agriculture and manufacturing {A and M}.
also known as {a.k.a.}.
ante meridiem {a.m.}.
alcoholics anonymous {AA}.
American Automobile Association {AAA}.
Amateur Athletic Union {AAU}.
bachelor of arts, or Alberta {AB}.
American Bar Association {ABA}.
abbreviation {abbr.}.
American Broadcasting Company {ABC}.
abridged {abr.}.
air conditioning {a/c}.
alternating current {ac}.
anno domini {AD, year}.
administration {Adm.}.
advertisement {adv.}.
air force {AF}.
air force base {AFB}.
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations {AFL-CIO}.
agent {agt.}.
American Kennel Club {AKC}.
American Medical Association {AMA}.
amount {amt.}.
anonymous {anon.}.
Associated Press {AP}.
all points bulletin {APB}.
army post office {APO}.
approximately {approx.}.
apartment {apt.}.
arrivals {ar.}.
arrivals {arr.}.
as soon as possible {ASAP}.
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers {ASCAP}.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals {ASPCA}.
association {assn.}.
assistant {asst.}.
attorney {att.}.
attention {attn.}.
auxiliary {aux.}.
avoirdupois {avdp.}.
avenue {Ave.}.
average {avg.}.
absent without leave {AWOL}.
barn {b, barn}.
bachelor of arts {BA}.
Better Business Bureau {BBB}.
British Broadcasting Company {BBC}.
before Christ {BC}.
building {bldg.}.
boulevard {blvd.}.
big man on campus {BMOC}.
body odor {BO}.
biochemical oxygen demand {BOD}.
blood pressure {BP}.
brothers {bros.}.
bull shit {BS}.
Boy Scouts of America {BSA}.
bureau {bu.}.
black and white {b/w}.
Chamber of Commerce {C of C}.
Civil Aeronautics Board {CAB}.
calories {cal.}.
captain {Capt.}.
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere {CARE}.
Canadian Broadcasting Company {CBC}.
Columbia Broadcasting Company {CBS}.
cubic centimeters {cc}.
counterclockwise {ccw}.
certificate of deposit or compact disc {CD}.
commander {Cdr.}.
Central Intelligence Agency {CIA}.
corporation {cie.}.
care of {c/o}.
commanding officer {CO}.
company {co.}.
cash on delivery {COD}.
certified public accountant {CPA}.
centimeters per second {cps}.
call to quarters {CQ}.
customer relations management {CRM}.
chief of staff {c/s}.
cerebrospinal fluid {CSF}.
count {ct.}.
center {ctr.}.
cubic {cu.}.
clockwise {cw.}.
hundredweight {cwt.}.
cylinder {cyl.}.
district attorney {DA}.
Daughters of the American Revolution {DAR}.
double {dbl.}.
demand draft or dishonorable discharge or doctor of divinity {DD}.
delivered {dd.}.
Doctor of Dental Science {DDS}.
department {dept.}.
design for manufacturability {DFM}.
disc jockey {DJ}.
dead letter office {DLO}.
down {dn.}.
dead on arrival {DOA}.
doctor {dr.}.
daylight saving time {DST}.
doctor of veterinary medicine {DVM}.
dozen {dz.}.
exempli gratia or for example {e.g.}.
each {ea.}.
editor {ed.}.
electronic design automation {EDA}.
eastern daylight time {EDT}.
eye ear nose and throat {EENT}.
electrocardiogram {EKG}.
elevation {el.}.
electromotive force {EMF}.
Eastern Standard Time {EST}.
et alia or and others {et al.}.
and following {et seq.}.
estimated time of arrival {ETA}.
example {ex.}.
exchange {exc.}.
Fahrenheit {F, Fahrenheit}.
Federal Aviation Authority {FAA}.
Federal Bureau of Investigation {FBI}.
Federal Communications Commission {FCC}.
fire department {FD}.
Food and Drug Administration {FDA}.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation {FDIC}.
following {ff.}.
Future Farmers of America {FFA}.
Federal Housing Authority {FHA}.
Federal Insurance Contribution Act {FICA}.
first in first out {FIFO}.
fluid {fl.}.
feet per second or frames per second {fps.}.
French {Fr.}.
frequency {freq.}.
freight {frt.}.
freeway {frwy.}.
foot {ft.}.
