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I always hated all of those. Even as a small child it was obvious that they thought of the acronym first and then tried to cram in appropriate words.

And what about an honourable mention for FOOM - Friends of Ol’ Marvel?

#1 and #2 were really a no-brainer…lol.

for S.H.I.E.L.D. to alter to Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division wouldn’t that mean it would have to become a division of the U.S. government rather than an international agency?

and then we have the Bold Urban Commandos

I nominate ULTIMATUM for the boldest acronym that actually makes sense as a name.

S.H.I.E.L.D. isn’t #1?

I’m afraid I must disagree.

I think someone should establish the top five pronunciations for Acroyear.

ULTIMATUM should be #1, come on. That was obviously the hardest one to come up with. MODOK isn’t even a word but he should get the #2 spot solely because of how awesome he is.

for S.H.I.E.L.D. to alter to Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division wouldn’t that mean it would have to become a division of the U.S. government rather than an international agency?

IMO, S.H.I.E.L.D. has *never* made much sense as an international agency. Especially not as anything related to the United Nations. I always thought you could, maybe, define it as part of NATO, which would fit, since (as with NATO) the United States clearly calls the shots for the important stuff.

In the movies, I’d imagine they’re just ignoring the “international” angle altogether, and making it part of DHS.

Darn, I was hoping for a discussion of the best Marvel anagrams. I was looking forward to discussing what people thought of Evil Owner and Dream Spin as members of the Engraves.

SHIELD sould have been left as the Supreme Headquarters of International Espionage and Law Division. The new one with the word “Homeland” in it just sucks!

No F.A.C.A.D.E?

Show some love for the Full Acclimation Combat And Defense Explo-skeleton!

Come ON! EXPLO-SKELETON!!

R.A.I.D. is my favorite and it was just a subset of A.I.M.
What is the new AIM faction for Genocide from Invincible Iron Man?

If you’re gonna have FOOM, you can’t not have the MMMS!

When you say that the new SHIELD acronym is “slightly cooler” than the old one, shouldn’t that actually be “much lamer”?
The old one may have been a little stodgy, but the new one seems much more like just a bunch of words that the writers & editors thought sounded cool, strung together in a pretty meaningless and incoherent way.

Didn’t Whedon say he spent more time on coming up with the SWORD acronym than actually writing the issue in which they first deubted?

The only advantage I can see for the newer “Strategic Hazard” SHIELD acronym is that it implies SHIELD is a “stand-alone” organization.

The original SHIELD acronym actually implies that SHIELD is but one Division of the giant bureaucracy that is SHIE.

So Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, might have:
SHIELD: Law-Enforcement Division
SHIERA: Resources Administration
SHIEBA: Bureau of Accounting
SHIEEP: Engineering Protocols
SHIE-IT: Information Technology

and of course:
SHIEESH: Stands for Nothing in Particular!

Come to think of it, I like the latter setup better! Bring back SHIE!

“Espionage logistics directorate?”

What, is Donald Rumsfeld writing for Marvel now?

Personally I’d be happy with a job in SHIE’s human resources department — SHIEHRD.

Micronauts’ “Promethius Pit” in H.E.L.L.: the Human Engineering Life Laboratories.

“Black Adam” is an acronym for a bunch of Egyptian gods I’m too lazy to look up.

Isn’t “Deathlok” an acronym for something?

I remember trying to remember SHIELD’s long form when I was a kid. At one point I said it stood for “Strategic Hazard, something something, Little Ducks.” It may have been lifted from an issue of “What The”, but it has apparently stuck with my friends, who still say it to this day.