G.W.D.U. : Prime Minister's shorthand for Get Well Dennis, Urgent
(General Worker's Development Union) |
11 Mar 1989 |
M.J.S.D. : Michael Jackson's Surgery Disintegrates
(March, June, September, December) |
11 Mar 1989 |
R.F.C.M.C. : Radio Four Can Murder Comedy
(Reconstruction Finance Commission of Monte Carlo) |
11 Mar 1989 |
R.C.E.C.A. : Ronnie Corbett Eats Condensed Aardvark
(Railway Car Export Corporation of America) |
11 Mar 1989 |
I.C.U.M.S.A. : I Can Usually Make Statements on Anything
(International Commission for United Methods of Sugar Analysis) |
11 Mar 1989 |
U.S.W.D. : Unbearably Sexy Winter Drawers
(Under-Surface Warfare Division) |
11 Mar 1989 |
K.G.B. : Kill George Bush
(Russian MI5) |
11 Mar 1989 |
U.G.S.S.S. : Uri Geller Sends Spoons Spiralling
(Union of Girls Schools for Social Service) |
11 Mar 1989 |
C.O.P.E.C. : Colin On Piano Empties Concert-Halls
(Christian Order of Politics, Economics & Citizenship) |
08 Jun 1985 |
N.P.F.A. : Nicholas Parsons....(need I go on?)
(National Playing Fields Association) |
08 Jun 1985 |
C.P.R.E. : Cecil Parkinson Retires Early
(Council for the Preservation of Rural England) |
08 Jun 1985 |
M.R.C.O.G. : Marinate Ronnie Corbett Over Gas
(Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynæcologists) |
08 Jun 1985 |
M.S.U.L. : Marks & Spencer's Underwear Leaks
(Medical School of the University of London) |
08 Jun 1985 |
L.W.O.S.T. : Lloyd-Webber Orchestrated, Sings Treble
(Low Water Ordinary Spring Tides) |
08 Jun 1985 |
R.N.A. : Royal Nazi Association
(Ribo Nucleic Acid) |
08 Jun 1985 |
B.Q.M.S. : Beware the Queen Mother's Socks
or Bury Quasi-Modo Standing |
08 Jun 1985 |
F.R.I.B.A. : Flock Round Ian Botham Association
or Fur Retailers Insect Bottling Activists
or Fred Rumsey Is Bowling Again
(Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects) |
24 Oct 1981 |
B.F.B.S. : Basil Fawlty Bashes Spaniards
(British & Foreign Bible Society) |
24 Oct 1981 |
S.E.A.T.O. : Send Eamonn Andrews To Oman
(South East Asia Treaty Organisation) |
24 Oct 1981 |
R.S.P.C.A. : Richard Stilgoe Plays Crappy Arpeggio
(Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) |
24 Oct 1981 |
M.P.B.W. : Make Patti Boulay Warm
or Members of Parliament Break Wind
(Ministry of Public Building & Works) |
24 Oct 1981 |
D.A.A.G. : Dan Archer Ages Gracefully
(Deputy Assistant Adjutant General) |
24 Oct 1981 |
L.B.C. : Lynch Barbara Cartland
or Low Bottoms Creak
(London Broadcasting Company) |
24 Oct 1981 |
G.B.H. : Gerald Bloody Harper!
or Grandmother's Been Had
or Georgie Best's Halitosis
(Grievous Bodily Harm) |
24 Oct 1981 |
T.F.B. : Tony F****** Blackburn
(Thatcher Ferry Bridge) |
20 Mar 1982 |
F.A.E.T.U.P. : Fred Astaire & Elsie Tanner's Unnatural Practices
or London Transport's Obituary Fares Are Ever Totting UP
(Fleet Airborne Electronic Training Unit Pacific) |
20 Mar 1982 |
S.C.O.R.E. : Stop Crucifying Oliver Reed Everybody
(Service Corps Of Retired Executive) |
20 Mar 1982 |
A.S.L.E.F. : Alexei Sayle Likes Enunciating F***!
