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

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Missing 'I' Acronyms Quiz

by MrChewypoo

Created Oct 10, 2012 in Language
Featured Apr 9, 2013
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	JBNelson:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 04:10 GMT		5 points
	I love it when I guess, and it it turns out that the Irish teacher organization is an actual thing!

	duncandm:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 04:31 GMT		9 points
	@JBNelson That it's spelled "organisation" was a hint for me

	halophex:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 04:40 GMT		7 points
	ICBM reminded me of ICUP which reminded me that I am a grown man with a 3rd grade sense of humor

	Fraternite:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 05:14 GMT		27 points
	You insure an asset against loss by buying some sort of insurance. You ensure something by providing some sort of guarantee. So assuming TIP wasn't some sort of false explanation for a non-acronym (which it is), it should be "to ensure promptness", or TEP.

	armadilloking:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 05:28 GMT		15 points
	A lot of these would make good joke answers if you put in 'Irish' instead of the correct answer. For example, Central Irish Agency, Very Irish Person, Sudden Irish Death Syndrome, As Far As Irish Know, etc.

	Guinefort:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 05:35 GMT		12 points
	To follow up from Fraternite: according to the OED, tip was slang for "to give" going back at least as far as the early seventeenth century, people started using it to mean to give money to a server as far back as the early eighteenth century. It isn't an acronym. The rule of thumb I've heard is that any etymology based on an acronym for a word appearing before the 1940s is almost certainly false.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 08:07 GMT		15 points
	I would like to third the opinion that "TIP" should be removed. It is a common misconception, but one nonetheless. More information can be found at snopes: http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.asp

	hiariej:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 08:18 GMT		4 points
	I fully agree with the above posts that TIP should be removed - it's a false etymology, while insure isn't even the proper word. Still, I love the series, with this being significantly more difficult than any of the previous ones.

	eriatarka1:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 08:31 GMT		9 points
	I saw ICP and went immediately looking for Insane. Ah well...

	tescohorseburger:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 08:50 GMT		2 points
	Homer Simpson: "what does the I stand for again?"

	Ulkomaalainen:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 10:10 GMT		1 point
	Yes, I totally forgot to mention that - the issues mentioned above notwithstanding - this is another great installment of a great series, although infinitely more difficult, judging by my score.

	SJAROX99:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 12:09 GMT		-1 points
	Works either way, doesn't it? Means the same thing. Great quiz, looking forward to the next. I'm fairly sure the UK has more GIs than a lot of countries round here...

	buckeyebob:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 12:57 GMT		2 points
	Agree with all on the "tip" issue. http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.asp

	skuban:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 14:54 GMT		2 points
	Luckily for leprechauns and the other folks on the island, Sudden Irish Death Syndrome is not a thing.

	LauraF84:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 18:08 GMT		4 points
	GI = Gastrointestinal?

	elcropsziuq:	Apr 10th, 2013 at 20:59 GMT		1 point
	When I saw RIT I immediately thought of Rochester Institute of Technology...then that brought up NTID National Technical Institute for the Deaf (they are under RIT and sister school to Gallaudet :) ). I also thought of MIT lol. Great quiz even though I biffed a few...