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A	Activity of Isotope Ampere Atomic Mass
AA	Affirmative Action Alcoholics Anonymous Ann Arbor Author's Alteration
AAA	American Arbitration Association American Automobile Association Anti-Aircraft Artillery Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
AAAE	American Association of Airport Executives
AABORDC	Ann Arbor Bill of Rights Defense Committee
AABTS	Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society
AACAW	Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War
AADL	Anarchist Anti-Defamation League
AADW	Americans Against the Drug War
AAEI	American Association for Exporters and Importers
AAFTEC	Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing and Electronic Commerce
AAGO	Asian American Gun Owners
AAI	American Antitrust Institute Arab American Institute
AAJ	American Association for Justice
AAL	American Anti-Prohibition League
AALDEF	Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
AALL	Ann Arbor Libertarian League renamed University of Michigan College Libertarians
AAMC	American Alliance for Medical Cannabis
AAMM	Arkansas Alliance for Medical Marijuana
AAMMI	Ann Arbor Medical Marijuana Initiative
AAMP	Americans Against Marijuana Prohibition
AAN	Action for Animals Network Anarchist Action Network
AANR	American Association for Nude Recreation
AAP	Abortion Access Project Association of American Publishers
AAPD	American Association of People with Disabilities
AAPDP	African American Parents for Drug Prevention
AAR	Armed American Radio Artists Against Racism Association of Authors' Representatives
AARP	American Association of Retired Persons
AAS	American Association of Suicidology
AASP	American Association for Single People
AASPO	American Association for Small Property Ownership
AASRA	Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association
AAST	American Association of State Troopers
AATU	Ann Arbor Tenants Union
AAU	Association of American Universities
AAUW	American Association of University Women
AAVS	American Anti-Vivisection Society
AAWALL	Artists and Writers Against Licensing Laws
AAWOD	Americans Against the War on Drugs
ABA	American Bankers Association American Bar Association American Booksellers Association American Bus Association
ABATE	A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education American Bikers Active Toward Education American Bikers Aimed Toward Education
ABC	Alliance for Better Campaigns American Botanical Council American Broadcasting Companies, Inc American Broadcasting Corporation Americans Back in Charge Anarchist Black Cross
ABCF	Americans Back in Charge Foundation
ABCL	Association of British Columbia Landowners
ABFFE	American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
ABI	American Beverage Institute Americans for Better Immigration Association for Biodiversity Information
ABL	American Beverage Licensees
ABLE	Association for Better Living and Education International
ABM	Anti-Ballistic Missle
ABS	Acetyl-Butyl-Styrene Antilock Brake System
AC	Air Conditioning Alternating Current Ascension Island (.ac) Heterosexual
ACA	Action for Corporate Accountability
ACAA	Air Carrier Association for Americans
ACCC	Anglican Catholic Church of Canada
ACCI	American Council on Consumer Interests
ACDA	Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDE	American Council for Drug Education
ACE	American Council on Education Army Corps of Engineers Association of Club Executives
ACF	Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services Anarchist Communist Federation
ACFC	American Coalition for Fathers and Children
ACHRC	African Christian Home and Rehabilitation Center
ACI	Activists for Choice on the Internet Airports Council International
ACLU	American Civil Liberties Union
ACLUF	American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
ACM	Association for Cannabis as Medicine
ACMN	American Constitutional Militia Network
ACoH	Adult Children of Heterosexuals
ACORN	Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc
ACP	American Constitution Party
ACPR	Ariel Center for Policy Research
ACR	Alliance for Consumer Rights
ACRC	American Civil Rights Coalition
ACRE	American Cannabis Research Experiment
ACRI	American Civil Rights Institute
ACRU	American Civil Rights Union
ACS	American Cancer Society American Cannabis Society American Constitution Society
ACT	Adults and Children Together Against Violence Alaskans for Cannabis Therapeutics Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics American College Testing Animal Connection of Texas Australian Capital Territory Automated Confirmation of Transactions
ACTA	All-County Taxpayers Association
ACT UP	AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power
ACTION	Activists' Center for Training In Organizing and Networking
ACU	Alabamians for Caring Use American Conservative Union Americans for Compassionate Use
ACUS	Atlantic Council of the United States
AD	Analog Digital Analog to Digital Andorra (.ad) Anno Domini
ADA	American Decency Association American Dental Association Americans for Democratic Action Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAPTT	Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow
ADC	Aid to Dependent Children American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
ADCOMPD	Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, United States Department of State
ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder
ADF	Australian Drug Foundation
ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL	Animal Defense League Anti-Defamation League
ADMIN	Administration Administrator
ADP	Automated Data Processing
ADQ	Action démocratique du Québec
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSS	Americans Discuss Social Security
AE	Animal Emancipation Architectural and Engineering Architects and Engineering United Arab Emirates (.ae)
AEA	American Economic Association
AEC	Atomic Energy Commission
AECC	American Evangelical Christian Churches
AEI	American Enterprise Institute
AELE	Americans for Effective Law Enforcement
AEP	American Electric Power Company, Inc
AERC	American Education Reform Council
AERF	American Education Reform Foundation
AERO	Anarchist Education Resource Organisation
AEU	American Ethical Union
AF	Afghanistan (.af) Air Force Animal Freedom United States Air Force
AFA	Air Force Association American Family Association American Freedom Alliance Armed Females of America Association of Flight Attendants
AFAA	Adult Film Association of America
AFB	Air Force Base
AFBI	American Family Business Institute
AFC	American Fathers Coalition American Football Conference American Freedom Center American Freedom Coalition American Freedom Committee
AFD	Alliance for Democracy
AFE	Americans For the Environment
AFF	America's Future Foundation
AFGE	American Federation of Government Employees
AFHR	Atheists For Human Rights
AFIO	Association of Former Intelligence Officers aka Association For Intelligence Officers
AFIRM	Advocates For the Integration of Recovery and Methadone
AFISR	Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
AFL	American Football League
AFL-CIO	American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFM	Alliance For Marriage
AFN	American Freedom Net American Freedom Network American Freedom News American Freedomist Network Asset Forfeiture Network
AFNOR	Association française de Normalisation
AFP	America First Party American Fascist Party American Freedom Press Americans for Prosperity Americans for Prosperity Foundation
AFR	Americans for a Free Republic Americans For Reform
AFRI	American Fur Resources Institute
AFS	American Field Service
AFSA	Air Force Sergeants Association
AFSC	American Friends Service Committee
AFSCME	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AFSI	Americans for a Safe Israel
AFSP	American Federation for Suicide Prevention
AFT	American Federation of Teachers
AFTRA	American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFVAA	Adult Film and Video Association of America
AG	Aktiengesellschaft Antigua and Barbuda (.ag) Attorney General
AGA	American Gaming Association
AGE	Americans for Generational Equity
AGOA	Africa Growth and Opportunity Act Forum aka United States - Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum
AGS	Americans for Gun Safety
AGSF	Americans for Gun Safety Foundation
AGW	Anthropogenic Global Warming
AGWVA	American Gulf War Veterans Association
AHA	Agricultural Hemp Association American Hemp Association American Homebrewers Association American Homeowners Association American Humanist Association
AHAD	American Hindu Anti-Defamation
AHC	American Hemp Council Australian Hemp Coalition
AHEMP	Artists Helping to End Marijuana Prohibition
AHF	American Homeowners Foundation
AHGA	American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance
AHGO	Americans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity
AHIA	Australian Hemp Industries Association
AHM	American Holocaust Memorial
AHP	American Heritage Party
AHUA	American Highway Users Alliance
AI	Amnesty International Anguilla (.ai) Artificial Intelligence
AIA	American Institute of Architects
AIDS	Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDWYC	Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
AIFE	American Institute for Full Employment
AIG	American International Group Answers in Genesis
AILA	American Immigration Lawyers Association
AIM	Accuracy In Media Aid to Injured Motorcyclists American Indian Movement Armed Informed Mothers
AIP	Alberta Independence Party American Independent Party
AIPAC	American Israel Public Affairs Committee
AIPLA	American Intellectual Property Law Association
AISG	American Intelligence Study Group
AIT	Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores
AI USA	Amnesty International USA
AJC	American Jewish Committee
AJWRB	Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood
AK	Alaska
AKC	American Kennel Club
AKIP	Alaskan Independence Party
AL	Alabama Albania (.al) American League
ALA	American Lands Alliance American Library Association American Lung Association
ALAG	Animal Liberation Action Group
ALC	Animal Liberation Collective
ALCP	Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
ALDE	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
ALDF	Animal Legal Defense Fund
ALEC	American Legislative Exchange Council
ALF	Adults for Legal Freedom Alien Life Form American Legacy Foundation American Liberty Foundation Animal Liberation Front Association of Libertarian Feminists
ALG	Americans for Limited Government
ALI	Americans for Legal Immigration
ALL	American Life League
ALMJP	Alabama Marijuana Party
ALP	Alaska Libertarian Party
ALR	American Legion Riders
ALRA	American Land Rights Association
ALS	Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
ALT	Americans for Limited Terms
AM	Amplitude Modulation Ante Meridiem Armenia (.am)
AMA	American Medical Association American Motorcyclist Association American Muslim Alliance
AMAC	Association of Mature American Citizens
AMC	American Motors Corporation American Muslim Council
AMEX	American Express American Stock Exchange
AMFOR	Americans For Open Records
AMI	American Meat Institute American Monetary Institute
AMMA	American Medical Marijuana Association
AMMM	American Medical Marijuana Movement
AMMO	American Medical Marijuana Organization
AMMV	American Merchant Marine Veterans
AMPAC	American Marijuana Political Action Committee American Motorcyclists Political Action Committee
AMR	Alaskans for Medical Rights Americans for Medical Rights
AN	Aryan Nations Netherlands Antilles (.an)
ANC	African National Congress
ANCPR	Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents Rights
ANIN	AIDS National Interfaith Network
ANL	Anti Nazi League
ANP	American Nazi Party
ANR	Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Association for Nude Recreation
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
ANSWER	Act Now to Stop War and End Racism
ANZUS	Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty
AO	Angola (.ao)
AOA	Administration on Aging, United States Department of Health and Human Services
AOB	Association of Objectivist Businessmen
AOC	Alaska Outdoor Council
AOL	America Online
AP	American Party Associated Press Autonomy Party
APA	American Paralysis Association American Police Association American Pyrotechnics Association
APANET	Asian Pacific American Network
APB	All Points Bulletin
APC	American Policy Center Association for Progressive Communications
APFN	American Patriot Fax Network American Patriot Friends Network
APHA	American Public Health Association
API	Animal Protection Institute
APIN	Assault Prevention Information Network
APLA	AIDS Project Los Angeles
APN	American Patriot Network
APP	American Patriot Party
APPC	Annenberg Public Policy Center
APSA	American Political Science Association
APSAC	American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APTA	American Public Transit Association
AQ	Antarctica (.aq)
AR	Argentina (.ar) Arkansas
ARA	Anti-Racist Action
ARC	Amtrak Reform Council
ARDA	American Rescue Dog Association
ARDPArk	Alliance for Reform of Drug Policy in Arkansas
AREN	Alternative Religions Educational Network
ARF	Addiction Research Foundation Aesthetic Realism Foundation
ARIF	Association for Renewal of Islamic Faith
ARIO	Assoication of Retired Intelligence Officers renamed Association of Former Intelligence Officers
ARJ	Alliance for Reproductive Justice
ARL	Americans for Religious Liberty
ARM	Adjustable Rate Mortgage Advocates for Recovery through Medicine American Resistance Movement
ARMPAC	Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee
ARN	Access Research Network
ARO	Alliance of Reform Organizations
ARP	American Reform Party
ART	Association of Retail Tobacco Dealers
ARTROC	America Ready To Restore Our Constitution
AS	American Samoa (.as)
ASA	American Smokers Alliance American Society on Aging Americans for Safe Access
ASACP	Adult Sites Against Child Pornography Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection
ASAP	American Society for Action on Pain As Soon As Possible
ASCAP	American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD	Autism Spectrum Disorders
ASDI	American Self-Defense Institute
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEC	American Savings Educational Council
ASF	Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation
ASFAR	Americans for a Society Free from Age Restrictions
ASG	Advocates for Self-Government
ASGS	Anarcho-Syndicalist Group Sydney aka Sydney Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation
ASH	Action on Smoking and Health
ASHS	Alliance of Secular Humanist Societies
ASI	Adam Smith Institute
ASIN	Amazon Standard Identification Number
ASN	Atlas Shrugged Network
ASP	Active Server Pages American Synthesis Party Assistant Secretary for Policy, United States Department of Labor
ASPCA	American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
ASRA	Affiliated State Rifle Associations
ASSAP	Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
ASSET	Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking
ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
AT	Atlantic Time Austria (.at)
ATA	Air Transport Association Air Travelers Association American Trucking Association Atlantic Treaty Association
ATF	Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATM	Automated Teller Machine
ATMP	Alternatives to Marriage Project
ATP	American Tradition Party
ATR	Americans for Tax Reform
ATRA	American Tort Reform Association
AT&T	American Telephone and Telegraph
ATVA	All Terrain Vehicle Association
AU	African Union Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Astronomical Units, mean distance between Earth and Sun, ~93 million miles, ~150 million km Australia (.au)
AUA	American Urological Association
AUC	Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
AUF	African Unification Front
AUL	Americans United for Life
AUSA	Association of the United States Army
AV	Audio Visual Avenue
AVA	American Veal Association
AVAA	American Veterans Alliance Association
AVAR	Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
AVE	Avenue
AVERT	AIDS Education and Research Trust
AVN	Adult Video News
AVP	Alien vs Predator
AW	Aruba (.aw)
AWA	Adult Webmasters Association
AWARE	Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment
AWF	Alliance for Worker Freedom
AWI	Animal Welfare Institute
AWL	Alliance for Workers' Liberty
AWOL	Absent Without Leave
AYF	Anarchist Youth Federation
AYP	Anarchist Yellow Pages
AZ	Arizona Azerbaijan (.az)
AZAA	American Zoo and Aquarium Association
AZFGS	Arizonans for Gun Safety
AZ4NORML	Arizona National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
A²	Ann Arbor

