Trade Group Can't Take Acronym Snickering

Tired of WTF jokes, it's now Tourism Federation of Wisconsin
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 29, 2009 8:16 PM CDT
Trade Group Can't Take Acronym Snickering
Can this organization be far behind?   (World Taekwondo Federation)

WTF? No longer, a trade group has decided, changing its name to avoid further snickering about its acronym. The Wisconsin Tourism Federation—established in 1979, when the world was less likely to use shorthand to say “What the f---?”—is now the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin. As Mike King writes in the Onion’s Madison edition, “Your move, World Taekwondo Federation.”
(More Wisconsin Tourism Federation stories.)

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