Daily Archives: June 28, 2009

Today In History

Posted on June 28, 2009 | Leave a comment

On June 28, 767, St. Paul I ended his reign as Catholic pope. “I just want to slow down, maybe open a gelato store. Being pope isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The robes are itchy, my bunions hurt and that Archdeacon Theophylact, what a pain, ” he said.

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Today’s Obscure Government Acronyms

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We note that the US government is the all-time champion when it comes to creating acronyms.

Here are just a few of the acronyms in use by the US Government:

Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW)

National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED)

Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX)

We also note that there are a few acronyms missing from the official government list. So in the interest of public awareness, we offer the acronyms for some of the more obscure government agencies:

Council on Civic Crime In Xanadu (COCCIX)

Aviation Reconnaissance Mapping of Plant Infestation Territories (ARMPIT)

Secretaries Office for Underwater Nostalgia – Division of Asset Services, Liason, Enforcement, and Entertainment Planning (SOUNDASLEEP)

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