B

B	Bandwidth
BA	Bachelor of Arts Bosnia and Herzegovina (.ba)
BAADS	Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
BACA	Bikers Against Child Abuse
BACAWOD	Bay Area Coalition for Alternatives to the War On Drugs
BACH	Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp
BAD	Bowhunters Against Drugs
BADD	Bikers Against Dangerous Drivers Inc
BAEO	Black Alliance for Educational Options
BAM	Bikers Against Manslaughter
BAMN	By Any Means Necessary
BAN	Bay Area Naturists
BASE	Building Antenna Span Earth
BASPCAN	British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
BATF	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
BAY SWAN	Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BBG	Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBL	Be Back Later
BBS	Bulletin Board System
BC	Before Christ British Columbia
BCCI	Bank of Credit and Commerce International
BCCOM	British Columbia Coalition of Motorcyclists
BCE	Before Christian Era Before Common Era
B&D	Bondage and Discipline
BDC	Blue Dog Coalition
BDCD	Blue Dog Conservative Democrats
BDSM	Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism and Masochism
BF	Best Friend Boy Friend
BFA	Buckeye Firearms Association
BFC	Buckeye Forest Council
BFF	Best Friend Forever
BGC	Billy Graham Center
BHIP	Boulder Hemp Initiative Project
BHO	Barack Hussein Obama
BHL	Bernard Henri Levy
BIA	Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIS	Bank for International Settlements
BISC	Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
BJ	Blow Job
BJA	Bureau of Justice Assistance, United States Department of Justice
BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
BJS	Bureau of Justice Statistics, United States Department of Justice
BLM	Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor
BLVD	Boulevard
BMCS	Blutopian Medical Cannabis Society
BMD	Ballistic Missle Defense
BME	Body Modification Ezine
BMI	Body Mass Index Broadcast Music, Inc
B_n	Noise Bandwidth
BNP	British National Party
BO	Body Odor
BOB	Best Of Best
BOC	Blue Oyster Cult
BOGO	Buy One Get One
BOP	Bureau of Prisons aka Federal Bureau of Prisons
BORDC	Bill of Rights Defense Committee
BORF	Bill of Rights Foundation
BOS	Best Of Show
BP	British Petroleum
BPC	Bipartisan Policy Center
BPH	Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
BQC	Ballot Question Committee
BRAG	Bikers Rights Action Group
BRB	Be Right Back
BRS	Bertrand Russell Society
BS	Bachelor of Science Bull Shit
BSA	Boy Scouts of America Business Software Alliance
BSI	British Standards Institution
BTC	Business Travel Coalition
BTK	Bind, Torture, Kill
BTP	Boston Tea Party
BTU	British Thermal Unit
BTW	Between By The Way
BUC	Blocak Upconverter
BUF	Black United Fund
BWL	Bursting With Laughter
BWPA	Blue Water Pagan Alliance
BYO	Bring Your Own
BYOB	Bring Your Own Booze
BZO	Bundnis Zukunft Osterreich aka Alliance for the Future of Austria
B4	Before

C

C	Capacitance Capacitor Carat Carbon Celsius Centi- Chief of Secret Intelligence Service Choose function Combination Copyright Coulomb Cup Hundred Speed of Light Speed of Sound Specific Heat Vitamin C
CA	California Cocaine Anonymous
CAAEF	Cuban American Alliance Education Fund
CAAT	Campaign Against Arms Trade
CAC	Citizens Against Corruption Constitutional Accountability Center
CADCA	Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
CAEF	Coalition Against Election Fraud
CAF	Council on the American Family
CAFE	Campaign for Audio-Visual Free Expression Canadian Association for Free Expression Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CAFF	Council for America's First Freedom
CAFR	Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Network
CAGV	Connecticut Against Gun Violence
CAGVED	Connecticut Against Gun Violence Education Fund
CAGW	Citizens Against Government Waste
CAIR	Californians for Industrial Renewal Campaign for Agricultural and Industrial Renewal Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Center for AIDS Intervention Research
CALM	Cannabis as Living Medicine Citizens Against Legalized Murder Citizen's Alliance for the Legalization of Marijuana
CALMM	Coalition Advocating Legal Medical Marijuana
CALP	Capital Area Libertarian Party
CAMH	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
CAMM	Coalition Advocating Medical Marijuana
CAMP	Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Christians Against Marijuana Prohibition Coalition for the Abolition of Marijuana Prohibition
CAN	Cannabis Action Network Collective Action Notes Cult Awareness Network
CANoLA	Cannabis Action Network of Louisiana
CANOPAS	Chelsea Area Network of Peace Activists
CAP	Center for American Progress Constitution Action Party
CAPP	Citizens Advocating the Protection of Privacy
CAPPC	Citizens Against Police and Prosecutorial Corruption
CAPS	Californians for Population Stabilization
CAPTCHA	Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAPTR	Coalition After Property Tax Reform
CAQ	CovertAction Quarterly
CARAMM	Coalitions Against Restricting Access for Medical Marijuana
CARCLE	Congress Against Racism and Corruption in Law Enforcement
CARE	Citizens Allied for Representative Elections
CARF	Campaign Against Racism and Fascism
CARMA	Campaign for the Advancement of Reform by the Marijuana Amendment
CARN	Certified Addictions Registered Nurse
CARR	Campus Association for Reproductive Rights
CARS	Car Allowance Rebate System
CART	Coalition for the Advancement of Rational Thinking
CASA	Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Citizen Activists for a Secure America Community Action on Substance Abuse
CASCFEN	Central Asian and Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression Network
CASE	Canadian Association for Sound Ecology
CASMAS	Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan
CASP	California Anti-SLAPP Project
CAST	Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
CATS	Citizens for an Alternative Tax System
CAVNET	Communities Against Violence Network
CAWS	Citizens Against Weapons in Space
CAY	Confederation of Anarchist Youth
CBD	Cannabidiol
CBJ	Congressional Budget Justification
CBL	Campaign to Ban Landmines
CBLDF	Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
CBLPI	Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
CBN	Christian Bikers Network Christian Broadcasting Network
CBO	Communisty Based Organization
CBP	Customs and Border Protection
CBPP	Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
CBR	Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
CBRN	Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
CBS	Columbia Broadcasting System
CBSS	Council of the Baltic Sea States
CC	Cannabis Culture Christian Coalition Corruption Crusaders Cubic Centimemter (cm³)
C&C	Compassion and Choices
CCAWII	Colorado Coalition Against the War in Iraq
CCC	Canadian Cannabis Coalition Cannabis Consumers Campaign Chico Cannabis Coalition Copyright Clearance Center
CCCA	California Coalition for Compassionate Access
CCCO	Central Committee For Conscientious Objection
CCD	Center for Creative Democracy
CCDS	Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
CCE	Council for a Competitive Economy
CCHW	Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes
CCHR	Cuban Committee for Human Rights
CCI	Center for Civic Innovation
CCJ	Committee of Concerned Journalists
CCJP	Colorado Commuinites for Justice and Peace
CCLE	Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics
CCOPS	Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States
CCP	Center for Competitive Politics Chinese Communist Party aka Communist Party of China
CCPCJ	Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
CCPR	Citizens for Constitutional Property Rights
CCPS	Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
CCR	Center for Constitutional Rights Creedance Clearwater Revival
CCRKBA	Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
CCRMG	California Cannabis Research Medical Group
CCRN!	Conceal Carry Reform Now!
CCU	Californians for Compassionate Use
CCW	Center on Conscience and War Concealed Carry Weapon
CD	Certificate of Deposit Compact Disc Democratic Republic of the Congo (.cd)
CDA	Chemically Dependent Anonymous Christian Democratic Appeal
CDAP	Christian Democratic Party of Paraguay
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDF	Children's Defense Fund Council for the Defense of Freedom
CDFA	Citizens for a Drug Free America
CDHR	Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights
CDI	Center for Defense Information Centrist Democrat International
CDMF	Center for Digital Media Freedom
CD-ROM	Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CDT	Center for Democracy and Technology Central Daylight Time
CE	Christian Era Common Era
CEE	Central and Eastern Europe
CEEHRN	Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network renamed Eurasian Harm Reduction Network
CEI	Competitive Enterprise Institute
CEIP	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CEJ	Center for Economic Justice
CELI	Congressional Economic Leadership Institute
CENTO	Central Treaty Organization
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CEPA	Consumers Education and Protective Association
CEPE	Center for Energy Policy and the Environment Coalition to End Primate Experimentation
CEPR	Centre for Economic and Policy Research Centre for Economic Policy Research
CER	Center for Education Reform
CERA	Citizens Equal Rights Alliance
CERES	Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
CERF	Center for Responsible Freedom
CESNUR	Center for Studies on New Religions
CFA	California Forestry Association Campus Freethought Alliance Center for Animals Citizens Flag Alliance
CFACR	Center For American Cultural Renewal
CFACT	Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow
CFAN	Cannabis Freedom Activist Network
CFACP	Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics
CFACR	Center For American Cultural Renewal
CFACT	Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow
CFAR	Center for AIDS Research ?
CFC	Cannabis Freedom Coalition
CFDP	Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
CFER	Campaign for Electoral Reform
CFG	Club For Growth
CFI	Campaign Finance Institute Center for Inquiry Coalition for Freedom of Information
CFIC	Campaign Finance Information Center
CFIF	Center for Individual Freedom
CFIRC	Canada First Immigration Reform Committee
CFNJ	Ceasefire New Jersey
CFO	Chief Financial Officer
CFP	Cabinda Freedom Party Computers, Freedom and Privacy
CFPA	Coalition for Peace Action
CFR	Council on Foreign Relations
CFTC	Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFWGL	Center for Women's Global Leadership
CG	Center of Gravity Character Generator Coast Guard Complete Game Computer Graphics
CGI	Coast Guard Intelligence Common Gateway Interface Computer Graphics Imagery Computer Graphics Interface
CGIS	Coast Guard Investigative Service
CGLP	Clare-Gladwin Libertarian Party
CGPI	Communist Ghadar Party of India
CGR	Council for Government Reform
CGRA	Citizens Gun Rights Alliance
CHA	Coalition for Hemp Awareness
CHAMP	Cannabis Helping Alleviate Medical Problems
CHC	Cooler Heads Coalition
CHE	Centre for Human Ecology
CHEAR	Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform
CHEC	Children's Health Environmental Coalition
CHGA	Canadian Hemp Growers Association
CHI	California Hemp Initiative
CHIC	Crossdressers Heterosexual Intersocial Club
CHILI	Campus Hemp Information and Legislative Initiative aka University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Students for a Sensible Drug Policy
CHIP	Colorado Hemp Initiative Project
CHLI	Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute
CHTA	Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance
CI	Confidential Informant Counter Intelligence Criminal Intent
CIA	Cannabis In Amsterdam Cannabis In Avalon Capitol Information Agency Central Intelligence Agency
CIAO	California Institute for Applied Objectivism
CIAR	Counterintelligence Awareness and Reporting
CICDD	Continuing International Congress on Direct Democracy
CICF	Citizens in Charge Foundation
CID	Compassion in Dying Criminal Investigation Division Cubic Inch Displacement
CIEC	Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (inactive?)
CIEJ	Citizens and Immigrants for Equal Justice
CIHC	Canadian Industrial Hemp Council
CIIA	Canadian Institute for International Affairs
CIJ	Coalition for International Justice Consortium for Independent Journalism
CIL	Center for Independent Living
CIP	Center for International Policy
CIR	Center for Individual Rights Circa Circle Circulation
CIS	Center for Immigration Studies
CJCJ	Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
CJIS	Criminal Justice Information Services
CJPF	Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
CLAWS	Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery
CLC	Campaign Legal Center
CLCA	Campaign to Legalise Cannabis Association
CLCIA	Campaign to Legalise Cannabis International Association
CLF	Cannabis Liberation Front renamed Cannabis Liberation Society
CLI	Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
CLMP	Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
CLOC	Carolinian Lords of the Caucasus
CLP	Center for Legal Policy
CLPI	Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
CLS	Center for Libertarian Studies Center on Law and Security
CLT	Citizens for Limited Taxation
CM	Centimeter
CMA	Casino Management Association Christian Motorcyclists Association
CMFCE	Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
CMMC	Chico Medical Marijuana Co-op
CMP	Center for Market Processes
CMR	Californians for Medical Rights Campaign for Medical Rights Coloradans for Medical Rights
CMRO	Concerned Motorcycle Riders of Ohio
CMTE	Committee
CNBL	Center for New Black Leadership
CNC	Command and Control Constitutionists' Networking Center
CND	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
CNDP	Campaign for New Drug Policies
CNIGA	California Nations Indian Gaming Association
CNN	Cable News Network
CNP	Cascadian National Party Center for National Policy Council for National Policy
CNS	Cannabis News Service Conservative News Service Cybercast News Service
CNSL	Center for National Security Law
CNSS	Center for National Security Studies
CNW	Cures Not Wars
CO	Citizen Outreach Clothing Optional Clothing Optional Digest Colorado Commanding Officer Company
COA	Citizens of America
COCL	Coalition for Constitutional Liberties
COD	Collect On Delivery
COE	Church Of Euthanasia
COEI	Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation
CofCC	Council of Conservative Citizens
COFOE	Coalition For Free and Open Elections
COG	Center Of Gravity Commission on Globalisation Creepy Old Guy
COGP	Center on Global Prosperity
COHA	Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHIP	Colorado Hemp Initiative Project
COIN	Counterinsurgency Counterintelligence
COK	Compassion Over Killing
COMD	Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft
COMM	Communications
COO	Chief Operating Officer
COP	Coefficient Of Performance
COPAL	Center on Peace and Liberty
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPEI	Comite de Organizacion Política Electoral Independiente aka Social Christian Party of Venezuela
COP	Citizens Opposing Prohibition
COPS	Community Oriented Policing Services, United States Department of Justice
CORA	Coordinadora Radical Antiprohibicionista
CORP	Corporation
COS	Conservative Opportunity Society
COUM	Central Ohio Unorganized Militia
COYOTE	Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics
CP	Capitalist Party Catholic Party Communist Party Conservative Party Constitutional Party Constitutionalist Party
CPA	Capitalist Party of America Catholic Party of America Certified Public Accountant Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
CPAC	Conservative Political Action Conference
CPC	Communist Party of China Congressional Progressive Caucus
CPD	Committee on the Present Danger
CPHV	Center to Prevent Handgun Violence renamed Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
CPIS	Citizens for Peace in Space
CPJ	Committee to Protect Journalists
CPL	Concealed Pistol License
CPN	Communist Party of Nepal
CPO	Constitution Party of Oregon
CPOP	Constitutional Patriots Opposing Prohibition
CPPR	Citizens for Private Property Rights Citizens for the Protection of Property Rights
CPR	Cannabis Patient Registry Citizens for Proportional Representation Coronary-Pumonary Resusitation
CPRL	College Progressive Republican League
CPS	Centre for Policy Studies Child Protective Services
CPSC	Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSR	Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CPT	Consumer Project on Technology
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CPUSA	Communist Party USA
CPWE	Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions
CQ	Congressional Quarterly
CRA	Chicago Recovery Alliance Coral Reef Alliance
CRASH	Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways
CRC	Capital Research Center Committee to Restore the Constitution
CRCM	Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana
CREW	Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CRF	Constitutional Rights Foundation
CRFB	Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
CRFOC	Constitutional Rights Foundation Orange County
CRG	Center for Representative Government
CRIP	Community Revolution In Progress
CRNC	College Republican National Committee
CRP	Center for Responsive Politics Committee to Reelect the President Creator's Rights Party
CRPA	California Rifle and Pistol Association
CRRH	Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp
CRS	Can't Remember Shit
CRSA	Cannabis Relegalization Society of Alberta
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CS	Cremation Society Czechoslovakia (.cs)
CSA	Canadians for Safe Access Confederate States of America Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
CSAF	Czech Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation
CSAP	Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSAT	Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSBA	Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
CSC	Center for Science and Culture
CSD	Christopher Street Day
CSDP	Common Sense for Drug Policy
CSE	Citizens for a Sound Economy
CSER	Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion
CSF	Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
CSGV	Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
CSH	Council for Secular Humanism
CSI	Civil Society International Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Council on Security and Intelligence
CSIA	Center for Science and International Affairs Cyber Security Industry Alliance
CSICOP	Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
CSIS	Center for Strategic and International Studies Commercial Sex Information Service
CSM	Citizens for a Safer Minnesota
CSN	Crosby Stills and Nash
CSNH	Cremation Society of New Hampshire
CSNY	Crosby Stills Nash and Young
CSPI	Center for Science in the Public Interest
CSS	Cascading Style Sheet Central Security Service aka National Security Agency
CSSA	Canadian Shooting Sports Association
CSSDP	Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
CST	Central Standard Time
CSUSA	Copyright Society of the USA
CT	Central Time Connecticut Court
CTA	Chicago Transit Authority
CTIA	Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association
CTJ	Citizens for Tax Justice
CTKA	Citizens for Truth about the Kennedy Assassination
CTLC	Colorado Term Limits Coalition
CTPS	Center for Trade Policy Studies
CTRL	Conspiracy Theory Research List Control
CTV	Citizens for Traditional Values
CU	Consumers Union See You
CUFO	J Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies
CURE	Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants Constitutionally Unified Republic for Everyone
CUI	Controlled Unclassified Information
CUT	Colorado Union of Taxpayers
CUUPS	Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
CVD	Center for Voting and Democracy
CVF	Center for Vigilant Freedom
CVI	Combat Veterans International
CVT	Center for Victims of Torture
CW	CBS Warner
CWC	Center on Wrongful Convictions
CWF	Campaign for Working Families
CWFA	Concerned Women for America
CWV	Catholic War Veterans
CYA	See Ya
CZ	Czech Republic (.cz)
C4L	Campaign for Liberty
C4PR	Canadians for Proportional Representation

