W e know what it means. GMC. Green Mountain College.

But there’s a world of acronyms out there.According to the Free Dictionary, GMC can also refer to: General Motors Corporation (automotive), Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA), General Matters Conference…And the acronyms keep going … General Medical Condition, General Medical Council, General Military Course.And … Generalized Multi-Carrier, Generalized Multi-Code, Generic Model Control, Genetically Modified Crop, Génie Mécanique (baccalauréat en génie mécanique), George Morris Center (Canada), GETS Management Center (Sprint),  Giant Migratory Contraction, Giant Molecular Cloud, Glen Mhor Camp (Canada), Global Media Corporation, Global Motion Compensation (GMC Software Technology), Gold Master Candidate, GoodLink Management Console, Grand Master Chef, Grant Medical College, Great Muppet Caper (movie), Greater Manchester Collections, Greater Manchester County (UK), Green Mountain Club (Vermont), Green Mountain College (Poultney, Vermont), Grid Management Charge (FERC), Ground Movement Controller, Group Matrix Card (Cisco), Growth Monitoring and Counseling (Malawi), Grupo Media Capital (Portugal), Guangdong Mobile Corp (China), Gulf Medical College (Ajman, UAE), Gun Motor Carriage (Self-Propelled Gun), Gun Mount Captain, not to be confused with Gunner’s Mate, Chief (USN Rating), and, finally, the Guyana Marketing Company.

So take care, when you ‘re heading out towards the SmartShop that you don’t take a wrong turn to the Guyana Marketing Company.

Todd Martin is serving as Green Editor for The Mountaineer for 2009-2010.

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