(Association of Steam Locomotive Enginemen & Firemen) |
20 Mar 1982 |
N.A.T.O. : It's a football team, the News At Ten Occasionals
(National Association of Taxi-cab Owners
or North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) |
20 Mar 1982 |
N.P.F.A. : Nicholas Parsons...doesn't amount to much
(National Playing Fields Association) |
17 Sep 1979 |
F.R.A.S. : Fiona Richmond Attacks Suddenly
(Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society) |
17 Sep 1979 |
Y.M.C.A. : They're a great team - it's the Yokohama Mornington Crescent Allstars
(Young Mens' Christian Association) |
17 Sep 1979 |
W.R.P. : Willie Rushton for Pope
(Workers' Revolutionary Party) |
17 Sep 1979 |
P.D.S.A. : Pigeon Droppings for South Africa
(Peoples' Dispensary for Sick Animals) |
17 Sep 1979 |
Eng. : Eliminate Noele Gordon
(English) |
17 Sep 1979 |
Eng. Lit. : Eliminate Noele Gordon Literally
(English Literature) |
17 Sep 1979 |
A.C.G.B. : Association for Cannibalising Good Books
(Arts Council of Great Britain) |
17 Sep 1979 |
M.R.I.P.N. & H. : Middlesex Rebel In Physical Nonsense & Herpes
(Member of the Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygeine [sic]) | Middlesex Hospital
16 Apr 1983 |
T.O.E.T. : Take Off Everybody's Trousers
or Telephone 'Ome E.T.
(Test Of Elementary Training) | Middlesex Hospital
16 Apr 1983 |
C.G.L.I. : Charlie George Laughs Incessantly
or Cary Grant Looks Incredible
or Can Get Lousy Initials
(City & Guilds of London Institute) | Middlesex Hospital
16 Apr 1983 |
S.A.S. : Suppositorys Always Slip
(Special Air Service) | Middlesex Hospital
16 Apr 1983 |
W.M.M. : Where's Monty Modelling?
or Where's Malcolm Muggeridge
(World Movement of Mothers) |
08 Dec 1990 |
B.C.A.S. : Barry Cryer Asks for Sympathy
(British Compressed Air Society) |
08 Dec 1990 |
C.P.N.Z. : Association for People with Spelling Difficulties
(Communist Party of New Zealand) |
08 Dec 1990 |
M.C.E.R.F. : Michael Checkland Eats Raw Flesh
(Mornington Crescent Elevator Reconstruction Fund) |
08 Dec 1990 |
T.W.K.C. : Thinking Worries Keith Chegwin
or Terry Wogan Knits Cardigans
(Tunbridge Wells Karaoke Club) |
08 Dec 1990 |
I.W.R.M.A. : I Was Responsible for Murdering Anneka
or Is Willie Rushton Madge Allsop?
(International Wire Rope Making Association) |
08 Dec 1990 |
P.A.S.M.A. : Pass Arthur Scargill's Money Around
(Prefabricated Aluminium Scaffold Manufacturer's Association) |
08 Dec 1990 |
A.B.R.T.C. : Absolutely Bonkers Rottweiler Teeth Cleaners
(Anglo-Bengalese Rubber Tubing Company) |
13 Jul 1991 |
W.A.M.D.T. : Women Against Men Dangling Things
(Women Against Media Distortion of the Truth) |
13 Jul 1991 |
B.L.S.A.C. : Bonnie Langford - Strange Alien Creature
(Blackheath Ladies' Self-Awareness Club) |
13 Jul 1991 |
C.S.R.H.H. : Conservative Sisterhood for the Re-election of Herr Hitler
(Campaign for the Safe Return of Humph's Hooter) |
13 Jul 1991 |
C.S.K. : Keep Spelling Correct
(Campaign for Safe Kitchens) |
13 Jul 1991 |
G.W.R.T.F.G. : Geriatric Wrinkled Retainers' Trouser Ferreters Guild
(Great Western Railway's Train Fanciers' Gala) |
13 Jul 1991 |
| D.A.D. : Disappear, Anne Diamond! |
13 Jul 1991 |
M.U.G.B. : Misprint Upsets Germany Beadle
(Musicians' Union, Glasgow Branch) |
13 Jul 1991 |
H.L.E.R. : Help Lynch Esther Rantzen