D

DAD	Dads Against Discrimination
DADT	Don't Ask, Don't Tell
DAMMADD	Dads and Mad Moms Against Drug Dealers
DAN	Direct Action Network
DAPJN	Detroit Area Peace with Justice Network
DARE	Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DATIA	Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association
DAV	Disabled American Veterans
DAWN	DC Anti-War Network Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era Drug Abuse Warning Network
DB	Decibel
DBS	Direct Broadcast Satellite
DCA	Defense Communications Agency
DCAPB	Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality
DCCC	Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Detroit Coalition for Compasionate Care
DCIS	Defense Criminal Investigative Service
DCP	Drug Control Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
DCS	Delaware Cannabis Society
DD	East Germany (.dd)
DDF	Defending Dissent Foundation
DDL	Direct Democracy League
DDNC	Death with Dignity National Center
DE	Delaware Germany (.de)
DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration
DEBED	DEBED
DEFCON	Campaign to Defend the Constitution Defense Readiness Condition
DFAF	Drug Free America Foundation
DFC	Democratic Freedom Caucus
DFN	Digital Freedom Network
DFP	DuoFreedomist Party
DGSE	Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure aka Directorate-General for External Security
DHHS	Department of Health and Human Services
DIA	Defense Intelligence Agency Democracy In Action
DIGECO	aka General Coca Control and Auditing Board
DII	Department of Information and Intelligence
DIN	Deutsches Institut für Normung
DINO	Democrat In Name Only
DISA	Defense Information Systems Agency
DISCUS	Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
DiSEqC	Digital Satellite Equipment Control
DIVA	Denouncing Ingorance through Vigilant Activism
DIY	Do It Yourself
DJ	Disc Jockey
DLC	Democratic Leadership Council
DLPA	DL-Phenylalanine
DMCA	Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMV	Department of Motor Vehicles
DMZ	De-Militarized Zone
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNC	Democratic National Committee
DNI	Director of National Intelligence
DNSA	Digital National Security Archive
DOA	Dead On Arrival
DOB	Date Of Birth
DOC	Department of Commerce
DOD	Department of Defense
DOE	Department of Energy
DOEd	Department of Education
DOI	Department of Interior
DOJ	Department of Justice
DOL	Department of Labor
DOLETA	Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, United States Department of Labor
DOMEX	Document and Media Exploitation
DONT	Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment
DOT	Department of Transportation United States Department of Transportation
DP	Democratic Party Digital Photography
DPA	D-phenylalanine Drug Policy Alliance
DPC	Domestic Policy Council, United States Executive Office of the President Drug Policy Central
DPF	Drug Policy Forum Drug Policy Foundation
DPFMI	Drug Policy Forum of Michigan
DPFT	Drug Policy Forum of Texas
DPFVA	Drug Policy Forum of Virginia
DPFWI	Drug Policy Forum of Wisconsin
DPIC	Death Penalty Information Center
DPM	Democratic Party of Michigan
DPNA	Drug Prevention Network of the Americas
DPO	Democratic Party of Oregon
DPT	Derechose Para Todos aka Rights for All People
DR	Doctor Drive
DRCNet	Drug Reform Coordination Network
DREDF	Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
DREO	Defense Research Establishment Organization
DRGO	Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
DRL	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, United States Department of State
DRM	Digital Rights Management
D&S	Dominance and Submission
DSA	Democratic Socialists of America
DSCC	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
DSGL	Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws
DSK	Dominique Strauss-Kahn
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSM	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DTN	Drug Truth Network Drug Treatment Network
DTO	Drug Trafficking Organization see Black Market Organizations
DTS	Digital Theater System
DU	Democratic Underground Ducks Unlimited
DUI	Driving Under the Influence
DUID	Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
DUIL	Driving Under the Influence of Liquor
DURF	Drug Users Rights Forum
DV	Digital Video
DVB	Digital Video Broadcasting
DVB-C	Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable
DVB-S	Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite
DVB-T	Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial
DVD	Digital Video Disc
DVI	Digital Visual Interface
DVR	Digital Video Recorder
DWDA	Death with Dignity Alliance
DWI	Driving While Impaired Drug Watch International
D2A	Democrats for the Second Amendment
D66	Democrats '66

E

E	East Ecstacy Electronic
EAB	Emerald Ash Borer
EANGUS	Enlisted Association National Guard US
EARTH	Eco Awareness and Recovery Through Hemp Every American's Right To Hemp
EBA	European Betting Association
EBRI	Employee Benefit Research Institute
EC	Emergency Contraception
ECAD	European Cities Against Drugs
ECDP	European Cities on Drug Policy
ECMC	Emergency Coalition for Medical Cannabis
ECO	Environmental Conservation Organization
EDA	Exotic Dancers Alliance
EDS	Endorphin Deficiency Syndrome
EDT	Eastern Daylight Time
EEI	Edison Electric Institute
EER	Energy Efficiency Ratio
EFCA	Employee Free Choice Act
EFF	Education Freedom Fund Electronic Frontier Foundation Evergreen Freedom Foundation
EFN	Economic Freedom Network
EFSDP	Educators For Sensible Drug Policy
EGBA	European Gaming and Betting Association
EGC	Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica aka Gnostic Catholic Church
EGO	Eric's Group of Objectivists
EHRN	Eurasian Harm Reduction Network
EITC	Educational Improvement Tax Credit
EJF	Equal Justice Foundation
ELDR	European Liberal, Democrat and Reform
ELF	Earth Liberation Front Extremely Low Frequency
ELP	Emerson, Lake and Palmer
EMDEF	Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund
ENACT	Effective National Action to Control Tobacco
ENCOD	European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
ENWO	Enemies of the New World Order
EOS	Earth Observing System
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EPF	Employment Policy Foundation
EPI	Economic Policy Institute Education Policy Institute Employment Policies Institute Employment Policy Institute
EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center
EPN	Electronic Policy Network
EPPC	Ethics and Public Policy Center
ERA	Earned Run Average Equal Rights Amendment European Radical Alliance
EQCA	Equality California
ERAA	Earth Religions Assistance Association
ERLAN	Earth Religions Legal Assistance Network
ERS	Electoral Reform Society
ERTH	Environmental Resources Thru Hemp
ESA	Employment Standards Administration, United States Department of Labor Entertainment Software Association
ESAD	Eat Shit And Die
ESGR	Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
ESOP	Employee Stock Ownership Program
ESP	Extra Sensory Perception
ESRB	Entertainment Software Rating Board
EST	Eastern Standard Time
ET	Eastern Time Entertainment Tonight Extra-Terrestrials
ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival Euskadi Ta Askatasuna aka Basque Homeland and Freedom
ETC	Election Technology Council Etcetera
ETF	Exchange Traded Funds
EU	European Union
EURAD	Europe Against Drugs
EVP	Electronic Voice Phenomena
EZLN	Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional aka Zapatista National Liberation Army

F

F	Farenheit Fuck Phenylalanine
FA	Federation Anarchiste
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration, United States Department of Transportation
FAAT	FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms
FABC	Forest Alliance of British Columbia
FAC	Feminists Against Censorship First Amendment Center Freedom Activist Coalition
FACT	Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce First Amendment Cyber-Tribune
FACTnet	Fight Against Coercive Tactics Net
FAF	French Anarchist Federation
FAI	Federazione Anarchica Informale aka Informal Anarchist Federation Federazione Anarchica Italiano aka Italian Anarchist Federation
FAIR	Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting Federation for American Immigration Reform
FALA	First Amendment Lawyers Association
FALN	Fuerzas Armadas Liberacion Nacional Puertoriquena aka Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation
FAME	Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education
FAMM	Families Against Mandatory Minimums
FAN	Flagstaff Activist Network Free Agents Network Freedom Activist Network
Fannie Mae	Federal National Mortgage Association
FAP	First Amendment Project
FAPT	Fathers Are Parents Too
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
FAR	Feminists for Animal Rights
FARC	Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia aka Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FAS	Federation of American Scientists Frescati Anarkistiska Sammanslutning
FATF	First Amendment Task Force
FAU	Freie Arbeiter Union
FAVNET	Feminists Against Violence Network
FB	Farm Bureau
FBC	Free Burma Coalition
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIAA	Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association
FBOP	Federal Bureau of Prisons
FBU	FurBearers Unlimited
FCA	Family Caregiver Alliance Framework Convention Alliance
FCAN	Florida Cannabis Action Network
FCC	Federal Communications Commission Firearms Coalition of Colorado
FCCC	Fernadale Coalition for Compassionate Care
FCDA	Family Council on Drug Awareness
FCF	Free Congress Foundation
FCG	Fund for Constitutional Government
FCI	Fifty Caliber Institute
FCIC	Federal Citizen Information Center
FCN	Family and Corrections Network Federation of Canadian Naturists
FCPO	Family Coalition Party of Ontario
FD	Freedom Democrats
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FDCA	Family Council on Drug Awareness Federation of Communist Anarchists
FDD	Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDL	Free Documentation License
FDN	Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense aka Nicaraguan Democratic Force (defunct)
FEAR	Forfeiture Endangers American Rights
FEC	Federal Election Commission
FED-UP	Foundation to End Drug Unfairness Policies
FEE	Foundation for Economic Education
FEM	Federation of European Motorcyclists
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEPAVRAE	Federation of Agricultural Producers of the Rio Apurimac Valley
FER	Fathers for Equal Rights
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FF	Freedom Forum
FFE	Feminists for Free Expression
FFF	Freedom First Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
FFEC	Florida Fair Elections Coalition
FFFA	Faith, Family, Freedom Alliance
FFIEC	Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FFIP	Forum for International Policy
FFRF	Freedom From Religion Foundation
FFTN	Freedom From Tobacco Network
FHF	Fathers Helping Fathers
FHLMC	Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation aka Freddie Mac
FHRO	First Human Right Organization
FIDH	Federation internationale des ligues des droits de I’Homme aka International Federation for Human Rights
FIE	Federal Intelligence Entity
FIG	Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
FIGJA	Fully Informed Grand Jurors Alliance
FIJA	Fully Informed Jury Association
FINRA	Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
FIRE	Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
FIRV	Ferndale for Instant Runoff Voting
FISA	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISC	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
FISCR	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
FJC	Federal Judicial Center
FJHC	Fourth of July Hemp Coalition
FKL	Forum fuer Klanglandschaft
FL	Florida
FLA	Florida
FLC	Freedom Lovers Connection
FLEOA	Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
FLETC	Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, United States Department of Homeland Security
FLOA	Freedom Lawyers Of America
FLOTUS	First Lady Of The United States
FME	Free Market Environmentalism
FMNN	Free Market News Network
FMR	Floridans for Medical Rights Former
FN	Freedom Network
FNB	Food Not Bombs
FNM	Free Nigeria Movement
FNMA	Federal National Mortgage Association aka Fannie Mae
FOB	Freight On Board
FOCAS	Federation of Circles and Solitaries
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FOP	Fraternal Order of Police
FORCES	Fight Ordinances and Restrictions to Control and Eliminate Smoking
FOREST	Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco
FORML	Florida Organziation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
FORVT	Freedom Of the Road for Vermont
FOTF	Focus On The Family
FP	Freedom Party
FPA	Fusion Party of America
FPO	Freedom Party of Ontario Freiheitliche Partei Osterreichs aka Freedom Party of Austria
FPRI	Foreign Policy Research Institute
FQN	Federation Qubecoise de Naturisme
FRA	Fathers' Rights Association
FRAC	Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives
FRANYS	Fathers' Rights Association of New York
FRC	Family Research Council Fathers' Resource Center
Freddie Mac	Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FREE	Fathers' Rights and Equality Exchange Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
FROG	Front Range Objectivists Group
FSA	Freedom States Alliance
FSCVL	Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues
FSF	Free Software Foundation, Inc
FSP	Free State Project Freedom Socialist Party
FSS	Fixed Service Satellite
FSSA	Florida Sport Shooting Association
FT	Fort
FTA	Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation Free-To-Air Fur Takers of America
FTAA	Free Trade Area of the Americas
FTC	Federal Trade Commission
FTCR	Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
FTM	Freedom To Marry Coalition
FTMI	FTM International
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
FTRF	Freedom To Read Foundation
FTRN	Fight The Right Network
FU	Freedom Underground Fuck You
FUCK	Fornicating Under Carnal Knowledge
FUCR	Freedom Union and Cannabis Revolution
FVC	Fair Vote Canada
FVN	Family Values Network
FVP	Family Values Party
FWA	Free World Alliance
FWHC	Feminist Women's Health Center
FWLLI	Federal Wage and Labor Law Institute
FWS	Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior
FY	Fiscal Year
FYI	For Your Information
FZLN	Frente Zapatista de Liberación Nacional aka Zapatista Front of National Liberation

