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Medical Slang Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Medical Slang Acronyms 10TH FT — 10th Floor Transfer – Dying (floor Number Is Always The Next Number On From The Highest Floor In The Hospital). 3H — “Enema That Is “”high, Hot, And A Hell of A Lot.”” Reputedly Given To Patients Who Give Staff A Hard Time.” 3PS — Pill, Permissiveness And Promiscuity (relates To …

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US Government Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of US Government Acronyms AAPC — Accounting And Auditing Policy Committee ABMC — American Battle Monuments Commission ACC — Air Combat Command ACDA — United States Arms Control And Disarmament Agency ACF — Administration For Children And Families ACHP — Advisory Council On Historic Preservation ACQWEB — Office of The Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition And Technology …

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Uncategorized Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Uncategorized Acronyms 2.5G — Second-and-a-half-generation Mobile Telephone System 2D — Two 2G — Second 3D — Three 3G — Third 3I — Investors In Industry (venture Capitalists) 3M — Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company 4D — Four-dimensional (usually Three Spatial Plus One Temporal Dimension 4G — Fourth-generation Mobile Telephone System 4GL — Fourth-generation Programming Language 4WD — …

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Education Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Education Acronyms A level — Advanced level examinations ABE — Adult Basic Education ACE — Advisory Centre for Education ACL — Adult Community Learning ACPC — Area Child Protection Committee AI — Assigned Inspector ALI — Adult Learning Inspectorate ALIS — A Level Indicator System AoC — Association of Colleges ALPS — Advanced Level Performance System APT&C …

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Chemistry Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Chemistry Acronyms (PI)SDCI — (pi)-electron Singly And Doubly Excited CI (SC)2(CI+PT2) — Self-consistent Size-consistent (CI+second-order Perturbation) (SC)2CI — Self-consistent Size-consistent CI 2DEG — Two-dimensional Electron Gas 2DHG — Two Dimensional Hole Gas 2MASS — Two Micron All-Sky Survey 2PH TDA — Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation (for Closed-shell 2PPE — Two-photon Photoemission 3A — Alumina Aluminide Alloys 3DAP — …

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Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms (A3) — Armor/anti-armor (AA3) — Accident Analysis Computer Program (C3) — Command (C4) — Center For Clouds (ES) — Sporadic E 3CPO — Cloud Chemistry And Cloud Physics Organization 4DDD — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation A&C — Abatement & Control A&R — Air And Radiation A/C — Aircraft A/C — Air Conditioning A/D — …

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O-Shogatsu – Japanese New Year

O-Shogatsu – Japanese New Year, unfolds over 3 days starting on January 1st, and is an official national holiday. The Japanese New Year is a three-day series of community and family events revolving around themes of good fortune and “firsts.” Many O-Shogatsu rituals are celebrated in a community and family context and there is little emphasis on sharing them with …

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