COMMONLY MISPELLED WORDS

beginning

absence

belief indicating the noun

acceptable

believe indicating the verb

accessible

beneficial

accommodation

business

accomplish

achievement

calendar

acquire

campaign

address

category

advertisement

cemetery

advice (noun)

challenge

advise (verb)

characteristic

amateur

cigarette

apartment

clothes

appearance

column

argument

committee

athletic

commitment

attendance

completely

condemn

basically

conscience

conscientious

effect

conscious

eighth

controversy

either

convenient

embarrass

correspondence

encouragement

criticism

enemy

entirely

deceive

environment

definitely

especially

definition

exaggerate

department

excellent

describe

existence

despair

experience

desperate

experiment

development

difference

difficult

familiar

disappointed

February

discipline

finally

disease

financial

foreign

easily

foreigner

formerly

incredible

forty

independent

fourth

influential

insurance

general

intelligent

generally

interference

genius

interrupt

government

introduce

grammar

island

grateful

its for possession

guarantee

its for it is or it has

guidance

jealous

happily

jealousy

height

heroes

kneel

humorous

knowledge

hypocrite

later

ideally

legitimate

imaginary

length

immediate

library

lightning

likely

loneliness

lose (verb)

naturally

loose (adjective)

necessary

lovely

neighbor / neighbour

luxurious

ninety

noticeable

maintain

nowadays

maintenance

manageable

obedient

management

obstacle

manufacture

occasional

marriage

occurred

married

official

millionaire

opinion

misspell

opportunity

mischievous

opposition

money

ordinary

mortgage

originally

muscle

mysterious

particular

peculiar

perceive

quantity

performance

quality

permanent

questionnaire

personal

queue

personnel

quizzes

physical

physician

realistic

piece

realize

pleasant

really

possession

receipt

possible

receive

possibility

recognize

potatoes

recommend

practically

religion

prefer

religious

privilege

remember

professor

representative

professional

restaurant

pronounce / pronunciation

rhythm

psychology

ridiculous

psychological

roommate

violent

technical

vision

technique

volume

temperature

temporary

their (possessed by them)

there (not here)

theyre (contraction of they are)

themselves not themself

undoubtedly

unforgettable

unique

until

weather indicating climate The

weather is nice today.

Wednesday

weird

whether (indicating if)

which

woman (singular)

women (plural)

worthwhile

width

writing

valuable

village

violence

XYZ

yacht

young

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2moro - Tomorrow
2nite - Tonight
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way -or- Bring The
Wheelchair
B4N - Bye For Now
BCNU - Be Seeing You
BFF - Best Friends Forever -or- Best
Friend's Funeral
CYA - Cover Your Ass -or- See Ya
DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything
You Read
DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A
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FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and
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FWIW - For What It's Worth -orForgot Where I Was
GR8 - Great
ILY - I Love You
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

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IRL - In Real Life

ISO - In Search Of
J/K - Just Kidding
L8R - Later
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of
Love -or- Living On Lipitor
LYLAS - Love You Like A Sister
MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
NP - No Problem -or- Nosy Parents
NUB - New person to a site or game
OIC - Oh, I See
OMG - Oh My God
OT - Off Topic
POV - Point Of View
RBTL - Read Between The Lines
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor
Laughing My Ass Off
RT - Real Time -or- ReTweet -orRetweet
THX or TX or THKS - Thanks
SH - Sh** Happens
SITD - Still In The Dark
SOL - Sh** Out of Luck

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STBY - Sucks To Be You

SWAK - Sealed (or Sent) With A Kiss
TFH - Thread From Hell
RTM or RTFM - Read The Manual

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TMI - Too Much Information

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TYVM - Thank You Very Much
VBG - Very Big Grin
WEG - Wicked Evil Grin
WTF - What The F***
WYWH - Wish You Were Here
XOXO - Hugs and Kisses

Famous Technology Brand Name Acronyms and Their Origin

Adobe (Adobe Creek which ran behind the house of co-founders)
Adobe is computer software company situated in San Jose, California, United States was
founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. Adobe Creek is a river
stream ran behind the houses of co-founders John Warnock and Charles Geschke.
Apple (favorite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs)
Apple Inc. is multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California was founded on
April 1, 1976. Apple is one of the worlds top largest information technology companies by
revenue.
3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing)
3M is a multi-industry corporation situated in St. Paul, Minnesota. Company was founded by
five businessmen in 1902.
AMD (Advanced MicroDevices)
AMD is a multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States.
Company was founded on May 1, 1969.
AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph)
AT&T is a multinational telecommunications corporation in America. AT&T is headquartered in
Whitacre Tower, Downtown Dallas, Texas and is the largest telecommunications provider in
United States. Company was founded on October 5, 1983.
BenQ (Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life)
BenQ is a multinational corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. BenQ is the maker of
consumer electronics, computing and communications devices. Company was founded in
December, 2001.
CISCO (short for San Francisco)
CISCO is a multinational networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in San Jose,
California, U.S.. Company was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner.
COMPAQ (Compatibility and Quality)

Compaq is a computer company headquartered in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United