G

GA	Gamblers Anonymous Georgia
GAAA	Gewaltfreie Aktion Atomwaffen Abschaffer aka Non-Violent Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
GAD	Georgians Against Discrimination
GADU	Gran Arquitecto Del Universo Spanish translation of GAOTU, Great Architect Of The Universe
GAL	Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberacion aka Antiterrorist Liberation Groups
GALA	Gay And Lesbian Alliance
GALAH	Gay and Lesbian Atheists and Humanists
GALHA	Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association
GAO	Government Accounting Office
GAOTU	Great Architect Of The Universe also see GADU, Gran Arquitecto Del Universo
GAP	Government Accountability Project Group Against Pornography
GATA	Gold Anti-Trust Action
GBFR	Greater Boston Freedom Riders aka Freedom Riders
GC	General Counsel
GDO	Global Democracy Ottawa
GDP	Gross National Product Guns and Dope Party
GEICO	Government Employees Insurance Company
GEOINT	Geospatial Intelligence
GF	Girl Friend
GFE	Grantmakers For Education
GFN	Gone For Now
GFW	Global Fund for Women
GGS	Georgians for Gun Safety
GI	Geographical Indications
GILC	Global Internet Liberty Campaign
GINGPAC	Government Is Not God Political Action Committee
GIS	Georgraphic Information System
GLAAD	Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
GLAD	Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
GLBT	Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered
GLIL	Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty
GLLA	Great Lakes Limousine Association
GLPC	Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition
GLPCI	Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International
GLSEN	Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
GLSTN	Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network
GM	General Motors Genetically Modified
GMBO	Giggling My Butt Off
GMCP	Global Medicinal Cannabis Project
GMHC	Gay Men's Health Crisis
GMTA	Great Minds Think Alike
GN	Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
GNU	GNU's Not Unix
GOA	Gun Owners of America
GOAL	Guardians Of American Liberty Gun Owners' Action League
GOCRA	Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance
GONGO	Government Operated Non-Governmental Organization Government Organized Non-Governmental Organization
GOP	Grand Old Party aka Republican Party
GP	Georgia Party Grassroots Party Green Party
GPO	Gay Press Organization
GPPF	Georgia Public Policy Foundation
GPS	Global Positioning System Global Public Square from Fareed Zakaria GPS
GQ	Gentlemen's Quarterly
GR	Globalise Resistance
GRAMM	Grass Roots Association for Medical Marijuana
GRNC	Grass Roots North Carolina
GR8	Great
GQRR	Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
GSA	Gay Straight Alliance General Services Administration
GSAN	Gay Straight Alliance Network
GSE	Government Sponsored Enterprises
GSL	Guns Save Lives
GSMM	Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana
GUI	Graphical User Interface
GVPC	Gun Violence Prevention Center
GWG	Geeks with Guns
GWOT	Global War On Terror
G8	Gate G8 aka Group of 8
G8R	Gator
G20	G20 aka Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

H

H	Heroin
HAARP	High frequency Active Auroral Research Program
HAC	Hemp Awareness Council
HACER	Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
HALT	Help Abolish Legal Tyranny
HAMC	Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
HANF	Hanf Als Nutzpflanze Fordern
HAPA	Half-Asian Peoples' Association
HARC	HIV AIDS Resource Center
HBO	Home Box Office
HCALG	Hawai'i Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
HCFA	Health Care Financing Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services
HCGV	Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence
HCRC	Hoosier Cannabis Relegalization Coalition
HD	High Definition
HDMI	High Definition Multimedia Interface
HEIR	Home Education Information Resource
HEMP	Help End Marijuana Prohibition Hemp Education Mobilization Project Human Environmental Mandate Proponents
HERMP	Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project
HF	Heritage Front
HFA	Humane Farming Association
HFIA	Hemp Food Industries Association
HGH	Human Growth Hormone
HHC	Hawaii Hemp Council
HHIS	Hanging Head In Shame
HHS	Health and Human Services
HI	Hawaii
HIA	Hemp Industries Association
HIPWS	Hemp Initiative Projects of Washington State
HIRE	Hooking Is Real Employment
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HJTA	Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association
HLI	Human Life International
HMO	Health Maintenance Organization
HMV	Hear My Voice
HNN	Hassela Nordic Network
HOP	Heritage of Pride
HOPE	Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
HOWL	Help Our Wolves Live
HP	Hewlett Packard
HPEP	Houston People Exchanging Power
HPL	High Pressure Laminate Human Placental Lactogen
HPV	Human Papilloma Virus
HRC	Human Rights Campaign Human Rights Center (CA) Human Rights Center (MN)
HRDW	Human Rights and the Drug War
HRF	Human Rights Foundation Human Rights Foundation Inc
HRH	Harm Reduction Hawaii
HRP	Human Rights Party
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services
HRT	Hormone Replacement Therapy
HRTI	Harm Reduction Training Institute
HRW	Human Rights Watch
HSA	Hunt Saboteurs Association
HSF	Home School Foundation
HSI	Humane Society International
HSLDA	Home School Legal Defense Association
HSLF	Humane Society Legislative Fund
HSN	Home Shopping Network
HSUS	Humane Society of the United States
HT	Hemp Times High Times
HTML	HyperText Markup Language
HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol
HUAC	House Un-American Activities Committee
HUD	Housing and Urban Development
HVAC	Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
HVD	High Value Detainees
HW	George Herbert Walker Bush
HWY	Highway
HZ	Hertz
H8	Hate
H&K	Hugs And Kisses

I

I	Internet Interstate
IA	Iowa
IAC	International Action Center Israel Allies Caucus
IACM	International Association for Cannabis as Medicine
IACP	International Association of Chiefs of Police
IADSA	International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
IAF	International of Anarchist Federations
IAHF	International Advocates for Health Freedom
IAL	International Antiprohibitionist League
IALGPC	International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators
IAMM	Institute Advancing Medical Marijuana
IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IANSA	International Action Network on Small Arms
IANet	Interactive Aging Network
IAP	Independent American Party
IAPA	International Airline Passengers Association
IAPM	International Association of Professional Mercenaries
IAS	Institute for Anarchist Studies
IATA	International Air Transport Association
IATP	Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
IAVA	Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
IBM	International Business Machines
IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development aka World Bank Group
IBT	International Brotherhood of Teamsters
IC	I See Integrated Circuit Intellectual Conservative Intelligence Community
ICAN	International Child Abuse Network
ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICAR	International Cannabis Alliance for Reform
ICBL	International Campaign to Ban Landmines
ICCC	Internet Consumers Choice Coalition
ICE	Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Department of Homeland Security
ICG	International Crisis Group
ICHEIC	International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims
ICHV	Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
ICHSLTA	International Council of Hides, Skins and Leather Traders Associations
ICL	Indiana Citizens For Life
ICLU	Iowa Civil Liberties Union
ICMA	International City/County Management Association
ICMP	International Commission on Missing Persons
ICNC	International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
ICORI	International Coca Research Institute
ICPR	Illinois Citizens for Proportional Representation
ICQ	I Seek You
ICR	Institute for Creation Research
ICRA	Internet Content Rating Association
ICRF	International Coalition for Religious Freedom
ICRS	International Cannabinoid Research Society
ICSID	International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank Group
ICTSD	International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
ICVA	Innocence Commission for Virginia
ID	Idaho Identification
IDA	In Defense of Animals Institute for Defense Analyses
IDAP	InterDenominational Advocates for Peace
IDC	Centrist Democrat International
IDEA	Illinois Drug Ethics Alliance Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness
IDF	Israeli Defense Forces
IDN	Intelligent Design Network
IDPA	International Defensive Pistol Association
IDSI	International Drug Strategy Institute
IDWCT	International Drug War Crimes Tribunal
IE	Internet Explorer
IEA	Institute of Economics Affairs
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
IED	Improvised Explosive Device
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEN	Indigenous Environmental Network
IES	Institute for Employment Studies
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
IF	Intermediate Frequency
IFA	International Federation of Anarchists l'Internationale des Federations Anarchistes
IFAN	Intellectual Freedom Action Network
IFAS	Institute for First Amendment Studies
IFAW	International Fund for Animal Welfare
IFAY	International Federation of Anarchist Youth
IFC	International Finance Corporation Interracial Family Circle
IFCJ	International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
IFF	Idaho Family Forum International Freedom Foundation
IFGE	International Foundation for Gender Education
IFLRY	International Federation of Liberal Youth
IFP	Inkatha Freedom Party
IFRL	Illinois Federation for Right to Life
IFSA	Interracial Family and Social Alliance
IFTPC	International Freedom to Publish Committee
IG	Inspector General
IGI	International Gaming Institute
IGRA	International Gay Rodeo Association
IHA	International Hemp Association
IHF	International Healing Foundation
IHI	Indiana Hemp Institute
IHRA	International Harm Reduction Association
IHS	Indian Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services Institute for Humane Studies
III	Insurance Information Institute
IIS	Intrnet Information Services
IISD	International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISS	International Institute for Strategic Studies
IJ	Institute for Justice
IJM	International Justice Mission
IL	Illinois
ILAB	Bureau of International Labor Affairs, United States Department of Labor
ILE	Internet Link Exchange Instituto de Libre Empresa aka Free Enterprise Institute
ILN	International Libertarian Network
ILR	Institute for Legal Reform
ILS	International Libertarian Solidarity
IMC	Independent Media Center
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IMFFNET	International Mens Fashion Freedom Network
IMI	Illinois Marijuana Initiative
IMMLY	Is My Medicine Legal Yet?
IMO	In My Opinion
IMPACS	Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society
IN	Indiana
INC	Indian National Congress
INCB	International Narcotics Control Board, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
IND	Investigational New Drug
INF	International Naturist Federation
INFACT	renamed Corporate Accountability International
ING	Internationale Nederlanden Group
INL	Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, United States Department of State
INR	Intelligence and Research
INS	Immigration and Naturalization Service
INSCOM	Intelligence and Security Command
INT	International (.int)
INTA	International Trademark Association
IOC	International Olympic Committee
IOFA	International Organization For Adolescents
IOM	Institute Of Medicine
IOS	Institute for Objectivist Studies renamed Objectivist Center
IOU	I Owe You
IP	Independence Party Independent Party Internet Party Internet Protocol Intellectual Property
IPC	Iran Policy Committee
IPGV	Iowans for the Prevention of Gun Violence
IPL	Internet Public Library
IPNW	Innocence Project Northwest
IPO	Initial Public Offering Intellectual Property Owner
IPPF	International Planned Parenthood Federation
IPPN	Independent Progressive Politics Network
IPPNW	International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
IPS	Institute for Policy Studies
IPU	Inter-Parliamentary Union
IR	Infra-Red
IRA	Individual Retirement Account Irish Republican Army
IRC	Immigration Reform Caucus International Relations Center
IRD	Integrated Receiver/Decorder
IRF	Individual Rights Foundation
IRLA	International Religious Liberty Association
IRLC	Illinois Right to Life Committee
IRLI	Immigration Reform Law Institute
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
IRSA	Immigration and Refugee Services of America
IRV	Instant Runoff Voting
IRWG	Institute for Research on Women and Gender
ISAR	Institute for the Study of American Religion
ISBN	International Standard Book Number
ISDD	Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence
ISE	International Securities Exchange
ISFL	International Society of Family Law
ISG	Iraq Study Group
ISI	Inter-Services Intelligence Intercollegiate Society of Individualists Intercollegiate Studies Institute
ISIA	International Students In Action
ISIL	International Society for Individual Liberty
ISO	isos (not International Organization for Standardization) (not Organisation internationale de normalisation)
ISR	Institute for Social Research Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
ISRNI	Incest Survivors Resource Network International
ISSN	International Standard Serial Number
ISWFACE	International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education
IT	Information Technology
ITC	International Trade Centre of United Nations General Assembly International Trade Commission
ITD	Information Technologies for Development aka Trade and Development Centre
ITEP	Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
ITLA	International Taxicab and Livery Association
ITRC	Identity Theft Resource Center
ITSA	Intelligent Transportation Society of America
ITT	In These Times International Telephone and Telegraph
IUD	Inter-Uterine Device
IUPA	International Union of Police Associations
IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IVAW	Iraq Veterans Against the War
IWA	International Workers Association
IWC	International Wolf Center
IWF	Independent Women's Forum
IWP	International Workers Party
IWPS	International Women's Peace Service
IWW	Industrial Workers of the World

J

	J	Joint
	JACL	Japanese American Citizens League
	JAIL	Judicial Accountability Initiative Law
	JAP	Japanese Jewish American Princess
	JAX	Jacksonville
	JAXCAN	Jacksonville Cannabis Action Network
	JBS	John Birch Society
	JCCCR	Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration
	JCPA	Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
	JCS	Joint Chiefs of Staff
	JD	Juris Doctorate
	JDL	Jewish Defense League
	JDO	Jewish Defense Organization
	JDP	Justice and Development Party
	JFK	John Fitzgerald Kennedy
	JINSA	Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
	JMO	Just My Opinion
	JNF	Jewish National Fund
	JP	Jefferson Party
	JPCC	Juneau Pro-Choice Coalition
	JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
	JPFO	Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Inc
	JPI	Justice Policy Institute
	JSOC	Joint Special Operations Command
	JTF	Jewish Task Force

K

K	Boltzmann constant Kelvin Ketamine Kilo Kilobyte Thousand
KB	Kilobyte
KBA	Kentucky Bikers Association
KBR	Kellogg, Brown and Root
KC	Kansas City
KCAC	Knesset Christian Allies Caucus
KCFS	Kansas Citizens For Science
KC3	Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed
KD	Knock Down
KECH	Kansas Environmetalists for Commerce in Hemp
KFC	Kentucky Fried Chicken
KFOR	Kosovo Force
KFRI	Kansas Family Research Institute
KG	Kilogram
KGB	Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti aka Committee for State Security
KGLRC	Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Center
KHGCA	Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association
KHZ	Kilo-Hertz
KIHA	Kentucky Industrial Hemp Association
KISS	Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT	Keep In Touch
KKK	Ku Klux Klan
KKKK	Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
KKL	Keren Kayemet LeYisrael aka Jewish National Fund
KLA	Kosovo Liberation Army
KM	Kilometer
KO	Knock Out
KOC	Kiss On Cheek
KOR	Komitet Obrony Robotników aka Workers' Defence Committee
KOR ABC	KOR Anarchist Black Cross
KOTC	Kiss On The Cheek
KPH	Kilometers Per Hour
KS	Kansas
KSCNORML	Southcentral Kansas National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
KSCSKKK	Knights of the Southern Cross Soldiers of the Ku Klux Klan
KUBARK	KUBARK aka Central Intelligence Agency
KUNORML	Kansas University National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
KWK	Knights of the White Kamellia

