The acronym game

[Saaropean]

Rules:

• Name and spell out a commonly used 2 or 3-letter acronym or abbreviation in any language, from any country. Explain it in English.
• The acronym must not be from the same language and country as the one above you.
• The acronym must not use any of the letters of the acronym above you.
• It should be an acronym that is not understood internationally.

Example: Person 1 explains the Dutch "NV", Person 2 explains the German "bzw".

Let me start:

Hbf is German ([flag]de-de[/flag] and [flag]de-at[/flag], not used in Switzerland), short for "Hauptbahnhof". It designates a city's main railway station, as opposed to the minor stations across the city. Hamburg's central/union station, for instance, is "Hamburg Hbf" [ˈham.buɐkʰ ˈhaʊpt.baːn.hoːf].

[MillMaths]

[flag]fi[/flag] jne = ja niin edelleen – and so on, et cetera

[FruitBat]

[flag]ja[/flag] FA - short for ファイナルアンサー fainaru ansaa - "final answer", which originated from the quiz show『クイズ$ミリオネア』kuizu mirionea (Japanese version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"). Used by young people in colloquial conversations.

[linguoboy]

[flag]ir[/flag] grma = go raibh maith agat = "thank you" (Lit. "may there be good at you".)

[melski]

[flag]fr[/flag] cqfd (french : ce qu'il fallait démontrer), litterally "what was to demonstrate", used in the end of a reasoning.

[MillMaths]

[flag]de[/flag] z.B. = zum Beispiel – for example, e.g.

[melski]

[flag]fr[/flag] c-à-d = c'est-à-dire (that is) (used before an explanation, a definition, etc)

[linguoboy]

[flag]ga[/flag] srl = agus araile "and so on, et cetera"

[LackOfFuel]

[flag]sl[/flag] itd - in tako dalje - and so on

[Saaropean]

[flag]lb[/flag] w.e.g. = wann ech gelift = please

It's a literal translation of French s.v.p. (s'il vous plaît).

[linguoboy]

[flag]en-us[/flag] BFD "big fucking deal" (only used sarcastically)

[melski]

[flag]fr[/flag] R.A.S. = rien à signaler (nothing to report)

[FruitBat]

N.N. seems to be known as far as I could find out at least in [flag]de[/flag][flag]fr-be[/flag][flag]nl[/flag][flag]it[/flag][flag]pl[/flag] as derived from [flag]la[/flag] nomen nescio or nomen nominandum (in [flag]pl[/flag] also explained as nazwisko nieznane) to mark an unknown author or a lecturer yet to be determined.

[Stanley_Ipkis]

[flag]ja[/flag]OL - an office lady (a woman working in an office)

[LackOfFuel]

[flag]sl[/flag] npr. - na primer - for example/e.g. (German zum Beispiel)

[MillMaths]

[flag]fr[/flag] R.S.V.P. = répondez s’il vous plaît – please reply

[FruitBat]

[flag]ja[/flag] OB for オールドボーイ oorudo booi "old boy" - (male) graduate from a school, retiree from a company, or former sports professional

[melski]

[flag]fr[/flag] F.A.Q. = Foire aux Questions
(direct translation from [flag]en[/flag] frequently asked questions)

[linguoboy]

[flag]en-us[/flag] Ob Gyn (pronounced as an initialism or, less frequently as /'oː'biː'ʤainiː/) "Obstetrician-Gynecologist" or "Obstetrics-Gynecology"

[Saaropean]

[flag]de[/flag] BWL Betriebswirtschaftslehre = business administration (a subject at university), literally "corporate economy teaching"