14 Embarrassing Acronym Fails

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One of the reasons people use acronyms is to easily remember certain facts. An example is a student creating one to try and easily remember information for a test.

Well, this acronym wasn’t created to remember information for a test. In fact, good luck remember any of what “ReINVEST” stands for, which is “Reducing Impulsivity in Repeat Violent Offenders Using A Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.” Whatever the hell that title means.

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“Women Take Flight” sounds like a mantra spoken during feminist meetings. However, if they look at this particular hat and the acronym, “WTF”, their meeting may take a dramatic turn. It’s unclear where this hat was being sold or what the phrase was really supposed to mean, especially since it’s giving mixed messages.

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Compared to the other acronym fails on this list, this one isn’t all that bad… until you get to the last word in the title.

Here, a company is promoting their solar-powered pedestrian crosswalk. The acronym, “HAWK”, stands for “High-intensity Activated Crosswalk”. Apparently, they included the W and K in crosswalk. The creators must have been desperate to have “HAWK” as their acronym.

But seriously, they could’ve used the C and spelled “H.A.W.C.” It would look funny, but it would still be pronounced the same.

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Droughts can be rough, and it’s very important to conserve water the best you can. That was what this sign was trying to tell people, when California was going through one. The idea of making “WATER” the acronym for a sign meant to tell people to conserve water during a drought was clever, but the letters that make up an acronym should only be made up of the first letter of each word in the phrase or title.

The A is part of a three-word phrase, while the TER is part of a single word! This is also known as something that is… not an acronym!

 

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