Can you pick the 'G' word to complete these abbreviations and acronyms?

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Missing 'G' Acronyms Quiz

by MrChewypoo

Created Sep 16, 2012 in Language
Featured Mar 12, 2013
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	Remember_snood:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 04:05 GMT		17 points
	Gnus gone wild? Aarrgghh

	LICA98:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 05:14 GMT		0 points
	Hard...

	clapifyoulikeme:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 05:58 GMT		8 points
	SHOUT OUT TO DAN SAVAGE. LOVE IT.

RickinHK:

Mar 12th, 2013 at 06:01 GMT

1 point

We still remember you Douglas Adams!

	smithy3311:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 07:26 GMT		23 points
	Gnu's 'n' Roses - oops - must read the answer carefully ....!

	littlemermaid:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 11:09 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz!

	Ulkomaalainen:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 12:30 GMT		4 points
	Small typo: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - small "b", as in the abb/acr.

	kepswa:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 12:54 GMT		13 points
	PNG is better known to me as Papua New Guinea

	sufradley:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 13:11 GMT		7 points
	I'm not sure what I was thinking with "girls into double play".

	11042:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 14:35 GMT		30 points
	Why in the world would you abbreviate "No Go" as "N/G"?

	Jeffhabfan:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 15:34 GMT		-1 points
	Well, like, you totally save on using that one, like, character, ya know? :p

	JWJr:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 16:40 GMT		1 point
	"BFG" means something else completely to us old DOOM players.

	SJAROX99:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 17:22 GMT		0 points
	I knew Exempli Gratia. After I clicked on the wrong one of course...

	rct:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 21:09 GMT		7 points
	Can I be the wet blanket that says that not only are many of these rarely (if ever) used, that none of them are acronyms? That they're all, instead, abbreviations? No? I'll just show myself out.

	MrChewypoo:	Mar 13th, 2013 at 02:09 GMT		2 points
	@rct: Oh you WB, you ;-) This comment actually comes up quite often, and is a valid yet tricky argument. In the process of creating this quiz series, I have yet to find an official, universally agreed-to definition of an "acronym". By some accounts, a true "acronym" is itself a pronounceable word (by this definition "BOGO", "GNU", "APGAR" might apply in this quiz). Using such a restrictive definition of an acronym, however, vastly limits the number of true acronyms ("SCUBA", "RADAR", "SNAFU" come to mind, but not many others). The quiz clearly states both acronyms and abbreviations. I think it's clear enough for us all to understand without being overly pedantic about it. BTW, I think only about three of these acron… abbreviations are not commonly used. It all comes down to our individual experiences. For me, N/G is a very common one but clearly not for others. It has military roots, but I think it derives from repetitive manufacturing, saving that poor “o” key being pressed a million times a day. Thanks all for playing and supporting this quiz series! TTFN.

	m_twmba:	Mar 13th, 2013 at 04:37 GMT		2 points
	Another entertaining quiz as always :-) If I may contribute the opinion of a linguist...generally speaking, what defines an acronym is the ability for it to be pronounced as a word by itself (such as SCUBA and RADAR as mentioned earlier). When the letters don't form a new word and are pronounced separately, such as TNT or LSD, then it's generally called an "initialism". However, both acronyms and initialisms can be classed as abbreviations. Hope this helps!

	Zak6009:	Mar 13th, 2013 at 10:27 GMT		1 point
	Oh man I remember when I started taking up piano, my teacher taught me to use the G7 and kept referring to it as the "big friendly giant".

	rct:	Mar 15th, 2013 at 00:10 GMT		1 point
	@MrChewyPoo: Thanks for the explanation. I was kind of jokingly bringing it to attention because the short-form title of these quizzes has the "abbreviations" part missing. Though I'm guessing you have no control over that :). Anyways, I do love these and always play them. Kudos!

	xhuax2:	May 18th, 2013 at 21:13 GMT		1 point
	I think these quizzes could use another minute. That will allow more time to search for what the correct answer could be for those who aren't familiar with some of these acronyms.