Federal Trade Commission {FTC}.
forward {fwd.}.
for your information {FYI}.
general agent {GA}.
gallon {gal.}.
General Accounting Office {GAO}.
General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs {GATT}.
Greenwich Civil Time {GCT}.
general headquarters {GHQ}.
General Motors {GM}.
Greenwich Mean Time {GMT}.
grand old party {GOP}.
government {govt.}.
grade point average {GPA}.
gallons per minute {gpm.}.
Government Printing Office {GPO}.
general quarters {GQ}.
grade {gr.}.
General Services Administration {GSA}.
guaranteed {gtd.}.
headquarters {hdqrs.}.
hardware {hdwe.}.
high frequency {hf}.
her majesty's ship {HMS}.
honorable {hon.}.
horsepower {hp}.
headquarters {HQ}.
hour {hr.}.
high school {HS}.
height {ht.}.
highway {hwy.}.
id est or that is {i.e.}.
ibidem or same place {ib.}.
ibidem or same place {ibid.}.
intercontinental ballistic missile {ICBM}.
Interstate Commerce Commission {ICC}.
identification {ID}.
identification {id.}.
identification friend or foe {IFF}.
International Labor Organization {ILO}.
imperial gallon {imp.}.
inch {in.}.
included {inc.}.
industry {Ind.}.
institution {inst.}.
international {intl.}.
I owe you {IOU}.
infrared {IR}.
Internal Revenue Service {IRS}.
international units {IU}.
intrauterine device {IUD}.
intravenous {IV}.
junction {jct.}.
junior grade {jg}.
junior {jr.}.
junior varsity {JV}.
Knights of Columbus {K of C}.
kilocycles {kc}.
Ku Klux Klan {KKK}.
kitchen patrol {KP}.
kilowatts {kW}.
kilowatt hours {kwh}.
Library of Congress {L.C.}.
pound {lb.}.
large {lg.}.
last in first out {LIFO}.
lines {ll.}.
bachelor of law {LL.B.}.
doctor of law {LL.D.}.
place cited {loc. cit.}.
logarithm {log.}.
speaks or loquitur {loq.}.
liquefied petroleum gas {LPG}.
light {lt.}.
limited {ltd.}.
master of arts {MA}.
master of ceremonies {MC}.
medical doctor {MD}.
merchandise {mdse.}.
messieurs {Messrs.}.
manufactured {mfd}.
manufacturing {mfg.}.
manufacturer {mfr.}.
manager {mgr.}.
missing in action {MIA}.
miscellaneous {misc.}.
mademoiselle {Mlle}.
multilevel marketing {MLM}. People receive commissions from their own sales and from sales by people that they have recruited.
madame {Mme}.
month {mo.}.
military police {MP}.
miles per gallon {mpg}.
miles per hour {mph}.
manuscript {MS}.
monsignor {Msgr.}.
manuscript {MSS}.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People {NAACP}.
National Association of Manufacturers {NAM}.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration {NASA}.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization {NATO}.
note bene or note well {NB}.
National Basketball Association {NBA}.
National Broadcasting Company {NBC}.
National Bureau of Standards {NBS}.
National Collegiate Athletic Association {NCAA}.
non-commissioned officer {NCO}.
National Endowment for the Arts {NEA}.
National Football League {NFL}.
National Hockey League {NHL}.
National Labor Relations Board {NLRB}.
number {no.}.
numbers {nos.}.
notary public {NP}.
National Security Council {NSC}.
National Science Foundation {NSF}.
net weight {nt. wt.}.
northwest {NW}.
New York City {NYC}.
New York Stock Exchange {NYSE}.
on or about {o/a}.
Organization of American States {OAS}.
obiter or incidentally {ob.}.
officer commanding {OC}.
Officer Candidate School {OCS}.
on demand or overdraft {o/d}.
optometry doctor or officer of the day {OD}.
opposite or operation {op.}.
work cited {op. cit.}.
opposite {opp.}.
ordinary seaman {OS}.
out of stock {o/s}.
ounce {oz.}.
post meridiem {p.m.}.
public address {PA}.
Police Athletic League {PAL}.
private branch exchange {PBX}.
percent {pct}.
police department {PD}.
paid {pd.}.
pretty damn quick {PDQ}.
private first class {Pfc.}.
page {pg.}.
Professional Golfers Association {PGA}.
philosophy doctor {Ph.D.}.