States. Company was founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto.
Corel (Cowpland Research Laboratory)
Corel is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Company mainly
develops graphics software. Corel was founded in 1985 as a research laboratory.
eBay (Echo Bay Technology Group)
eBay is an online consumer-to-consumer corporation headquartered in San Jose, California,
United States. eBay was founded on September 3, 1995 as a AuctionWeb by Pierre Omidyar and
now a multi-billion dollar company localized in over thirty countries.
Google (from word googol which means digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes)
Google is a multinational internet related services and computer software company
headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. Company was founded on
September 4, 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
HCL (Hindustan Computers Limited)
HCL is an international technology and IT Enterprise headquartered in Noida, India. Company
was founded on August 11, 1976 by Shiv Nadar.
HP (Hewlett-Packard)
HP is a multinational I.T. company based in Palo Alto, California, United States. Company was
founded on January 1, 1939 by Bill Hewlett and David Packard.
Hitachi (hi is Sun and tachi is rise)
Hitachi is Japanese multi-industry multinational engineering and electronics company. Hitachi
was founded in 1910 by electrical engineer Namihei Odaira and is headquartered in Chiyoda,
Tokyo, Japan.
HTC (High Tech Computer)
HTC corporation is a Taiwanese company of smartphone and tablet headquartered in New Taipei
City, Taiwan. Company was founded in 1997 by Cher Wang, H.T. Cho, and Peter Chou.
IBM (International Business Machine)

IBM is a computer and IT consulting company headquartered in Armonk, New York, U.S..
Company was founded in June 16, 1911 by merger of three companies.

Intel (Integrated Electronics)

Intel is multinational semiconductor chip manufacturer headquartered in Santa Clara, California,
U.S.. Intel was founded in July 18, 1968 by Gordon E. Moore, Robert Noyce, Arthur Rock and
Max Palevsky.
Kyocera (Kyoto Ceramic)
Kyocera is a multinational electronics company founded in April 1, 1959 by Kazuo Inamori.
Company is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
LG (combination of two Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar (Lifes Good is a tagline))
LG is multinational multi-industry company founded on January 5, 1947 by Koo In-Hwoi. LG is
a South Korean company and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Microsoft (Microcomputer Software)
Microsoft is a multinational computer software corporation founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.
Qualcomm (Quality Communication)
Qualcomm is an international Telecommunications equipment and semiconductor company
headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. Company was founded on 1985 by Irwin
M. Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen,
and Franklin Antonio.
Samsung (Korean word meaning three stars)
Samsung is a multinational multi-industry company. Samsung is a South Korean company
headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. Company was founded by Lee Byungchull (19101987).
Sprint (Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Communications)

Sprint is an American telecommunications company. Company was founded in 1899 by Cleyson

Brown and Jacob Brown and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, United States.
Vodafone (Voice, Data, Telefone)
Vodafone is a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in London, United
Kingdom and registered office in Newbury Berkshire, United Kingdom. Company was founded
in 1991.

Umbro (HUMphreys BROthers)

Founded in 1910 as Humphreys Brothers Clothing in Wilmslow. In 1924 the name was changed
to Umbro as an abbreviation of the last name Humphrey Brothers. Umbro is currently part of the
Nike group
Twix (derived from two English words: "twin" and "biscuits")
Raider was it's original name and was produced in the Netherlands. In 1979 the product entered
the United States under the name Twix. In 1991, within the framework of a global market
strategy of the company Mars, Raider was changed in Twix
TNT (Thomas Nationwide Transport)
Founded in 1946 by Ken Thomas in Australia
Sony (mixture of the Latin word Sonus (origin of sound) and Sonny Boy)
(in Japan a popular English expression for a young person with a free and pioneering spirit)
Founded on May 7, 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita and was called "Tokyo Tsushin
Kogyo". Their first product was a rice cooker
Tefal (TEFlon and Aluminum)
In 1954, French engineer Marc Grgoire invented a method to bind aluminum and Teflon. Later,
in 1956, he founded a company wich made aluminum pans with the Teflon coating
Nescaf ("NEStl" and "CAFE")
The coffee powder was first produced in Switzerland on April 1, 1938 by Max Morgenthaler. He
and his team had worked seven years at this product
Milka (MILch and KAkao)
Began in 1901 when the chocolatier Philippe Suchard in Neuchtel (Switzerland) sold the first
milk chocolate under this name
M & M (Mars & Murrie's)
named after the inventors of M & M's: Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie. The candy started in the

early 60s as Treets (with peanuts) and Bonitos (no peanuts), but in 1983 these names were
changed into M&M's
LU (Lefvre-Utile)
In 1850 there lived in Nantes the bakery couple Lefvre-Utile, which was known for its excellent
biscuits and waffles. In 1883, son Louis started with an authentic pastry shop, the beginning of
LU

Lego (LEg GOdt (Danish for 'good building'))

In 1916 Ole Kirk Christiansen started a woodworking business. In 1932 he also specialized in
making wooden toys and started with the name Lego. Later, in 1947 the company began
producing plastic bricks and Lego, in 1957, patented an important improvement.
That was the Lego brick as we know it
DHL (founders Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn)
Founded in 1969 in the United States and currently owned by Deutsche Post
ASUS (last four letters of PegASUS, the winged horse of Greek mythology)
Founded in 1989 in Taiwan by TH Tung, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh and MT Lia. ASUS (also known
as ASUSTeK Computer) is a manufacturer of components for computers. The company makes a
wide range of motherboards and Asus also manufactures video cards, barebone PCs, networking
products, laptops, etc.
Asics (Anima Sana In Corpore Sano (= A healthy mind in a healthy body))
From it's founding in 1949, ASICS constantly engaged with the help of scientists, athletes and
coaches to develop new sports items
ACME (A Company that Makes Everything)
fictitious company, known for the Looney Tunes cartoons from Warner Brothers, especially Road
Runner
IBC - Independent Breweries Company (original manufacturer of IBC Root Beer)
IBD - Investors Business Daily
IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
KFC - Kentucy Fried Chicken
UMB - United Missouri Bank
UPS - United Parcel Service
USAA - United Services Automobile Association

MSI - Multiple Streams of Income

MSN - Microsoft Network
GEICO - Government Employees Insurance Company
FUBU - For Us, By Us
GE - General Electric