or Humphrey Lyttelton Eschews Radishes
(Head of Light Entertainment Radio) |
13 Jul 1991 |
M.P.L.T.O. : Michael Palin Loves Tom O'Connor
or Mary Poppins Loves Triple Orgasms
(Marshall's Purified Linseed Trumpet Oil) |
13 Jul 1991 |
C.I.E.C. : Campaign for the Impregnation of Edwina Currie
(Centre Internationale d'Etude Criminologique) |
24 Aug 1987 |
B.L.B. : Behind Lionel Blair
(Boothby, Lovelace & Bulboullion) |
24 Aug 1987 |
N.K.V.D. : Never Kiss Val Doonican
or Neil Kinnock's Verbal Diarrhoea
(Narodi Komitet Vnutrekink Del [Turkish]) |
24 Aug 1987 |
A.A.A.A. : The Society for the Deaf
(American Association for the Advancement of Atheism) |
24 Aug 1987 |
S.A.R.B.E. : See Anneka Rice's Bottom Easily
(Search And Rescue Beacon Equipment) |
23 Aug 1986 |
D.H.S.S. : Deaf Hate Secombe Singing
(Department of Health and Social Security) |
23 Aug 1986 |
J.B.C.P.S. : Jeremy Beadle Couldn't Pull a Sheep
(Journeyman Bakers' and Confectioners' Pension Society) |
23 Aug 1986 |
I.R.P.A. : I'm Reserved for Prince Andrew
(Indian Railway Porters' Association) |
23 Aug 1986 |
I.M.P.I.C.S. : Is Marjorie Proops In Command of her Senses
(Integrated Manufacturing Program and Control System) |
23 Aug 1986 |
L.F.I.C.S. : Lesbian Ferrets Implement Council Subsidy
(Landing Force Integrated Communication System) |
23 Aug 1986 |
H.B.C. : Haley's Bloody Comet
(Hudson Bay Company) |
23 Aug 1986 |
B.D.C.C. : British Dustman's Christmas Cough
(British Domestic Coal Council) |
23 Aug 1986 |
U.T.C.P.T. : Under The Carpet Please Tim
(Union Internationale Des Organasime [sic] Touristique) | Unknown 5
|
L.L.A.A.I.I. : Sorry darling, the car's broken down (as in 'Ell 'ell, A.A., Aye aye!)
(Le Altesse Imperiale [Their Imperial Highnesses]) | Unknown 5
|
A.A.B.M. : Association for the Abolition of Barry Manilow
(Association of American Battery Manufacturers) | Unknown 5
|
T.D.I.A. : Tim's Done It Again!
(Tropical Disease Investigation Agency) | Unknown 5
|
L.L.A.A.R.R. : Sorry darling, the car's broken down in Somerset (as in 'Ell 'ell, A.A., Arr Arr)
(Le Altesse Royale) | Unknown 5
|
I.D.A.C. : I Don't Actually Care
(Import Duties Advisory Committee) | Unknown 5
|
J. : A mono acronym of the Archbishop of Canterbury striking his thumb with a hammer, when he exclaims "Jeey"
(The square root of minus one) | Unknown 5
|
N.F.M.P.S. : National Front Mediæval Poetry Society
(National Federation of Master Printers in Scotland) |
05 Oct 1987 |
S.P.A.R.K.S. : Society for the Promotion of Anneka Rice in Knickers & Suspenders
(Sportsmen Pledge to Aid Research into Crippling Diseases) |
05 Oct 1987 |
D.F.M.S. : Desperately Fancy Moira Stuart
(Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society) |
05 Oct 1987 |
N.S.P.C.C. : No Sex Please - Chemically Castrated
(National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) |
05 Oct 1987 |
N.H.B.R.C. : Never Have British Rail Catering
(National House Builders' Registration Council) |
05 Oct 1987 |
T.J.B.T. : Tremendously Jolly & Brilliant Talker
(Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor) |
05 Oct 1987 |
D.E.L.T.A. : Dave Eric Lee Travis, Actually
(Detailed Labour & Time Analysis) |
05 Oct 1987 |
B.F.M.F. : Bruce Forsyth's Matt Finish
(British Footwear Manufacturers' Federation) |
05 Oct 1987 |
P.S.S.O. : Post Script - Sod Off!
