UPS anagrams

[The-UK-Guy]

ok, All Good Kids Like Milk what is the correct word used to describe the meaning of this is it a Mnemonic ?

 

[The-UK-Guy]

I believe the actual word for it is an "acronym"

but obviously everyone knew what he meant so it doesn't really matter does it?

Oh it matters to me , now I cant remember the correct word and its pissing me off .
I dont think that its an acronym because an acronym is a word, not abbreviations of many words . I supose if you were to say ups how its spelled and not U P S how its abbreiviated then it would be an acronym but we comonly refer to brown the latter way . '

someone help me sleep and post the correct term Please

 

[SmithBarney]

UPS- United Package Smashers (I didn't come up with it.)
UPS- Ur Package Sucks


DHL Delivering Hearts & Livers (remember the news last year)
DHL Duey Huey and Lewie... the silly ducks from the cartoon.

 

[moreluck]

acronym: a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters .

UK-Guy......looks like it is the right term.....hope you can sleep now

 

[The-UK-Guy]

acronym: a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters .

UK-Guy......looks like it is the right term.....hope you can sleep now

thanks man goodnight

 

[Cementups]

I had put one up but I think a Mod deleted due to language. My bad!

 

[scratch]

I had put one up but I think a Mod deleted due to language. My bad!

There were a couple deleted due to language. A couple of you guys were having a little too much fun with this thread!

 

[MonavieLeaker]

Under Performing System (PAS reference)

 

[wyobill]

UPS......U Pay Severly......... LOL

 

[dave_socal]

United Pot Smokers I saw that embroidered on a brown cap with a gold marijuana leaf as the UPS shield. The dude in this article was wearing it http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/120105
I also saw a sticker that said UPS it was from the University of Puget Sound http://www.ups.edu.

 

[Deeohem]

terminology..

All Good Kids Like Milk is a Mnemonic. (btw, I've seen pneumonic and mneumonic both used in internal UPS docs *shudder*)


an abbreviation is shortening any term to something smaller. Dr for Doctor is an abbreviation as is FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Acronyms are abbreviations which are designed to be used as words in themselves. eg PAS or EDD or LASER. They usually take just the initial letter but not only, see RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging)

anagram is reording of the letters in a phrase to make another phrase. It was actually used in the early modern period to show that you knew a secret without giving the secret away (write a phrase in Latin describing what you knew. publish an anagram of that phrase

This thread has been doing the opposite of acronyms. I think the term is retronym.

and now to stay on topic. this one was from a cheesy book I read in grade school, and I'm almost embarrassed that a) I read it and b) I remember this part.

Untied
Parcel
Service

which has a rather simple anagram in the first word

 

[Raw]

UPS- unprotected penetrative sex

 

[Raw]

UPS- Under Personal Supervision

 

[Raw]

UPS- Uninteresting, Pernicious Stooge

 

[DS]

This thread has been doing the opposite of acronyms. I think the term is retronym.

Word of the day...
a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so 'analog clock' is a retronym"

what we have here is a parodicon
its a parody of an icon

ok I made it up but it describes it better than retonym

 

[0759THazMat02]

ok time to put in my contribution NOTE: most of what will be seen on this post is more likely already here so don't shoot me.

Under Paid Slaves
United Pot Smokers
U Piece of
Unified Pissant Society
Union of Poor heads
United Parcel Swallows
Ur Package Sucks
U People Suck
and finally
United Package Stealers

 

[filthpig]

I believe the actual word for it is an "acronym"

but obviously everyone knew what he meant so it doesn't really matter does it?

Actually it does matter. And hope someone defending you in a court of law feels the same way.

 

[Abigpileofbrown]

United
Pruning
Service

For drivers that love trees

 

[hseofpayne]

Unskilled
Peasant
Slaves

Unloved
Persecuted
Simpletons

 

[moreluck]

Under Personal Scrutiny