backronym

I had a chuckle a while ago with a couple of computer related ones :
PENTIUM: Produces Erroneous Numbers Thru Improper Use of Mathematics
WINDOWS: We Install Needless Data On the Whole System
and my favorite one ever
MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash If Not The Operating System Hangs

SCUD missles, recently sent off by North Korea and used against Israel during the Gulf War (I believe): Sure Could Use Directions (because of their inaccuracy).

Thank you very much, Philip.
It seems I need a little further explanation about
'Sure Could Use Directions'.

Hi guys,

I've often seen and enjoyed these kinds of things, but I've never actually heard the term 'backronym'. I quite like it.

It does get some hits in google. Maybe I just need to get out of the house more.

Best wishes, Clive

CliveHi guys,

I've often seen and enjoyed these kinds of things, but I've never actually heard the term 'backronym'. I quite like it.

It does get some hits in google. Maybe I just need to get out of the house more.

Best wishes, Clive

I'd never heard the term before, either. I think it is a great wor

ItasanThank you very much, Philip.
It seems I need a little further explanation about
'Sure Could Use Directions'.

The scuds that were being launched onto Israeli holdings were not hitting their intended target.

One of my favorites was invented by my brother after a visit to Disney World - EPCOT - extremely profitable catcher of tourists.

Thank you, Barb. Interesting! Does EPCOT have a meaning by itself too?

EPCOT is actually an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, a utopian city of the future planned by Walt Disney.

Indeed it did. But don't you think my brother's is more accurate?