Acronym List

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• ACK - Nantucket <http://www.ack.net/>

• AKC - American Kennel Club <https://www.akc.org/>

• AMC - Appalachian Mountain Club <http://www.outdoors.org/>

• AMOC - Aston Martin Owners Club <https://www.amoc.org/>

• AOF - Avon Old Farms <http://www.avonoldfarms.com/>

• B&M - Either railroad or beans <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWCxH7mG6Bo>

• B2 (as in BSquared) - Brooks Bros.

• BAA - Boston Athletic Association <http://www.baa.org/>

• BB - Brooks Brothers <http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Oxford-Shirts/men-oxford-shirts,default,sc.html>

• BBH - Boothbay Harbor <http://www.boothbayregister.com/>

• BBN - Buckingham, Browne, and Nichols <http://www.bbns.org/>

BDA - Bermuda

• BHYC - Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club <http://www.bhyc.net/>

• BSO - Boston Symphony Orchestra <https://www.bso.org/>

• BTRC - Boston Tennis and Racquet Club <http://www.tandr.org/>

• BVI - British Virgin Islands <http://www.bvitourism.com/>

• CCAT - Cape Cod Annoying Tourists

• CRH - Choate Rosemary Hall

• DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution <http://www.dar.org/national-society/become-member/chapters-by-state/MA>

• G&T - Gin and Tonic

• GTH - Go To Hell (Pants)

• HBS – Harvard Business School <http://www.hbs.edu/>

• HENRYs - High Earners, Not Rich Yet

• ILS - Ivy League Sports <http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/>

• ISL - Independent School League <http://www.islsports.org/>

• IYRS - International Yacht Restoration School <http://iyrs.edu/>

• JP - J. Press <http://www.jpressonline.com/>

• JRT - Jack Russel Terrier <http://www.therealjackrussell.com/index.php>

• LAX - Lacrosse (not the airport)

• LLB - L.L. Bean (http://www.llbean.com/)

• MCHT - Maine Coast Heritage Trust <http://www.mcht.org/>

• MDI - Mount Desert Island <http://www.mdislander.com/>

• MFA - Museum of Fine Arts <http://www.mfa.org/>

• MG – Morris Garage <http://mg.co.uk/about-mg/history-heritage/>

• MGH - Massachusetts General Hospital <http://www.massgeneral.org/>

• MHD - Marblehead

• MIT - MIT <http://web.mit.edu/>

• MOB - Man Over Board

• MOFGA - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association <http://www.mofga.org/>

• MX - Middlesex School, Concord, MA

• NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealer Automated Quotation system <http://www.nasdaq.com/>

• NEH -Northeast Harbor <http://www.topix.com/city/northeast-harbor-me>

• NEHGS - New England Historic Genealogical Society <http://www.americanancestors.org/>

• NEIRA - New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Championships

• NESCAC - New England Small College Athletic Conference <http://www.nescac.com/>

• NMH - Northfield Mount Hermon <https://www.nmhschool.org/>

• NOCD - Not Our Class Dear

• NOKD -   Not Our Kind Dear

• NPR - National Public Radio <http://www.wbur.org/>

• NYAC - New York Athletic Club <http://www.nyac.org/>

• NYSE - New York Stock Exchange

• NYT - New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/)

• NYYC - New York Yacht Club <http://www.nyyc.org/>

• OCBD - Oxford Cloth Button Down

• OEUE - Over Educated, Under Employed

• PA - Phillips Academy — Andover

• PBS - Public Broadcasting Service <http://www.wgbh.org/>

• PEA - Phillips Exeter Academy <http://www.exeter.edu/>

• PEI - Prince Edward Island (Oyster)

• PFA - People from Away

• POSH - Port Out, Starboard Home

• RAC - Royal Automobile Club

• RISD - Rhode Island School of Design <http://www.risd.edu/>

• RL - Ralph Lauren <http://www.ralphlauren.com/>

• S&P - Standard & Poor's <https://www.standardandpoors.com/>

• S&S - Sparkman & Stephens <http://www.sparkmanstephens.com/>

• SAR - Sons of the American Revolution <http://www.massar.org/>

• SMTC - St. Moritz Tobogganing Club

• SPNEA - Society of the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now, perhaps regrettably, Historic New England <http://www.historicnewengland.org/>

• St. Grottlesex - St. Paul's, St Mark's, St. George's, Groton, Middlesex (Acronym-esque)

• STSEBS - St. Sebastian's School, Needham <http://www.stsebs.org/>

• SVRA - The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association <http://www.svra.com/>

• T - MBTA <http://www.mbta.com/>

• TDF - To Die For

• TNY - The New Yorker <http://www.newyorker.com/>

• TTFW - Too tacky for words <http://instagram.com/>

• USCG - US Coast Guard <http://www.uscg.mil/>

• USCGA - US Coast Guard Academy - New London <http://www.uscga.edu/>

• USET - United States Equestrian Team <https://www.uset.org/>

• USMMA - US Merchant Marine Academy - Kings Point <https://www.usmma.edu/>

• USN - United States Navy <http://www.navy.mil/>

• USS - United States Ship or United States Sailing <http://www.ussailing.org/>

• USTA - United States Tennis Association <http://www.usta.com/>

• VSCCA - Vintage Sports Car Club of America

• WASP - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

• WHOI - funny acronym for a very serious place—the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute <http://www.whoi.edu/>

• WSJ - Wall Street Journal <http://www.wsj.com/>

• YGRR - Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue <http://www.ygrr.org/>

• YLS - Yale Law School

• ___YC - Fill-in-the-blank Yacht Club

The colloquial definition of acronym is being used here.  Technically,  an acronym is an abbreviation that is spoken as a word (radar, NASA) rather than spoken spelled out. More may be added based on comments.

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