L

L	Liter
LA	Libertarian Alliance Los Angeles Louisiana
LAAN	Lansing Area AIDS Network
LAAW	Legal Aid for Abused Women
LAC	Legal Action Center
LACRC	Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center
LAHR	Lansing Association for Human Rights
LA&M	Leather Archives and Museum
LAN	Libertarian Activist Network Local Area Network
LAND	Landowners Association of North Dakota
LARC	London Action Resource Centre
LASER	Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LATP	Louisiana Taxpayers Party
LB	libra (Latin word for Roman pound, approximately .72 English pounds weight)
LBJ	Lyndon Baines Johnson
LC	Lower Case
LCA	Legalise Cannabis Alliance
LCC	Legalise Cannabis Campaign
LCCC	Lansing Compassionate Care Commission
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LCMA	Libertarian Campaign Managers Association
LCR	Log Cabin Republicans
LCV	League of Conservation Voters
LDP	Liberal Democratic Party
LDS	Latter Day Saints aka Mormons Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
LEA	Law Enforcement Agency
LEAA	Law Enforcement Alliance of America
LEAD	League for Ethical Action on Drugs
LEAF	Liberty's Educational Advocacy Forum
LEAP	Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
LED	Light Emitting Diode
LEIU	Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
LEO	Law Enforcement Online
LEPSA	Law Enforcement for the Preservation of the Second Amendment
LFL	Libertarians For Life Lutherans For Life
LFS	Libertarian Futurist Society
LGBT	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
LGBTA	Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Affairs
LGCJ	Lesbian and Gay Coalition for Justice
LGCM	Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement
LGIRTF	Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
LGLC	Libertarians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns
LHM	Lord Help Me
LI	Liberal International
LIFE	Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality
LII	Legal Information Institute
LIO	Libertarian International Organization
LLC	Limited Liability Corporation
LLDEF	Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
LLEGO	Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization
LMAO	Laughing My Ass Off
LMFAO	Laughing My Fucking Ass Off
LMP	Legalize Marijuana Party Legalize Marijuana Party
LN	Lane
LNA	Low Noise Amplifier
LNB	Low Noise Block
LNBF	Low Noise Block Feedhorn
LNC	Libertarian National Committee Low Noise Converter
LNCC	Libertarian National Congressional Committee
LNF	Libertarian Nation Foundation
LNG	Liquid Natural Gas
LNS	Liberation News Service
LNSG	Libertarian National Socialist Green Party
LO	Hello
LOC	Library of Congress
LOL	Laugh Out Loud
LOSS	League Of Secessionist States
LOTR	Liberty on the Rocks
LP	Labor Party Labour Party Liberal Party Libertarian Party Light Party Liquid Propane
LPAC	Liberty Political Action Conference
LPCT	Libertarian Party of Connecticut
LPDC	Libertarian Party of District of Columbia
LPF	League for Programming Freedom
LPGA	Libertarian Party of Georgia
LPIA	Libertarian Party of Iowa
LPIN	Libertarian Party of Indiana
LPLC	Libertarian Party of Livingston County
LPM	Libertarian Party of Michigan
LPMA	Libertarian Party of Massachusetts
LPNC	Libertarian Party of North Carolina
LPNH	Libertarian Party of New Hampshire
LPO	Libertarian Party of Ohio Libertarian Party of Oregon
LPOC	Libertarian Party of Oakland County
LPPA	Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania
LPPV	League of Private Property Voters
LPRC	Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Libertarian Party Rothbard Caucus
LPRI	Libertarian Party of Rhode Island
LPWC	Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County
LPWI	Libertarian Party of Wisconsin
LPWM	Libertarian Party of West Michigan
LPWS	Libertarian Party of Washington
LRC	Libertarian Reform Caucus
LROC	Libertarian Republican Organizing Committee
LSAS	Lawyer's Second Amendment Society
LSD	Lysergic acid Diethylamide
LSN	Landmine Survivors Network Libertarian Socialist News
LTNS	Long Time No See
LUFON	Libertarian UFO Network
LULAC	League of United Latin American Citizens
LVA	Liberty Veterans Association
LWV	League of Women Voters
LWVAAA	eague of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area
LWVC	League of Women Voters of California
LWVCA	League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area
LWVMI	League of Women Voters of Michigan
LWVNY	League of Women Voters of New York
LWVNYS	League of Women Voters of New York State
LYV	League of Young Voters
LYVEF	League of Young Voters Education Fund
L8	Late
L8LY	Lately
L8R	Later

M

M	Mega Megabyte Meter Milli- Million
MA	Marijuana Anonymous Massachusetts Master of Arts Methadone Anonymous
MAAF	Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
MAD	Mutual Assured Destruction
MADD	Mothers Against Drunk Driving
MADV	Men Against Domestic Violence
MAG	Motorcycle Action Group
MAGLOCLEN	Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network
MALDEF	Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
MAMA	Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse
MAMM	Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana
MAP	Media Awareness Project Men Against Pornography Michigan Action Project
MAPP	Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project Michigan Association for Preservation of Property Midwest AIDS Prevention Project
MAPS	Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
MARAD	Maritime Administration, United States Department of Transportation
MARAL	Michigan Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
MARS	Marijuana AIDS Research Service
MAS	Movimiento al Socialismo
MASH	Michiganders Against Sport Hunting
MB	Megabyte
MBE	Mail Boxes Ecetera
MBRC	Michigan Black Republican Council
MC	MasterCard Master of Ceremonies
MCACG	Michigan Coalition Against Casino Gambling
MCADP	Michigan Coalition Against the Death Penalty
MCADSV	Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
MCAGE	Multicultural Coalition Against Gambling Expansion
MCAHV	Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence
MCCC	Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care
MCDL	Maryland Citizens Defense League
MCDM	Minnesota Citizens in Defense of Marriage
MCES	Michigan Center for Environmental Studies
MCFL	Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc
MCFN	Michigan Campaign Finance Network
MCI	Marine Corps Intelligence aka United States Marine Corps Intelligence Department
MCIA	Marine Corps Intelligence Activity aka United States Marine Corps Intelligence Department
MCL	Michigan Compiled Laws
MCPP	Mackinac Center for Public Policy
MCRCG	Michigan Coalition for Return to Constitutional Government
MCRI	Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
MCROA	Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association
MCRGO	Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners
MCRI	Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration
MCSFA	Michigan Citizens for SmokeFree Air
MCSM	Montgomery Citizens for a Safer Maryland
MD	Maryland Medical Doctor
MDA	Men's Defense Association Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDC	Movement for Democratic Change
MDCO	Military Department Counterintelligence Organization
MDOT	Michigan Department of Transportation
MDR	Mandatory Declassification Review
MDRC	Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
ME	Maine Marriage Equality
MEA	Michigan Education Association
MEC	Magical Education Council Michigan Environmental Council
MECAWI	Michigan Emergency Committee Aganist War and Injustice
MEDC	Michigan Economic Development Corporation
MEDEFCO	Metro Detroit Freedom Coalition
MEGA	Marriage Equality Georgia
MEHEMP	Musicians and Entertainers Helping End Marijuana Prohibition
MEMSPA	Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association
MENY	Marriage Equality New York
MEPA	Marriage Equality Pennsylvania
MERA	Michigan Election Reform Alliance
MERC	Michigan Election Reform Coalition
MFC	Multiracial Family Circle
MFF	Michigan Family Forum
MFN	Missouri Family Network
M-FORE	Michigan Focus on Reforming Elections
MFSO	Military Families Speak Out
MGA	Michigan Gaming Association
MGM	Menschen gegen Minen aka People Against Landmines Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MHC	Montana Hemp Council
MHDC	Michigan House Democratic Caucus
MHPM	Midwest Hispanic Publisher Media
MHR	Michigan House Republicans
MHZ	Mega-Hertz
MI	Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Michigan
MIA	Missing In Action
MIAC	Missouri Information Analysis Center
MIGA	Multilateral Investment and Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group
MIHEMP	Michigan Industrial Hemp Education and Marketing Project
MILSIM	Military Simulation
MIM	Maoist Internationalist Movement
MIN	Marijuana Information Network
MINCAVA	Minnesota Higher Education Center Against Violence and Abuse
MIPB	Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin
MIPO	Marist College Institute for Public Opinion
MIRCRC	Michgan Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
MIS	Michigan International Speedway
MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MI5	Military Intelligence Section 5 aka Security Service
MI6	Military Intelligence Section 6 aka Secret Intelligence Service
MI7	Military Intelligence Section 7
MJ	Marijuana
MKH	Mary Katharine Ham
ML	Milliliter
MLK	Martin Luther King
MLO	Marijuana Legalization Organization
MM	Millimeter
MMA	Medical Marijuana of America Modified Motorcycle Association
MMAAYS	Medical Marijuana in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Saline
MMJ	Medical Marijuana
MMM	Michigan Marijuana Movement Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
MMMA	Michigan Medical Marijuana Association
MMN	Mid-Michigan National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
MMP	Minuteman Party
MMPPM	Medical Marijuana Policy Project of Montana
MMPU	Medical Marijuana Patients Union
MMR	Mainers for Medical Rights
MMRA	Medical Marijuana Restoration Association
MN	Minnesota
MNSOAW	Minnesota School of the Americas Watch
MO	Missouri Modus Operandi
MOAB	Massive Ordnance Air Blast Mother Of All Bombs
MOAW	Mother Of All Wars
MOE	Margin Of Error
MOHR	Michigan Organization for Human Rights
MOM	Militia of Montana
MOMMS	Mothers of Medical Marijuana Smokers
MORS	Military Operations Research Society
MP	Marijuana Party Military Police
MPAA	Motion Picture Association of America
MPAC	Marijuana Political Action Committee Muslim Public Affairs Council
MPCN	Michgan Pro-Choice Network
MPG	Merced Patients Group Miles Per Gallon
MPH	Miles Per Hour
MPI	Migration Policy Institute
MPN	Military Pagan Network
MPP	Marijuana Policy Project
MPPGV	Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence
MPRS	Missouri Paranormal Research Society
MPS	Missourians for Personal Safety
MPU	Mullers and Packers Union
MRC	Michigan Republicans for Choice Michigan Resource Center
MRCC	Michigan Republican Coalition for Choice
MRF	Motorcycle Riders Foundation
MRFF	Military Religious Freedom Foundation
MRL	Missouri Right to Life
MRPA	Michigan Rifle and Pistol Association
MRPP	Men's Rape Prevention Project
MRSA	Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
MS	Master of Science Microsoft Mississippi Multiple Sclerosis
MSA	Michigan Student Assembly Midwest Sunbathing Association
MSF	Motorcycle Safety Foundation
MSIE	Microsoft Internet Explorer
MSM	Main Stream Media
MSMM	Mississippi Marijuana Movement
MSN	Microsoft Network
MSNBC	Microsoft National Broadcasting Corporation
MSPU	Multiple Sclerosis Patients Union
MSRB	Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
MSU	Michigan State University
MT	Montana Mount
MTA	Michigan Taxpayers Alliance Michigan Trucking Association
MTWT	Making The Walls Transparent
MUCC	Michigan United Conservation Clubs
MUMM	Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana Society
MUSL	Multi-State Lottery Association
MVI	Mount Vernon Institute
MWL	Muslim Women's League
MWVA	Marijuana War Veterans Association
M8	Mate

