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Acronym	Meaning
[ From epidemiology and nuclear power industry ]
TMTC	Too Many To Count (E.g., multiplying tuberculosis bacilli)
GKW	God Knows What (Stuff that we can't figure out what it is -- but it's probably not good)
MUF	Material Unaccounted For (E.g., missing weapons-grade uranium)
Unk-unk(s)	Unknown unknown(s) (Problems we don't even know we have; contrast with problems we know we need to fix or be prepared for or at least be aware of)
[ Generic... ]
NIH	Not Invented Here (Not "ours", so we won't use it)
NIMBY	Not in my back yard (Said of anything virtuous that is not also perceived as salubrious, e.g., "affordable Housing")
NOS	Not Otherwise Specified (A milder form of GKW: sort-of-like-but-not-exactly [whatever], e.g., Asperger's syndrome used to be a Pervasive Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified)
NOS	New Old Stock (Brand new merchandise, but old enough that it needs a cleaning and oiling before you use it or else you'll hurt it)
RYO	Roll Your Own (E.g., cigarettes)
BYOB	Bring Your Own Bottle (E.g., whisky -- possibly originated in Prohibition Era?)
ROI	Return On Investment (What you get out of what you put in)
OBE'd	Overtaken by events
N/A	Not Applicable (E.g., "When did you stop beating your wife?" when asked of a bachelor)
DOA	Dead on arrival
AKA	Also known as
[ From Lockheed Martin, NYSE: LMT ]
LOSAT	Line-of-Sight Antitank Weapon System
KEM	Kinetic Energy Missile
SDB	Small Diameter Bomb
WCMD	Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
JASSM	Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
PQT	Production Qualification Test
SDD	System Development and Demonstration phase
LRIP	Low-Rate Initial Production
PMO	Project Management Office

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