A group of linguistic purists have banded together to do battle against excessive abbreviation. Their main target: Acronyms.
Wesley Weiner, a professor at the California University of Nuclear Technology, decided it was time to do something after people started making fun of his school. He found others who were similarly concerned, including some at the Sam Houston Institute of Technology and the Fairfax University at Charles Kent.
The group started discussing what to do through a Facebook group. One of their first problems was choosing a name. After rejecting Shunning New Acronyms Friends Union, they settled on Friends United Banning Acronyms Right!
After realizing that their new group's name was FUBAR, they started attacking each other, and the group disbanded. The last salvo came from Weiner, sent to all members of the group: "May you all Rest In Peace."