N

N	And North
NA	Narcotics Anonymous Not Applicable Not Available
NAACP	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAAG	National Association of Attorneys General
NAAWP	National Association for the Advancement of White People
NAB	National Association of Broadcasters
NABCJ	National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
NABEA	National Association of Bail Enforcement Agents
NABR	National Association of Beverage Retailers
NAC	National Advisory Council Naturist Action Committee New Age Citizen
NACA	New American Church Association
NACAA	National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators
NACDL	National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
NACDS	National Association of Chain Drug Stores
NACM	National Alliance for Constitutional Money Nevada Association of Concerned Motorcyclists
NACo	National Association of Counties
NACOSA	National AIDS Convention of South Africa
NADAP	National Association on Drug Abuse Problems
NADN	National Audit Defense Network
NAF	National Abortion Federation
NAFLFD	National Association of Federally Licensed Firearms Dealers
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAHB	National Association of Home Builders
NAHP	National Association of Hispanic Publications
NAIHC	North American Industrial Hemp Council
NAIAS	North American International Auto Show
NAIS	National Animal Identification System
NALA	North American Liberation Association/Army
NAM	Non-Aligned Movement Vietnam
NAMA	National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
NAMBLA	North American Man/Boy Love Association
NAMI	National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAMM	National Association for Medical Marijuana
NANACOA	National Association for Native American Children Of Alcoholics
NAP	New Age Patriot
NAPAFASA	National Asian-Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
NAPFN	North American Patriots Free Network
NAPT	Native American Public Telecommunications
NAPWDA	North American Police Work Dog Association
NARAL	National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
NARCAP	National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena
NARF	Native American Rights Fund
NARN	Northwest Animal Rights Network
NAS	National Airspace System
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Association of Sentencing Advocates
NASBO	National Association of State Budget Officers
NASCAR	National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
NASD	National Association of Securities Dealers
NASDAQ	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NASDVA	National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs
NASE	National Association for the Self Employed
NASED	National Association of State Election Directors
NASEN	North American Syringe Exchange Network
NASPL	North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries
NASS	National Association of Secretaries of State
NATCA	National Air Traffic Controllers Association
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO-PA	North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly
NATT	Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals
NAUS	National Association for Uniformed Services
NAVS	National Anti-Vivisection Society
NAWHERC	Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
NBA	National Bar Association National Basketball Association
NBAF	National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
NBC	National Broadcasting Corporation
NBGLLF	National Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum
NBPA	National Black Police Association
NBPLU	National Black Pro-Life Union
NBSCF	Nicole Brown Simpson Charitable Foundation
NBWA	National Beer Wholesalers Association
NC	North Carolina November Coalition
NCAA	National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAC	National Coalition Against Censorship
NCADA	National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
NCADD	National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
NCADI	National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
NCADV	National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
NCAGE	National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion
NCAI	National Congress of American Indians
NCALG	National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
NCAMP	National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
NCAP	National Coalition Against Prohibition National Coalition of Abortion Providers
NCARDS	National Conference Against Racism Discrimination and Safety
NCAS	National Coalition Against Sexual Assault
NCB	National Central Bureau aka InterPol
NCBA	National Cattleman's Beef Association
NCCA	North Carolina Cannabis Association
NCCM	North Carolina Citizen Militia
NCCS	National Center for Constitutional Studies
NCDA	Nevada Casino Dealers Association
NCDR	National Coalition for Disability Rights
NCDSV	National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
NCEI	National Center for Education Information
NCEPN	National Campaign to End Prohibition Now!
NCF	National Consumer Federation
NCFC	National Congress for Fathers and Children
NCFM	National Coalition For Men National Coalition of Free Men
NCGUB	National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
NCGV	North Carolinians Against Gun Violence
NCHA	National Coalition for Hemp Awareness
NCHE	National Center for Home Education
NCHS	National Center for Health Statistics, United States Department of Health and Human Services
NCIA	National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
NCIS	Naval Criminal Investigative Service, United States Navy
NCJRS	National Criminal Justice Reference Service, United States Department of Justice
NCL	National Civic League National Consumers League
NCLA	National Council of La Raza
NCLC	National Consumer Law Center
NCLR	National Center for Lesbian Rights National Council of La Raza
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
NCOA	National Council On the Aging Non-Commissioned Officers Association
NCOM	National Coalition of Motorcyclists
NCP	Nationalist Congress Party
NCPA	National Center for Policy Analysis
NCPAC	National Conservative Political Action Committee
NCPCF	National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families
NCPE	National Committee on Pay Equity
NCPG	National Council of Problem Gambling
NCPSSM	National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
NCRA	National Children's Rights Alliance
NCRG	National Center for Responsible Gaming
NCRP	National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
NCRSM	National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media
NCSA	National Center for Supercomputing Applications National Cyber Security Alliance
NCSC	National Cable Satellite Corp National Center for State Courts National Council of Senior Citizens
NCSE	National Center for Science Education
NCSEA	National Child Support Enforcement Association
NCSF	National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
NCSL	National Conference of State Legislatures
NCSLN	National Coalition to Save Lives Now!
NCTA	National Cable and Telecommunications Assocation
NCTC	National Counterterrorism Center
NCUSAR	National Council on US-Arab Relations
NDC	National Declassification Center New Democrat Coalition
NDE	Near Death Experience
NDI	National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
NDIC	National Drug Intelligence Center
NDN	New Democrat Network
NDP	National Democratic Party New Democratic Party
NDPL	National Drug Prevention League
NDSN	National Drug Strategy Network
NDSU	National Disabled Students Union
NE	North East
NEA	National Education Association National Endowment for the Arts
NEAMF	New England Alliance of Multiracial Families
NEAVS	New England Anti-Vivisection Society
NEC	National Economic Council Naturist Education Committee
NECPGV	New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
NED	National Endowment for Democracy
NEFAC	Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists
NEH	National Endowment for the Humanities
NEMA	National Emergency Management Association
NENA	National Emergency Number Association
NEW	Nonprofit Enterprise at Work
NF	Noise Figure
NFA	National Firearms Association
NFC	National Football Conference
NFHON	National Federation of Hispanic Owned Newspapers
NFIA	National Families in Action
NFIB	National Federation of Independent Business
NFIP	National Flood Insurance Program
NFL	National Football League
NFN	Nude Friends Network
NFPL	National Freedom Party of Liberia
NFRA	National Federation of Republican Assemblies
NFS	National Forest Service
NGA	National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Governors' Association
NGAP	National Greyhound Adoption Program
NGAUS	National Guard Association of the US
NGLCC	National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
NGLTF	National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NGWK	North Georgia White Knights
NHEN	National Home Education Network
NHTSA	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIAAA	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIC	National Intelligence Council
NICE	North Iowans for Cannabis Education
NICO	National Insurance Consumer Organization
NICOA	National Indian Council On Aging
NICS	National Instant Check System
NIDA	National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIE	National Intelligence Estimate
NI4D	National Initiative for Democracy
NIGA	National Indian Gaming Association
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NIMBY	Not In My Back Yard
NIMH	National Institute of Mental Health
NIPP	National Institute for Public Policy
NIRS	Nuclear Information and Resource Service
NISBCO	National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
NITE	National Institute for Taxation Education
NJCSD	New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense
NJFPC	New Jersey Family Policy Council
NJRTL	New Jersey Right to Life
NL	National League Not Listed
NLADA	National Legal Aid and Defender Association
NLBA	National Licensed Beverage Association
NLC	National League of Cities
NLD	National League for Democracy
NLECT	National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, United States Department of Justice
NLG	National Lawyers Guild
NLGJA	National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
NLIRH	National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
NLM	National Library of Medicine, United States Department of Health and Human Services
NLP	Natural Law Party
NLPC	National Legal and Policy Center
NLRB	National Labor Relations Board
NMA	National Motorists Association
NMCU	New Mexicans for Compassionate Use
NMP	No More Prisons
NMR	Nevadans for Medical Rights
NNABA	National Native American Bar Association
NNAF	National Network of Abortion Funds
NNC	National Nudist Council of the Americas
NNF	Norwegian Naturist Federation
NNIRR	National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
NNSA	National Nuclear Security Administration
NOA	National Officers Association
NOBLE	National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
NOCIRC	National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
NOD	National Organization on Disability
NOEL	National Organization of Episcopalians for Life
NOHARMM	National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males
NOI	Nation of Islam
NOLA	New Orleans, LA
NOLC	National Obscenity Law Center
NOM	National Organization for Marriage
NoMSG	National Organization Mobilized to Stop Glutamate
NONE	National Organization for Non-Enumeration
NORMAL	Norwegian Organization for the Reevaluation of the Marihuana Laws
NORML	National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
NOS	Nitrous Oxide Systems
NOTA	None Of The Above
NOW	National Organization for Women
NOWLDEF	National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund
NP	National Party New Party
NPA	No Party Affiliation
NPDF	National Police Defense Foundation
NPGAW	National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
NPIN	National Parent Information Network National Prevention Information Network
NPP	National Prison Project
NPPC	National Pork Producers Council
NPR	National Public Radio
NPRDP	National Puerto Rican Day Parade
NPS	National Park Service
NRA	National Rifle Association
NRC	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRCC	National Republican Congressional Committee
NRD	National Resource Directory
NRDC	Natural Resources Defense Council
NRIC	Nude Recreation Information Center
NRLC	National Right to Life Committee
NRLE	Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement
NRLN	National Retiree Legislative Network
NRO	National Reconnaissance Office
NRPC	National Retirement Planning Coalition
NRWC	National Right to Work Committee
NSA	National Security Agency National Smokers Alliance National Student Association
NSAID	Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
NSC	National Security Council
NSCC	National Securities Clearing Corporation
NSCD	National Sports Center for the Disabled
NSD	National Stonewall Democrats
NSF	National Science Foundation
NSL	National Security Letter
NSLS	National Security and Law Society
NSP	National Sovereignty Party
NSM	National Socialist Movement
NSN	National Security Network
NSWBC	National Security Whistleblowers Coalition
NTOA	National Tactical Officers Association
NTPF	National Tea Party Federation
NTSB	National Transportation Safety Board
NTU	National Taxpayers Union
NTUF	National Taxpayers Union Foundation
NUL	National Urban League Null
NURFC	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
NVO	National Veterans Organization
NVOA	National Veterans Organization of America
NVRI	National Voting Rights Institute
NVVC	National Vietnam Veterans Coalition
NW	North West
NWC	National Whistleblowers Center
NWF	National Wildlife Federation
NW-FACT	Northwest Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce
NWFPI	New World Freedom Party International
NWHO	National Women's Health Organization
NWO	New World Order
NWPC	National Women's Political Caucus
NW RAGE	Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
NWROC	National Women's Rights Organizing Coalition
NWSA	National Women's Studies Association
NY	New York
NYAC	National Youth Advocacy Coalition National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
NYC	New York City
NYAC	National Youth Advocacy Coalition
NYAGV	New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
NYCC	New Yorkers for Compassionate Care
NYCLU	New York Civil Liberties Union
NYHRE	New York Harm Reduction Educators
NYLJ	New York Law Journal
NYPAW	Network of Young People Affected by War
NYRA	National Youth Rights Association
NYSCP	New York State Conservative Party
NYSRPA	New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
NYSE	New York Stock Exchange
NYSEC	New York Society for Ethical Culture
NYT	Trade Reporting Facilityperiodicals.html#New York Times
NZDF	New Zealand Drug Foundation

O

OALJ	Office of Administrative Law Judges, United States Department of Labor
OAS	Organization of American States
OASAM	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, United States Department of Labor
OBL	Osama Bin Laden
OCA	Organic Consumers Association
OCAGV	Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
OCBC	Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
OCD	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCHC	Orange County Hemp Council
OCI	Oakland Cannabis Initiative
OCL	Orthodox Christians for Life
OCLA	Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance
OCRT	Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
OCS	Ohio Cannabis Society Outer Continental Shelf
OCSARC	Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis
OCTA	Oregon Cannabis Tax Act
OD	Over-Dose
ODAN	Opus Dei Awareness Network
ODCA	Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América aka Christian Democrat Organization of America
ODCCP	Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
ODCI	Office of the Director of Central Intelligence
ODNI	Office of the Director of National Intelligence
ODS	Obcanská demokratická strana aka Civic Democratic Party
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFCC	Ohioans for Conceal Carry
OGA	Other Government Agency
OGC	Office of General Counsel
OGCA	Ohio Gun Collectors Association
OGRC	Ohio Gun Rights Coalition
OHA	Ontario Handgun Association
OHCHR	Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
OIC	Office of Independent Counsel
OICI	Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
OIG	Office of Inspector General
OIP	Ohio Innocence Project
OJJDP	Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, United States Department of Justice
OJP	Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice
OK	Okay Okeh Oklahoma Ola Kala Ole Kurreck Oll Korrect Order Recorded (OR)
OK PLAN	Oklahoma Pro-Life Action Network
OLA	Office of Legislative Affairs
OLAMA	Organization for the Late Amnesty Members in Action
OLCL	Our Lady's Crusaders For Life
OLP	OnlinePot
OMB	Office of Management and Budget
OMFG	Oh My Fucking God
OMG	Oh My God Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
OMR	Oregonians for Medical Rights
ONDCP	Office of National Drug Control Policy
ONI	Office of Naval Intelligence
ONR	Ohio Nude Recreation
OP	Other People
OPA	Office of Population Affairs, United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Price Administration Online Privacy Alliance
OPACS	Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply
OPAN	Ohio Patient Action Network
OPCW	Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC	Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPHS	Office of Public Health and Science, United States Department of Health and Human Services
OPM	Office of Personnel Management
OPN	Ohio Patient Network
OPP	Oregonians for Personal Privacy
OPR	Office of Population Research
OPTN	Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
OR	Operating Room Order Recorded Oregon
ORC	Objectivism Reference Center
ORPA	Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association
OS	Operating System
OSBMA	Office of Small Business and Minority Affairs, United States Department of Labor
OSC	Office of Special Counsel, United States Department of Justice
OSCE	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSDFS	Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
OSF	Ontario Smallbore Federation
OSG	Objectivist Study Group
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor
OSLiK	Obcanske sdruzeni za Legalni Konopi aka Civic Association for the Legal Hemp
OST	Office of Science and Technology, United States Department of Justice
OTC	Objectivist Trade Center Over The Counter
OTO	Ordo Templi Orientis
OTR	Off the Record
OTU	Oregon Taxpayers United
OUM	Ohio Unorganized Militia
OU812	Oh, You Ate One, Too
OVF	Overseas Vote Foundation
OVW	Office on Violence Against Women
OWFI	Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq
OWIO	Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, United States Executive Office of the President
OWL	Older Women's League Web Ontology Language

P

PA	Public Address
PAA	Parliamentarians for Antiprohibitionist Action
PAAR	Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
PAC	Political Action Committee
PACT	Pagans in Action Council for Truth
PAD	Peripheral Artery Disease aka Peripheral Vascular Disease
PAFMECA	Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
PAGE	Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion
PAI	Population Action International
PALAD	Parents Against Lethal Addictive Drugs
PALM	Paralyzed Americans for Legal Medical Marijuana
PALP	People Achieving Legislative Power
PAMU	Parents Against Mandatory Uniforms
PAN	Partido Acción Nacional aka National Action Party
PARC	Prison Activist Resource Center
PART	People Against Racist Terror
PATT	Parents Against Tired Truckers
PAW	Preserve Appalachian Wilderness
PAWS	Performing Animal Welfare Society
PBGC	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PBPRIME	PBPRIME aka United States Government aka United States of America
PBS	Public Broadcasting Service
PC	Personal Computer Politically Correct
PCC	Physicians for Compassionate Care
PCIL	Progress Center for Independent Living Progressive Center for Independent Living
PCP	Partido Comunista Português aka Communist Party of Portugal Personal Choice Party Phencyclidine Progressive Conservative Party
PCRM	Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
PD	Progressive Democrats
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant Progressive Democrats of America
PDC	Partido Demócrata Cristiano aka Christian Democratic Party of Paraguay
PDFA	Partnership for a Drug-Free America
PDFORRA	Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representative Association
PDL	Preferred Drug List
PDPI	Pacific Drug Policy Initiative
PEACE	Progressive Economic Alliances Cultivating Energy
PEN	Pagan Educational Network Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Editors and Novelists
PEP	Parents Ending Prohibition People Exchanging Power
PERC	Pan-European Regional Council Political and Economic Research Council Property and Environment Research Center Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria
PES	Party of European Socialists
PETA	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PFA	Partnership for a Free America
PFAW	People For the American Way
PFAWF	People For the American Way Foundation
PFDC	Party for Freedom and Democracy in China
PFDFA	Partnership for a Drug Free America
PFF	Progress and Freedom Foundation
PFI	Peace Foundation International
PFIR	People For Internet Responsibility
PFL	People for Life
PFLAG	Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays
PFN	Pennsylvania Freedom Network
PFP	Peace and Freedom Party
PFS	Property and Freedom Society
PFW	People for the West aka People for the USA
PGD	Pre-implantation Gender Determination Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
PhRMA	Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
PHP	Parents Helping Parents Personal Home Page
PHS	Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services
PI	Privacy International Private Investigator
PIABA	Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
PIDE	Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado aka International and State Defense Police
PIP	Postal Insta-Print Puerto Rico Independence Party
PIRG	Public Interest Research Group
PIRGIM	Public Interest Research Group In Michigan
PJA	Progressive Jewish Alliance
PLA	Partit Liberal D'Andorra aka Liberal Party of Andorra Peoples Liberation Army
PLF	Pacific Legal Foundation
PLJ	Partido Libertad y Justicia Party Liberty and Justice
PLL	Phase-Locked Loop
PLO	Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLP	Progressive Labor Party Progressive Libertarian Party
PLQ	Parti libéral du Québec aka Quebec Liberal Party
PM	PageMaker Picometer Post Meridiem Post Mortem Preventive Maintenance Prime Minister Private Message Program Manager Project Manager
P&MANWO	Police and Military Against the New World Order
PMC	Population Media Center Private Military Company
PMDB	Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro aka Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement
PMLQ	Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec aka Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec
PMP	Peed My Pants
PMRC	Parents Music Resource Center
PMS	Premenstrual Syndrome
PNA	Partido Nueva Alianza aka New Alliance Party
PNAC	Project for the New American Century
PNR	Point of No Return
PNSR	Project on National Security Reform
PO	Pissed Off Post Office
POB	Post Office Box
PODLR	Police Officers for Drug Law Reform
PODW	Prisoner Of the Drug War
POGO	Project On Government Oversight
POI	Person Of Interest
PONY	Prostitutes Of New York
POPS	Project for Older Prisoners
POS	Point Of Sale
POT	Palestinian Occupied Territories Patients Out of Time
POTUS	President Of The United States
POV	Persistence of Vision Point Of View Power Of Veto Pyramid Of Vision
POW	Prisoner Of War
POWER	Pagan Organization of Wicca's Eternal Rebirth
PP	Pacific Party Partido Popular Patriot Party People's Party Popular Party Populist Party Progressive Party Prohibition Party Puritan Party
PPF	Planned Parenthood Federation
PPFA	Planned Parenthood Federation of America
PPFC	Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition
PPHC	Pikes Peak Hemp Coalition
PPI	Progressive Policy Institute
PPO	Preferred Plan Organization
PPP	Pakistan Peoples Party Pansexual Peace Party
PPS	Partido Popular Socialista aka Socialist People's Party
PPWC	Political Prisoners of War Coalition
PQ	Parti Québécois
PR	Personal Responsibility Proportional Representation Public Relations
PRA	Partnership for a Responsible America Personal Responsibility Amendment Political Research Associates
PRC	People's Republic of China Population Resource Center Property Rights Congress
PRDI	Partnership for Responsible Drug Information
PRDP	Partnership for a Responsible Drug Policy
PREP	Privacy Rigths Education Project
PRF	Property Rights Foundation
PRI	Pacific Research Institute Partido Revolucionario Institucional aka Institutional Revolutionary Party Population Research Institute Public Radio International
PRIDE	Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education
PRL	Progressive Republican League
PRN	Paul Revere Network
PRO	Paranormal Research Organization
PROMO	Personal Rights of Missourians
PRONA	Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional aka Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order
PRP	Peoples Revolutionary Party Proportional Representation Party
PRS	Paranormal Research Society Pennsylvania State University Paranormal Research Society
PRSA	Proportional Representation Society of Australia
PRSNA	Paranormal Research Society of North America
PRSNE	Paranormal Research Society of New England
PSA	Partnership for a Secure America Progressive Student Alliance Public Service Announcement
PSC	Program Support Center, United States Department of Health and Human Services
PSI	Pounds per Square Inch Public Services International
PSL	Party for Socialism and Liberation
PSR	Physicians for Social Responsibility
PTA	Parent Teacher Association
PTC	Parents Television Council
PTO	Parent Teacher Organization Patent and Trademark Office
PTSA	Prevention Through Service Alliance
PTSD	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PVC	Poly-Vinyl Chloride
PVD	Peripheral Vascular Disease aka Peripheral Artery Disease
PVDA	Parrtij van de Arbeid aka Labor Party of Netherlands
PWBA	Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, United States Department of Labor
PWR	Parents With Rights
PYRAA	Pagan Youth Religion and Arts Alliance
PYRN	Pennsylvania Youth Rights Network

