A toilet is sometimes referred to as a WC, especially on signs or in advertisements for houses, flats, or hotels. WC is an abbreviation for 'water closet'.
Nuke it: Throw it in the microwave! On deck: Food next up to be fired, plated, and sold. On the fly: Something needed from the kitchen ASAP: "I need another side of béarnaise, on the fly!" On the line: The area where all the line cooks are stationed. Each line cook has their own station to prepare food.
The abbreviation for "hallway" is "hall." As no standard abbreviation is found for 'hallway', one may take clue from abbreviations of 'address', 'meeting' and 'Broadway',and form abbreviations for 'hallway' and it's plural for one's own use on internet or for shorthand note taking.
bt - intended to mean "bedtime", but can be misread as "bid" or twice daily. • d/c - can mean "discontinue" or "discharge" • h.s. - can mean half strength or "hour of sleep"
In medical terms, SOS typically stands for "si opus sit," a Latin phrase that means "if necessary" or "as needed." It's often used on prescriptions to indicate that a medication should be taken only when required, rather than on a fixed schedule.
PO is a medical term that stands for per os or by mouth. It is most frequently used to indicate the route of administration of a medication for a patient.
The group named itself "Wilco" after the military and commercial aviation radio voice abbreviation for "will comply", a choice which Tweedy has said is "fairly ironic for a rock band to name themselves."
IKEA is the name of a popular Scandinavian-founded, worldwide furniture store. The acronym that makes up the name stands for Ingvar Kamprad (the founder's name), Elmtaryd (the farm where the founder grew up), and Agunnaryd (the founder's hometown).
The principal historical dictionary of the English language describes fridge as “a colloquial abbreviation for refrigerator,” and says that the “frig” spelling was likely influenced by the brand name Frigidaire.
IKR stands for “I know, right?” and shows strong agreement. As one of the most casual initialisms we often use in texting and chat, IKR is a short, quick way to show someone you agree with what they've said.
I stands for Ingvar, the first name of the IKEA founder. K is for Kamprad, his last name. E is for Elmtaryd, the name of the farm where Ingvar grew up, and A is for Agunnaryd, the name of the parish in Småland, Ingvar's home village. Elmtaryd farm is where Ingvar Kamprad grew up and started the IKEA business.
written abbreviation for to be fair: used, for example on social media and in text messages, when you have considered everything that has an effect on a situation in order to make a fair judgment: Tbf she's never done anything bad to me.
marketplace.asos.com. ASOS originally stood for AsSeenOnScreen with the tagline "Buy what you see on film and TV" because it exclusively sold imitations of clothing from those mediums (for example, Brad Pitt's red leather jacket from the 1999 film Fight Club).
So Asos *drum roll* stands for - As Seen On Screen. Several years later, British founders Nick Robertson and Quentin Griffiths, who hadn't expected their idea to grow into something so huge, decided to go just by their acronym, as they began to sell other clothes as well.
