chai

I've heard chai in the UK to refer specifically to Indian-style tea. And for me it's a cuppa cha, not char. The details are important!

As far as I know, it's chai everywhere.

At this point I would make a face, but I'm far too polite.

Chai must be an American thing. In UK we say char. As in "cuppa char please".

It's also a Romany word for girl.

Was just going to mention uselessness's list--one of my favorites. :-)

I had missed that, thanks, trivet!

Oh, yeah - this one.

Wasn't there a list of these?

And the ever popular "ATM machine."

Eesh. Doesn't leave much to abbreviate, does it?

I have seen "personal PIN number". Yikes.

Ditto, colleen. Also "PIN number."

"chai tea" makes my head hurt in the same way that "ISBN number" does. GAH.

From the Chinese word chá (茶) meaning tea. Saying "chai tea" is redundant.