BBC / British Broadcasting Corporation
APB / All Points Bulletin ( for missing people)
BC / Before Christ
BC / British Council
A.M / Ante Meridiem before noon
BS / Bachelor of Science
C / Centigrate
CENTO / Central Treaty Organisation
CIA / Central Intelligence Agency
CONS / Conservative Party
Co-op / Co-operative
DM / Deactschmark
DNA / deoxyribose nucleic acid
Dol / Dollar
Doz / Dozen
DSc / Doctor of Science
EU / European Union
eta / Estimated Time of Arrival
F / Fahrenheit
FA / Football Association
FAO / Food and Agriculture Organisation
FBI / Federal Bureau of Investigation ( US )
fem / Female
FM / Frequency Modulation
Fob / Free on Board
Fr / Father , French, France
Fri / Friday
Fwd / Forward
GB / Great Britain
GM / General Manager
GMT / Greenwich Mean Time
gov / government
grad / graduate
H-bomb / Hydrogen Bomb
HE / High Excellenccy, high explosive
HF / High Frequency
hosp / Hospital
HP / Hire Purchase , Horse Power
HQ / Head Quarters
hr / Hour
IMF / International Monetary Fund
Inc / Incorporated
info / information
IQ / Intelligence Quotient
IRA / Irish Republican Army
Ire / Ireland
Is / Islands
JC / Jesus Christ
Jnr / Junior
JP / Justice of the Peace
KGB / Intelligence Agency of the USSR
kph / kilometres per hour
Ld / lord
LLB / Bachelors of Laws
Ltd / Limited
MA / Masters of Art
math / ( US ) mathematics
MB / Bachelor of Medicine
Med / Mediterrenean
M15 / Natiaonal Security Divison of Military Intelligence ( GB )
MO / Mail order , Money Order
MP / Member of Parliament ( House of Commons )
Mt / Mount
NAAFI / ( GB ) Navy, Army and Air Force Instıtute
NATO / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NHS / National Health Service
NY / New York
NZ / New Zeland
PC / Police Constable, Peace Corps
PE / Physical Education
PhD / Doctor of Philosophy
PM / Pirme Minister
pm / Psot Meridiem after noon ( 3. p.m )
PO / Personal Officer , Post Office
POE / Port of Entry
PPS / post postscriptum additional post
PR / Public Relations
PS / Post Script
PST / Pasific Standard Time ( US )
PX / post exchange
RAM / Royal Academy of Music
RC / Red Cross
rec / received
RM / Royal Marines
RN / Royal Navy
SF / Science Fiction
Sol / Solicitor
Tech / Technical
temp / temperature
TU / Trade Union
UFO / Unidentified Flying Object
UK / United Kingdom
UNESCO / United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organisation
UNICEF / United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Uni / University
US / United States ( USA – of America )
VC / Vice Chairman, Vice Chancellor ,Vice Consul, Victoria Cross
VE Day / Victory in Europe( 1945 )
VHF / Very High Frequency
VIP / Very Important Person
VP / Vice – President
wc / water closet
WHO / World Health Organisation
Xmas / Christmas