Q

QCHC	Quad Cities Hemp Coalition
QE	Quantitative Easing aka "Crank up the electronic printing presses" Queen Elizabeth
QUP	Queer Unity Project
QSR	Qualified Special Representative
QWER	Queer Women for Equal Rights

R

R	Registered
RA	Recovery Anonymous
RACE	Reclassify All Children Equally
RACK	Risk Aware Consensual Kink
RADAR	Radio Detecting And Ranging
RADD	Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving
RAGE	Residents Against Gambling Expansion Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
RAIL	Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League
RAINN	Rape Abuse Incest National Network
RAL	Republican Alliance for Liberty
RAM	Randon Access Memory
RAN	Rainforest Action Network
RAND	Research ANd Development aka RAND Corporation
RAP	Rights for All People aka Derechose Para Todos
RASH	Red and Anarchist Skinheads
RAY	Revolutionary Anarchist Youth
RBI	Randolph Bourne Institute Run Batted In
RBN	Republic Broadcasting Network
RCAR	Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights
RCC	Republican Coalition for Choice
RCP	RealClearPolitics Revolutionary Communist Party
RCRC	Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
RDD	Radiological Dispersal Device aka Dirty Bomb
RDF	Resource Description Framework
RDU	Reasonable Drivers Unanimous
REACH	Road to Educational Achievement through Choice
REP	Republicans for Environmental Protection
RFC	Religious Freedom Coalition
RFOCBC	Responsible Firearms Owners Coalition of British Columbia
RGA	Rainbow Gender Association Remote Gambling Association Republican Governors Association
RHTP	Reproductive Health Technologies Project
RIAA	Recording Industries of America Association
RIE	Ross International Enterprises
RIIA	Royal Institute of International Affairs
RINO	Republican In Name Only
RIP	Raster Image Processor Rest In Peace Round Irritant Personnel Routing Information Protocol Royal Institute of Philosophy
RIPAC	Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition
RISS	Regional Information Sharing Systems
RJC	Republican Jewish Coalition
RKBA	Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RL	Real Life
RLA	Radical Libertarian Alliance
RLC	Republican Leadership Council Republican Liberty Caucus Right to Life Committee
RLC-CA	Republican Liberty Caucus of California
RLCM	Right to Life Committee of Michigan
RLCMI	Republican Liberty Caucus of Michigan
RMC	Republican Mainstream Committee
RMFC	Rocky Mountain Family Council
RMGO	Rocky Mountain Gun Owners
RMP	Republican Moderate Party Russian Maoist Party
RMSP	Republican Main Street Partnership
RN	Registered Nurse
RNC	Republican National Committee
RNCL	Republican National Coalition for Life
RNEM	Rogues Nations Eternal Militia
RNHA	Republican National Hispanic Assembly
RNS	Rochester Naturist Society
ROA	Reserve Officers Association
ROC	Rock Out Censorship
ROFL	Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMTO	Rolling On Floor Laughing My Tail Off
ROM	Read Only Memory
RoR	Rebirth of Reason
ROTC	Reserve Officer Training Corps
RP	Reasonable Party Referendum Party Reform Party Republican Party
RPCA	Republican Pro-Choice Alliance
RPG	Rocket Propelled Grenade
RPM	Revolutions Per Minute
RPOA	Reserve Police Officers Association
RPPI	Reason Public Policy Institute
RPS	Renewables Portfolio Standard Revolutions Per Second Rock, Paper, Sissors
RRN	Recovering Racists Network
RSP	Reform Silly Party
RSS	Really Simple Syndication
RSSL	Rationalist Society of Saint Louis
RT	Real Time
RTDA	Retail Tobacco Dealers of America
RTF	Raise The Fist!
RTS	Reclaim The Streets Return To Sender
RU	Russia (.ru)
RVA	Rape Victim Advocates
Rx	Preparation Prescription Recipe
RZA	Religious Zionists of America
R&B	Rhythm & Blues
R&R	Refuse & Resist! Rest & Relaxation Rock & Roll

S

S	South
SA	Sweetwater Alliance
SABAL	Syndicalists Against Band-Aid Liberals
SAC	Second Amendment Committee
SACLANT	Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
SADD	Students Against Destructive Decisions Students Against Driving Drunk
SADOI	Sons And Daughters Of Incarcerated
SAF	Second Amendment Foundation Society of American Foresters
SAFE	Second Amendment is For Everyone SmokeFree Air For Everyone Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Student Association for Freedom of Expression
SAFER	Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation
SAFR	Shooters' Alliance for Firearm Rights
SAG	Screen Actors Guild
SAGE	Standing Against Global Exploitation
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMM	Sonoma Alliance for Medical Marijuana
SAMU	Students Against Mandatory Uniforms
SAN	Safe Access Now Skateboard Advocacy Network
SAP	Special Access Program Structural Adjustment Program
SAPAC	Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
SAS	Second Amendment Sisters Special Air Service Surfers Against Sewage
SAT	Scholastic Achievement Test Scholastic Appitude Test
SAVAK	Sazeman-e Ettela'at va Amniyat-e Keshvar aka National Intelligence and Security Organization
SBA	Small Business Administration
SBN	South Bay Naturists
SBU	Sensitive But Unclassified
SCA	Secular Coalition for America
SCC	Society of Cannabis Clinicians
SCCMCC	Santa Clara County Medical Cannabis Center
SCCP	Santa Cruz Cannabis Pharmaceuticals
SCCU	Southern Californians for Compassionate Use
SCHC	Santa Cruz Hemp Council
SCI	Sensitive Compartmented Information
SCLC	Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCMC	South Carolina Civilian Militia Corps
SCMK	Southern Cross Militant Knights
SCN	Sustainable Communities Network
SCOPE	Shooters' Committee On Political Education
SCOTUS	Supreme Court Of The United States
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SCUBA	Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SDCUC	San Diego Compassionate Use Club
SDECE	Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage aka External Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service
SDF	Search Dog Foundation
SDI	Strategic Defense Initiative
SDIHC	South Dakota Industrial Hemp Council
SDIO	Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
SDK	Software Development Kit
SDMCA	Super Digital Millennium Copyright Act
SDP	Social Democratic Party
SDS	Students for a Democratic Society
SDSA	South Dakotans for Safe Access
SDWP	Social Democratic Workers' Party
SE	South East Sweden (.se)
SEA	Sacred Earth Alliance
SEALs	United States Navy Sea, Air and Land Teams
SEATO	Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
SEE	Society for Evolution Education
SEER	Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
SEIU	Service Employees International Union
SEO	Search Engine Optimization
SEP	Socialist Equality Party
SEPA	Southeastern Pagan Alliance
SEPP	Science and Environmental Policy Project
SETE	Smiling Ear To Ear
SETI	Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
SEWA	Self Employed Women's Association
SFC	Sexual Freedom Coalition
SFCCC	San Francisco Cannabis Cultivators Club San Francisco Caregiver Cultivation Co-op
SFL	Students For Liberty
SFLC	Software Freedom Law Center
SFP	Saint Lucia Freedom Party
SFT	Students for a Free Tibet
SGA	Small Government Alliance
SGML	Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGN	Seamless Garment Network
SGP	Staatkundig Geeformeerde Partij aka Political Reformed Party
SGW	Stop Global Warming
SHC	Spontaneous Human Combustion
SHID	Slap Heads In Disgust
SHPC	Society for Human Population Control
SHS	Society for Human Sexuality
SHV	Stop Handgun Violence
SI	Socialist International Sports Illustrated
SIDS	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SIG	Special Interest Group
SIGINT	Signal Intelligence
SIMM	Stichting Institute for Medical Marijuana aka Institute of Medical Marijuana
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol Silicon Intellectual Property
SIS	Secret Intelligence Service aka MI6
SIU HEMP	Southern Illinois University Help End Marijuana Prohibition
SK	Slovak Republic (.sk)
SL	Stonewall Libertarians
SLAZ	Stonewall Libertarians Arizona
SLDN	Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
SLGN	State and Local Government on the Net
SLIN	Stonewall Libertarians Indiana
SLLA	Stonewall Libertarians Louisiana
SLNY	Stonewall Libertarians New York
SLP	Socialist Labor Party
S&M	Sadism and Masochism
SMHAC	Students of Mixed Heritage at Amherst College
SMN	Southeast Michigan Naturists
SMOM	Sovereign Military Order of Malta
SMVM	Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia
SNAP	Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
SNCC	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNDC	Senate New Democrat Coalition
SNL	Saturday Night Live
SNLA	Scottish National Liberation Army
SNP	Scottish National Party
SNPO	Society for Nonprofit Organizations
SNR	Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOA	School of the Americas renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol Sustainable Ohio Action Partnership
SOAW	School of the Americas Watch
SOC	Special Operations Command Special Operations Community
SOCOM	Special Operations Command aka United States Special Operations Command
SOCXFBI	Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
SOFA	Status of Forces Agreement
SOFFA	Significant Other, Friend, Family, Ally
SOL	Statute Of Limitations
SolFed	Solidarity Federation
SOLO	Sense Of Life Objectivists
SoLR	Sons of Liberty Riders
SOS	Same Old Shit Save Our Ship Save Our Souls Secular Organizations for Sobriety Send Out Succour
SOTU	State Of The Union
SOWL	Save Our Wetlands
SP	Socialist Party Southern Party
SPAR	Southern Party of Arkansas
SPECDA	School Program to Educate and Control Drug Abuse
SPLA	Sudan People's Liberation Army
SPLC	Student Press Law Center Southern Poverty Law Center
SPLM	Sudan People's Liberation Movement
SPNC	Southern Party of North Carolina
SPO	Socialist Party of Oregon
SPofOK	Southern Party of Oklahoma
SPR	Stop Prisoner Rape
SPRY	Setting Priorities for Retirement Years
SPS	Socialist Party of Serbia
SPT	Southern Party of Texas
SP-USA	Socialist Party USA
SPV	Southern Party of Virginia
SPWVA	Southern Party of West Virginia
SQL	Structured Query Language
SRF	Smith Richardson Foundation
SRO	Self Regulatory Organization Standing Room Only
SSA	Social Security Administration
SSC	Safe, Sane and Consensual Sensible Seattle Coalition
SSDP	Students for Sensible Drug Policy
SSG	Scottish Separatist Group
SSHH	Summer Solstice Hemp Happening
SSI	Slower Speeds Initiative
SSRI	Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
SSS	Selective Service System
SST	Sissy Slut Training Super Sonic Transport
ST	Saint Street
STD	Sexually Transmitted Disease Standard
STDW	Stop The Drug War
StLGF	Saint Louis Gender Foundation
STOP	Stop Taking Our Property
STP	Stop the Politicians
STR	Strike The Root
SU	Soviet Union (.su)
SUF	Syndikalistiska Ungdomsforbundet aka Swedish Anarchosyndicalist Youth Federation
SUNY	State University of New York
SUPGV	States United to Prevent Gun Violence
SUV	Sport Utility Vehicle
SVC	Stored Value Card
SVU	Special Victims Unit
SW	South West
SWA	Sex Workers Alliance
SWAC	Sex Workers Action Coalition
SWAK	Sealed With A Kiss
SWAN	Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network
SWAP	Scottish Women Against Pornography
SWARM	Safety for Women and Responsible Motherhood
SWAT	Sex Workers Alliance of Toronto Special Weapons and Tactics
SWAV	Sex Workers Alliance of Vancouver
SWIRL	Sex Workers' Internet Radio Library
SWP	Socialist Workers Party
SYS	See You Soon

