and Pickups (CRAP) | *Collection, Receiving and Pickups (CRAP) | ||
*First Action In Learning (FAIL) | *First Action In Learning (FAIL) | ||
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| + | Other TLAs and XTLAs of note: | ||
| + | *Design-Induced Error (DIE) | ||
| + | *Perl Object-Oriented Persistence (POOP) | ||
[[Category:Memes]] [[Category: RaD]] | [[Category:Memes]] [[Category: RaD]] | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 19 March 2010
The act of creating an organization less for actual merit than for the sake of creating a hilarious pun.
Real world examples include:
- Biomedical Library Acquisitions Bulletin (BLAB)
- Farmers Against Ridiculous Taxes (FART)
- Pipe Organ Owners and Players (POOP)
- Collection, Receiving and Pickups (CRAP)
- First Action In Learning (FAIL)
Other TLAs and XTLAs of note:
- Design-Induced Error (DIE)
- Perl Object-Oriented Persistence (POOP)