Initials That Meant More Than They Realized

[Arizona Hot]

Did you know that the Microsoft “Critical Updated Notification Utility” was originally named the “Critical Update Notification Tool” (CUNT)? Comment from there: "Which makes me think the Microsoft one was intentional by some programmer prankster." by Presidential Fitness

[rjbull]

I heard that, back when genetic engineering was hot and every hastily-created new company had to have some element of "genetic" in its name, the Italian government wanted to set up a state one.  It was to have been called "Genitalia."

In similar vein, there's a story that when Idi Amin was megalomaniac dictator of Uganda, he hatched a plan to rename Uganda "Idiland."  Until some brave soul pointed out that people who live in Cyprus are called "Cypriots"...

[tomos]

^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc

[Arizona Hot]

^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc

-tomos (September 10, 2012, 04:53 PM)

Tomos: For rjbull or me?

[Stoic Joker]

^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc

-tomos (September 10, 2012, 04:53 PM)

Tomos: For rjbull or me?

-Arizona Hot (September 12, 2012, 10:44 AM)

hehe, I'll give you both one:

 

[TaoPhoenix]

^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc

-tomos (September 10, 2012, 04:53 PM)

This one? 

 

[daddydave]

In reference to the picture in the original post, the World Taekwondo Federation should sue.

[Edvard]

http://theimho.org/
http://en.wikipedia....Tenant_Farmers_Union
http://www.kthxfm.com/
http://dl.acm.org/ci...ation.cfm?id=1159955