One that should be explained I think, especially with the wide availability of CNN is GOP (Grand Old Party = Republicans, for any Brits out there :), which I had to ask somebody on a list I was on, what it meant. Though somewhat amusingly, (at least if you're a democrat :) is the fact that in the UK, gop, and gopping are colloquial English for "disgusting" most often, but not exclusively, used to describe bad tastes :) later jb