Decryption Of World Businesses Acronyms (25 pics)

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TASER - Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, a 1911 science fiction novel by Victor Appleton that imagined an electric gun

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ZIP Code - Zone Improvement Plan Code, which was created to improve the efficiency of the USPS

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GEICO - Government Employees Insurance Company

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M&M’s - Mars and Murrie, the last name of company founders Forrest Mars, Sr. and Bruce Murrie

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SMART Car - Swatch Mercedes Art. This name came about because this line of compact vehicles is the product of a collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes-Benz.

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CVS - Consumer Value Stores

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A&W - the A and W of A&W represent the last names of this fast-food franchise’s founders, Roy Allen and Frank Wright

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JBL - James B. Lansing

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CAPTCHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

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HSBC - Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

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FIAT - Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, which translates, appropriately, to "Italian automobile factory of Turin."

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PAM - Product of Arthur Meyerhoff

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AFLAC - American Family Life Assurance Company

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IBM - International Business Machines

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JCPenney - James Cash Penney

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L.L. BEAN - Leon Leonwood Bean (the founder)

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REI - Recreational Equipment, Inc.

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NECCO - New England Confectionery Company

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3M - Originally called the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

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TCBY - The Country’s Best Yogurt

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YMCA - Young Men's Christian Association

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YKK - Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, which translates to Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation in English

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UPS - United Parcel Service

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ALF - Alien Life Form