{"id":3659,"date":"2012-02-09T13:48:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T05:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:30:58","slug":"13-extremely-unfortunate-abbreviations-that-you-couldnt-show-your-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/13-extremely-unfortunate-abbreviations-that-you-couldnt-show-your-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Extremely Unfortunate Abbreviations That You Couldn’t Show Your Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe English language is being increasingly condensed; sometimes it is appropriate, most of the time it isn’t. Here are 13 occasions when the human tendency to condense words resulted in extremely unfortunate abbreviations, for which we are extremely grateful.<\/p>\n

As usual with these things, the contents of some of these pictures are not for the easily offended… the clue’s in the title.<\/p>\n

Need help with your written English? Take a look at our proofreading services.<\/p>\n

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Sounds delicious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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What? No mayonnaise?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some guys are just naturally gifted I guess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Now there’s a story<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Do fans need to get themselves checked out?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Not so cute anymore hey?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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No comment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Things may have been very different if only that street light hadn’t been there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Not so keen on fighting for the remote control now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Appreciate the honesty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Is this organic?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With a job title like that you were asking for trouble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But will it freshen my breath?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Have you spotted any unfortunate abbreviations? Send them in to us, even proofreaders appreciate a laugh every once in a while!<\/p>\n

If you like these, you’ll love our sexually explicit proofreading errors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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