You Probably Hear These 16 Acronyms All The Time, But Do You Know What They Stand For?
The names of these brands and people are pretty easy to remember thanks to their use of acronyms and initials.Â
M&M's stands for Mars & Murrie. They're named after Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, the sons of the Mars and Hershey fortunes.
ASICS is an acronym for the Latin phrase, "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano" which means "A sound mind in a sound body."Â
The famous poets initials stood for Edward Estlin Cummings.Â
Elwyn Brooks White.
CVS is now just called CVS, but when they first opened, the letters stood for Consumer Value Store.Â
The real name for this painful device is Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.Â
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Herbert George Wells
The ZIP in ZIP Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan.
GEICO used to stand for "Government Employees Insurance Company."
People have said that ADIDAS stand for "All Day I Dream About Soccer," but it's actually a derivative of the Adi Dassler, the name of the founder.Â
The "K" in J.K. Rowling doesn't actually stand for anything. Joanne Rowling doesn't have a middle name, but her publishers wanted to add another initial to her name for her book. She settled on Kathleen, the name of her favorite grandmother.Â
The Smart Car was a collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes Benz and originally called the Swatch and Mercedes Art Car.Â
Today TCBY stands for The Country's Best Yogurt, but used to be called This Can't Be Yogurt.Â
The full name of the luxury vehicle is actually Bavarian Motor Work.Â
The fashion retailer's full name is actually Hennes & Mauritz.Â