BMW – Bavarian Motor Works
TASER – Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, a 1911 science fiction novel by Victor Appleton that imagined an electric gun
ZIP Code – Zone Improvement Plan Code, which was created to improve the efficiency of the USPS
GEICO – Government Employees Insurance Company
M&M’s – Mars and Murrie, the last name of company founders Forrest Mars, Sr. and Bruce Murrie
SMART Car – Swatch Mercedes Art. This name came about because this line of compact vehicles is the product of a collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes-Benz.
CVS – Consumer Value Stores
A&W – the A and W of A&W represent the last names of this fast-food franchise’s founders, Roy Allen and Frank Wright
JBL – James B. Lansing
CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
HSBC – Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
FIAT – Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, which translates, appropriately, to “Italian automobile factory of Turin.”
PAM – Product of Arthur Meyerhoff
H&M – Hennes & Mauritz
AFLAC – American Family Life Assurance Company
IBM – International Business Machines
JCPenney – James Cash Penney
L.L. BEAN – Leon Leonwood Bean (the founder)
REI – Recreational Equipment, Inc.
NECCO – New England Confectionery Company
3M – Originally called the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
TCBY – The Country’s Best Yogurt
YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
YKK – Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, which translates to Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation in English
UPS – United Parcel Service
ALF – Alien Life Form
ESPN – Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
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FORD: Found On Road Dead
Bayerische Motoren Werke
Bavarian Motor Works in English.
CHEVY: Chews Heads and Eats Valves Yearly
: Birmingham Small Arms
ADIDAS: any dumb idiot doing any sport
Funny that you use those two companies - take it you know the story?
Anyway - "All Day I Dream About Sex" Shame the guy Adi Dassler is actually Adolf - perhaps not the best name after the war?
Adolf (Adi) Dassler’s (das) older brother Rudolph (Rudi) was the founder of Puma. Puma was originally called Ruda.