T

T	noise Temperature Temperature
TAA	Tobacconists' Association of America
TAFOL	The Association for Objective Law
TAN	Tax Abolition Network Trans Activist Network
TANN	Teledemocracy Action News and Network
TANR	Trade Association for Nude Recreation
TAP	Teachers Against Prohibition
TAPS	The Atlantic Paranormal Society
TARP	Troubled Assets Relief Program
TAS	The Atlas Society
TBL	Table
TBLSP	Tablespoon
TBS	Turner Broadcasting System
TCE	Trichloroethylene
TCONR	Texas Committee on Natural Resources renamed Texas Conservation Alliance
TCOT	Top Conservatives on Twitter
TDPF	Transform Drug Policy Foundation
TEA	Taxed Enough Already
TEACH	Therapeutic and Ecological Applications of Cannabis Hemp Toward Educational Accountability and Choice
TERA	Topfree Equal Rights Association
TFA	The Freedom Association
TFC	Top Freedom Coalition Training for Change
TFER	Texas Fathers for Equal Rights
TFI	Tax Freedom Institute Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
TFMAC	Tobacco Free Michigan Action Coalition
TFN	Texas Freedom Network
TGNI	Transgendered Network International
TGTBT	Too Good To Be True
THC	Tetra-Hydor-Cannabinol Texas Hemp Campaign The Hawai'i Cannabis Ministry The Hemp Coalition Tucson Hemp Coalition
THCF	The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation
THCSC	The Hemp Council of Santa Cruz
THC4MS	Therapeutic Help from Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis
THINK	Tomkins County Hemp Info Network
THRO	Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out!
TI	Transparency International
TIA	Travel Industry Association of America
TIFF	Tag Image File Format
TIME	Truth In Marijuana Education
TIP	Take It to the People
TLD	Top Level Domain
TLF	Technology Liberation Front
TLPJ	Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
TM	Trade Mark Transcendental Meditation
TMA	The Multiracial Activist Tobacco Manufacturers Association Tobacco Merchants Association
TMI	Too Much Information
TMR	Texans for Medical Rights
TMRA II	Texas Motorcycle Rights Association II
TNI	Transnational Institute
TNS	The Naturist Society
TNT	Turner Network Television
TO	truthout
TPN	Tea Party Nation
TPOT	Taxpayers Party of Tennessee
TPW	Third Party Watch
TRAC	Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
TRF	Trade Reporting Facility
TRIP	Toronto Raver Info Project
TRMM	Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
TRP	Transnational Radical Party
TS	Top Secret
TSA	Transportation Security Administration
TSC	Terrorist Screening Center Trauma Scene Cleaning
TSCM	Technical Surveillance Counter Measures
TSCMI	Technical Surveillance Counter Measures Institute Limited
TSP	Teaspoon Tri-Sodium Phosphate
TSRA	Texas State Rifle Association
TS-SCI	Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information
TTB	Tax and Trade Bureau
TTFN	Ta Ta For Now
TTYL	Talk To You Later
TUC	Trade Union Congress
TURF	Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom
TV	Television
TVA	Tennessee Valley Authority
TVRO	Television Receive Only

U

U	Or Union You
UA	Astronomical Units, mean distance between Earth and Sun, ~93 million miles, ~150 million km
UAF	Unite Against Fascism
UAFA	United Armed Forces Association
UARR	Urban Alliance on Race Relations
UAS	Unmanned Aerial Systems
UBL	Usama Bin Laden
UBS	Union Bank of Switzerland
UC	University of California Upper Case
UCAN	Utility Consumers' Action Network
UCBC	Ukiah Cannabis Buyers Club
UCC	Universal Compassion Centre
UCI	Unity Coalition for Israel
UCMJ	Uniform Code of Military Justice
UCS	Universal Character Set
UDV	União Do Vegetal
UFA	Utah Freedom Activist
UFO	Unidentified Flying Object Universal Freedom Organization
UFP	Universal Federation of Pagans
UFPJ	United For Peace and Justice
UFW	United Farm Workers
UHA	Utah Hemp Alliance
UHF	Ultra High Frequency
UIAP	Utah Independent American Party
UIC	University of Illinois at Chicago
UICHR	University of Iowa Center for Human Rights
UINORML	University of Iowa National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
UIP	Unified Independent Party
UJC	United Jewish Communities
UK	United Kingdom (.uk)
UKCIA	UK Cannabis Internet Activists
UKHRA	United Kingdom Harm Reduction Alliance
UKIP	United Kingdom Independence Party
ULC	Union Liberal Cubana aka Cuban Liberal Union Universal Life Church
UM	University of Michigan
UMCL	University of Michigan College Libertarians formerly Ann Arbor Libertarian League
UMHS	Unitersity of Michigan Health System, University of Michigan
UMMSOM	United Medical Marijuana Smokers Of Michigan
UMSO	University of Michigan Students of Objectivism
UMSOM	United Marijuana Smokers Of Michigan
UN	United Nations
UNA	United Nations Association
UNA-USA	United Nations Association of the USA
UNC	University of North Carolina
UNCHS	United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, United Nations General Assembly
UNCLE	United Network Command for Law and Enforcement
UNCTD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations General Assembly
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme, United Nations General Assembly
UNEF	United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations General Assembly
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations
UNICEF	United Nations International Children Education Fund, United Nations
UNIFEM	United Nations Development Fund for ?, United Nations General Assembly
UNIT	United Nations Invasion Tracking
UNODC	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNOS	United Network for Organ Sharing
UNRWA	United Nations Relief and Works Agency, United Nations Population Fund
UP	Upper Peninsula
UPI	United Press International
UPN	United Paramont Network
UP NORML	Upper Peninsula National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
UPS	United Parcel Service
UR	You Are You're Your
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
US	United States (.us)
USA	United Secularists of America United Seniors Association United Sportsmen of America United States Army United States of America
USACE	United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Army
USAF	United States Air Force
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USAP	Unacknowledged Special Access Program
USBC	United States Border Control
USBP	United States Border Patrol
USCB	US Campaign for Burma
US CBP	United States Customs and Border Protection
USCCA	United States Concealed Carry Association
US CFTC	United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
USCG	United States Coast Guard
US CPSC	United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
USCS	United States Customs Service

USD	United States Dollars
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
US DEA	United States Drug Enforcement Administration
US DHS	United States Department of Homeland Security
US DOD	United States Department of Defense
US DOE	United States Department of Energy
US DOEd	United States Department of Education
US DOI	United States Department of the Interior
US DOJ	United States Department of Justice
US DOL	United States Department of Labor
USDOT	United States Department of Transportation
US EPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency
US FDA	United States Food and Drug Administration
US FEMA	United States Federal Emergency Management Administration
USFN	US Family Network
US GAO	United States Government Accountability Office
US GPO	United States Government Printing Office
USGS	United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
US GSA	United States General Services Administration
USHCC	United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
USIA	United States Information Agency
USIP	United States Institute of Peace
USM	United States Marshals, United States Department of Justice
USMC	United States Marine Corps
USN	United States Navy
USNCB	United States National Central Bureau
US NRC	United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
USO	Unique Selling Opportunity United Service Organizations
US OMB	United States Office of Management and Budget
US OPM	United States Office of Personnel Management
USP	United States Pharmacopeia Universal Self-loading Pistol
USPAACC	US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
USPACS	United States Protection And Care Society
USPHS	United States Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services
US PIRG	US Public Interest Research Group
USPS	United States Postal Service
USPSA	United States Practical Shooting Association
USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark Office
USSA	US Sportsmen's Alliance
US SBA	United States Small Business Administration
USSC	United States Sentencing Commission
US SEC	United States Securities and Exchange Commission
USSOCOM	United States Special Operations Command
USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
US SSA	United States Social Security Administration
USTL	US Term Limits
USTP	United States Taxpayers Party
USTR	United States Trade Representative
UTF	Unicode Transformation Format
UUA	Unitarian Universalist Association
UUC	Phenylalanine Underground Upgrade Club Unincorporated Urban Community Unitarian Universalist Church aka Unitarian Universalist Association
UUDPR	Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform
UUU	Phenylalanine Unoriginal, Unfunny, Uninspired Unununium Uranium One
UV	Ultra-Violet

V

VA	Veterans Affairs Virginia
VACPS	Virginia Center for Public Safety
VAD	Veterans Against Drugs
VADV	Virginians Against Drug Violence
VAIW	Veterans Against The Iraq War
VAN	Video Activist Network
VANDU	Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
VASC	Veterans Alliance Service Center
VAT	Value Added Tax Values Action Team
VBN	Virginia Biker Network
VCDL	Virginia Citizens Defense League
VCL	Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
VCM	Virginia Citizen's Militia
VCU NORML	Virgina Commonwealth University National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
VE	Victory in Europe
VETS	Veterans' Employment and Training Service, United States Department of Labor
VetsCoR	Veterans for Constitutional Restoration
VFA	Veterans for America
VFI	Visa-Free International
VFP	Veterans For Peace
VFR	Virginia Freedom Riders
VFW	Veterans of Foreign Wars
VHF	Very High Frequency
VHS	Video Home System
VICS	Vancouver Island Compassionate Society
VIHC	Vancouver Island Hemp Council
VIP	Very Important Person Veterans Industrial Party
VIPP	Virginia Institute for Public Policy
VIS	Voter Information Service
VJ	Victory in Japan
VMMA	Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access
VMW	Veterans of Modern Warfare
VNN	Vanguard News Network
VnVMC	Viet Nam Veterans Motorcycle Club
VOIP	Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPC	Violence Policy Center
VSHF	Verein Schweizer Hanf Freunde
VSHL	Virginia Society for Human Life
VTUSA	VoteTrustUSA
VTW	Voters Telecommunications Watch
VU	VotersUnite!
VVA	Vietnam Veterans of America
VVAW	Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVD	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie aka People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
VVI	Vietnam Veterans Institute
VVNW	Veterans of the Vietnam War
VVPAT	Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails
VZW	Vereniging Zonder Winstoogmerk aka association without lucrative purpose aka non-profit organization

W

W	George Walker Bush Walker West With Women
WACL	World Anti-Communist League renamed World League for Freedom and Democracy
WACVA	Women's Army Corps Veterans Association
WACVETS	Women's Army Corps Veterans Association
WADL	Witches Anti-Discrimination League renamed Alternative Religions Educational Network
WAFC	Western Ancient Forest Campaign
WAFE	Women Against Fundamentalisms and for Equality
WAGC	Whistleblowers Against Government Corruption Women Against Gun Control
WAGV	Women Against Gun Violence
WAMM	Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana Woodstock Association for Medical Marijuana
WAMUC	Wisconsin Alliance for Medical Use of Cannabis
WAN	Whore Activist Network
WANA	Washtenaw Area Narcotics Anonymous
WAR	White Aryan Resistance
WARD	Witches Against Religious Discrimination
WASH	Washington Area Secular Humanists Women Against Sexual Harassment
WAVE	Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort Women Against a Violent Environment
WB	Warner Brothers Welcome Back Women's Bureau, United States Department of Labor
WBP	Western Block Party
WBWC	Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition
WCAC	Washington Coalition Against Censorship
WCADP	Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
WCANR	Western Canadian Association for Nude Recreation
WCC	Wiccan Church of Canada
WCCC	Washtenaw Coalition for Compassionate Care
WCDPR	Washington Citizens for Drug Policy Reform
WCHDB	Windy City Hemp Development Board
WCHR	Washington Citizens for Hemp Reform
WCIS	Worldwide Confederation of Independent States
WCLF	West Coast Libertarian Foundation
WCMR	Washington Citizens for Medical Rights
WCPHC	World Commission For Peace And Human Rights Council
WCTU	Woman's Christian Temperance Union
WDDX	Web Distributed Data eXchange
WEAO	Western European Armaments Organisation
WE CAN	Women's Electronic Communications and Action Network
WEDO	Women's Environment and Development Organization
WETA	Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
WEU	Western European Union
WFAE	World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
WFJ	Working For Justice
WFN	Women's Freedom Network
WFP	Working Families Party World Food Programme, United Nations Population Fund
Western Governors' Association Writers Guild of America
WGWC	World Government of World Citizens
WHAM	Women's Health Action and Mobilization
WHEN	Washington Hemp Education Network
WHGA	Wisconsin Hemp Growers Association
WHINSC	Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
WHINSEC	Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
WHO	World Health Organization
WHOIS	domain name registrant query Who.is
WIC	Women's Internet Council
WILPF	Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
WIN	Women's Information Network Women's International Network
WINEP	Washington Institute for Near East Policy
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WISE	Workers In Sex Employment
WLA	World Lottery Association
WLFA	Wildlife Legislative Fund of America
WLFD	World League for Freedom and Democracy
WLO	Women Leaders Online
WLPA	Witches' League for Public Awareness
WLRN	Women's Liberation Research Network
WMD	Weapons of Mass Deception Weapons of Mass Destruction
WMOD	Washington Metro Objectivism Discussion Club
WMSA	Western Missouri Shooters Alliance
WN	World News Network
WND	WorldNetDaily
WO	Without
WOAT	World Organization Against Torture
WOAT USA	World Organization Against Torture USA
WONPR	Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform
WORM	Write Once Read Many
WORPHCO	World Commission For Peace And Human Rights Council
WOW	Women On Wheels Women Online Worldwide
WPA	Women Progressive Activists Women's Prison Association
WPI	World Paranormal Investigations
WPM	World Pantheist Movement
WPR	World Politics Review
WPRI	Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
WPRS	Wausau Paranormal Research Society
WRAP	Washtenaw Rainbow Action Coalition
WRI	War Resisters' International World Resources Institute
WRL	War Resisters League
WRLU	Women's Religious Liberties Union
WRMEA	Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
WRN	Wicca Radio Network
WSA	Workers Solidarity Alliance World Service Authority
WSHI	Washington State Hemp Initiative
WSJ	Wall Street Journal
WSM	Workers Solidarity Movement
WSPA	World Society for Protection of Animals
WSWA	Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
WTO	World Trade Organization
WUO	Weather Underground Organization
WWA	World Wide Anarchism
WWE	World Wrestling Entertainment
WWF	World Wildlife Fund World Wrestling Federation
WWP	Workers World Party Wounded Warriot Project
WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get
WZO	World Zionist Organization
W8	Wait Weight

X

X	Cross Esctacy Extreme Multiply Times
XM	Transmit
XHTML	Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XRCO	X-Rated Critics Organization
XTC	Esctacy

Y

Y	Why
YAF	Young Americans for Freedom Young America's Foundation
YCN	Young Canadian Naturists
YEP	Youth Empowerment Project
YIP	Youth International Party
YPPJF	Youth Progressive Peace and Justice Forum
YRUU	Young Religious Unitarian Universalists

Z

ZACF	Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation
ZANU	Zimbabwe African National Union
ZNLA	Zapatista National Liberation Army
ZO	Zionist Organization renamed World Zionist Organization
ZOA	Zionist Organization of America
ZOG	Zionist Occupied Government
ZPG	Zero Population Growth renamed Population Connection
ZPM	Zero Point Module (from Stargate television series)
ZR	Zaire (.zr)

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2	Squared (²) To Too
2AMPD	Second Amendment Police Department
2PAC	Tupac Shakur
3	Cubed (³)
3M	Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
4	For
4-H	Head Heart Hands Health, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture

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