We asked our readers what term or word had them running for a dictionary (or Google search) the first time they heard it. How many of these would stump you?

Alphabet soup

I almost chose COBRA, as my nickname became "snake charmer" after conducting COBRA seminars for 18 years.

Years ago, I was an acronym junkie. I wanted to know as many as possible (those who know me will not question that) and set out on a quest to do so. I went onto a government site that listed all of the non-secret acronyms and printed it off to study on the plane. I was shocked when the printer spool hit over 300 pages, using size 8 font and four columns to a page. I quickly cancelled the print job.

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