Public Health Service {PHS}.
pajamas {pj}.
park {pk}.
package {pkg.}.
parkway {pkwy}.
place or plural {pl.}.
post meridiem {PM}.
post office {PO}.
port of entry {POE}.
prisoner of war {POW}.
pages {pp.}.
post paid {ppd.}.
pages per inch or pixels per inch {PPI} {ppi}.
post postscript {PPS}.
public relations {PR}.
pair or present {pr.}.
post script {PS}.
pint {pt.}.
Parent-Teacher Association {PTA}.
private {Pvt.}.
power {pwr.}.
quart or quarter {q, quart}.
secretly {q.t.}.
which see or quod vide {q.v.}.
proved {QED}.
quarter master {QM}.
secret, or on the quiet {QT}.
quart {qt.}.
rear admiral {RAdm.}.
red blood cell {RBC}.
Red Cross or Roman Catholic {RC}.
rural delivery {RD}.
road {rd.}.
received {recd.}.
regular or regent or registered {reg.}.
rural free delivery {RFD}.
request for proposal {RFP}.
rest in peace {RIP}.
room {rm.}.
registered nurse {RN}.
reserve officer training corps {ROTC}.
revolutions per second {rps}.
railroad {RR}.
right {rt.}.
route {rte}.
railway {rwy}.
Salvation Army {SA}.
Strategic Air Command {SAC}.
Society of Automotive Engineers {SAE}.
science bachelor {SB}.
Small Business Administration {SBA}.
science doctor {Sc.D.}.
southeast {SE}.
Securities and Exchange Commission {SEC}.
section {sec.}.
section {sect.}.
secretary {secy.}.
sequence {seq.}.
sequentia or the following {seqq.}.
science fiction {sf}.
sergeant {Sgt.}.
Society of Jesus {SJ}.
small {sm.}.
standard operating procedure {SOP}.
special {sp.}.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals {SPCA}.
Senate and People of Rome {SPQR}.
senior {sr.} {Sr.}.
standing room only {SRO}.
Selective Service System {SSS}.
street or saint {St.}.
standard {std.}.
southwest {SW}.
ton {t}.
tablespoon {tbs.}.
technical knockout {TKO}.
tender loving care {TLC}.
transcendental meditation {TM}.
ton {tn}.
turnpike {tpk.}.
transitive or translated {tr.}.
teaspoon {tsp.}.
television {TV}.
Tennessee Valley Authority {TVA}.
township {twp.}.
union or university {U, university}.
United States {U.S.}.
United Auto Workers {UAW}.
ultra high frequency {uhf}.
United Kingdom {UK}.
Underwriters Laboratories {UL}.
United Mine Workers {UMW}.
United Nations {UN}.
United Nations Economic and Social and Cultural Organization {UNESCO}.
United Nations International Children's Fund {UNICEF}.
United Press International {UPI}.
United States Air Force {USAF}.
United States Coast Guard {USCG}.
United States Department of Agriculture {USDA}.
United States information Agency {USIA}.
United States Lawn Tennis Association {USLTA}.
United States Marine Corps {USMC}.
United States Navy {USN}.
United Service Organization {USO}.
United States Pharmacopoeia {USP}.
United States Ship {USS}.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics {USSR}.
usually {usu.}.
ultraviolet {UV}.
underwriter {UW}.
velocity or volt {v, volt}.
Veterans Administration {VA}.
venereal disease {VD}.
veteran or veterinary {vet}.
volunteer fire department {VFD}.
Veterans of Foreign Wars {VFW}.
very important person {VIP}.
see {viz.}.
vice president {VP}.
versus {vs.}.
vertical takeoff and landing {VTOL}.
vice versa {vv.}.
work or week or width {w, width}.
Women's Army Corps {WAC}.
Women in Air Force {WAF}.
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service {WAVES}.
white blood cell {WBC}.
water closet {WC}.
Women's Christian Temperance Union {WCTU}.
wholesale {whsle.}.
week {wk.}.
without {w/o}.
Works Progress Administration {WPA}.
words per minute {wpm}.
weight {wt.}.
world war {WW}.
Christ {X, Christ}.
extra large {XL}.
yard {yd.}.
Young Men's Christian Association {YMCA}.
year {yr.}.
Young Women's Christian Association {YWCA}.
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