Acronyms

From a recent London Times article:

Footy? Now it’s a mug’s game...

Where I live with my wife in Hackney, they’re currently building what looks a lot like a five-a-side football pitch in the park. Except it’s not called a football pitch, it’s called a Multi Use Games Area, or MUGA.

In a neighbourhood notorious for young men demanding money with menaces off unsuspecting citizens, MUGA is not the most sensitive acronym the council could have devised.

Maybe it’s not quite as silly as another local council’s infamous Sexual Health Action Group, or the hotel that created a Fire Alarm Response Team, or the human resources manager who instituted Career Review Action Plans for employees, but it’s still a bit daft.