Originally Posted By: twosleepy


But with SNAFU it's pronounced as a word and not spelled out. It's snafu, not ess en ay eff you.

That's because it's pronounceable as a word, whereas OMG and WTF are not. No one spells out UNICEF, because it's easy to pronounce as a word, but FDIC, not so much... :0) [/quote]

USA is pronounceable as a word but nobody does. Likewise CIA. SNCC is not but it's pronounced 'snick' anyway