(Pass Slip Stitch Over [from knitting patterns]) | Kevin Hale
|
U.T.C.P.T. : Under The Carpet Please Tim
(Union Internationale Des Organasime [sic] Touristique) |
21 Jan 1989 |
L.L.A.A.I.I. : Sorry darling, the car's broken down (as in 'Ell 'ell, A.A., Aye aye!)
(Le Altesse Imperiale [Their Imperial Highnesses]) |
21 Jan 1989 |
A.A.B.M. : Association for the Abolition of Barry Manilow
(Association of American Battery Manufacturers) |
21 Jan 1989 |
N.E.S.D.I.S. : Never Eat Salvador Dali's Internal Specimens
(National Environmental Satellite Data Information Source) |
21 Jan 1989 |
T.D.I.A. : Tim's Done It Again!
(Tropical Disease Investigation Agency) |
21 Jan 1989 |
L.L.A.A.R.R. : Sorry darling, the car's broken down in Somerset (as in 'Ell 'ell, A.A., Arr Arr)
(Le Altesse Royale) |
21 Jan 1989 |
I.D.A.C. : I Don't Actually Care
(Import Duties Advisory Committee) |
21 Jan 1989 |
J. : A mono acronym of the Archbishop of Canterbury striking his thumb with a hammer, when he exclaims "Jeey"
(The square root of minus one) |
21 Jan 1989 |
b.e.f. : The little British Expeditionary Force
or the Keep The 'E' Out Of Beef Campaign
or British Egg Fanciers
(blunt end first) |
25 Sep 1974 |
D.O.R.I.S. : Doris Owes Rushton One Shilling
(Direct Order Recording and Invoicing System) |
25 Sep 1974 |
G.W.D.U. : Prime Minister's shorthand for Get Well Dennis, Urgent
(General Worker's Development Union) |
29 Jan 1990 |
M.J.S.D. : Michael Jackson's Surgery Disintegrates
(March, June, September, December) |
29 Jan 1990 |
R.F.C.M.C. : Radio Four Can Murder Comedy
(Reconstruction Finance Commission of Monte Carlo) |
29 Jan 1990 |
R.C.E.C.A. : Ronnie Corbett Eats Condensed Aardvark
(Railway Car Export Corporation of America) |
29 Jan 1990 |
I.C.U.M.S.A. : I Can Usually Make Statements on Anything
(International Commission for United Methods of Sugar Analysis) |
29 Jan 1990 |
U.S.W.D. : Unbearably Sexy Winter Drawers
(Under-Surface Warfare Division) |
29 Jan 1990 |
K.G.B. : Kill George Bush
(Russian MI5) |
29 Jan 1990 |
U.G.S.S.S. : Uri Geller Sends Spoons Spiralling
(Union of Girls Schools for Social Service) |
29 Jan 1990 |
S.S.A.F.A. : Society for Sending Adam Faith Away
(Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Family Association) |
10 Oct 1978 |
D.O.R.A. : Des O'Connor Rites Appalingly
(Defence Of the Realms Act) |
10 Oct 1978 |
R.T.S. : Recycle Tommy Steele
(Religious Tracts Society) |
10 Oct 1978 |
N.F.U. : National Front Underwear
(National Farmers' Union) |
10 Oct 1978 |
S.P.C.K. : Spitting Porridge Can Kill
(Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) |
17 Oct 1978 |
N.O.S.O.P.E.X. : National Organised Society for the Orderly Preservation of Extinct Xylophones
(NOrthern Sumatra Offshore Petroleum EXploration) |
17 Oct 1978 |
B.U.P.A. : Buried Under Piles of Aerosols
(British United Providence Association) |
17 Oct 1978 |
F.H.P.R.P. : Faith Healers' Protection Racket Practitioners
(Family Housing Programme Review Panel) |
17 Oct 1978 |
F.H.P.R.P. : Foreign Hotel Proprietors' Rebuilding Programme
(Family Housing Programme Review Panel) |
17 Oct 1978 |
H.G.O.A. : Hang Gliding for the Old and Arthritic
(Houston Grand Opera Association) |
17 Oct 1978 |
W.V.S. : Association of Bad Spellers
(Women's Voluntary Service) |
17 Oct 1978 |
W.V.S. : Royal and Ancient Association of Water Vole Stranglers
(Women's Voluntary Service) |
17 Oct 1978 |
