[DruulEmpire]

Let's also REMember that REM can mean Rapid Eye Movement, referring to the dream state of **82**, and is not to be confused with BEM, a long-coined science fiction term for Bug-Eyed Monster -- although I wonder how many a BEM has been seen during REM.

But I am shocked -- shocked! -- that this thread has come so far without Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation -- LASER!

[Hiram]

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DruulEmpire said:But I am shocked -- shocked! -- that this thread has come so far without Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation -- LASER!

Good point.

Or

RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging

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[MasterDragonfly]

LASER is a good one.  I was a huge fan of geeky things such as this when I was a wee lad.  I don't know that I could put a specific age on it, but I was probably fascinated with the LASER from maybe ages 8 through 18, or thereabouts.

Master "saw the LASER demo at the Ontario Science Centre many times" Dragonfly

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AMerican stock EXchange [New York City]


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[TheZookie007]

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Master "dad would also get correspondence from NASA periodically" Dragonfly

MD's dad = cool

How about an oldie but a goodie, one of the most appropriate acronyms ever:

MAD = Mutually Assured Destruction

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ANUS American Nihilist Underground Society
ANUS Animals Need Universal Support (Stan Lee's Stripperella)
ANUS Annual Net Usage Statistics (Friends episode 116)


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**02** - People Eating Tasty Animals

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**02**- Please Explain This Acronym

PENIS- Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy (NMR technique

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