When Jargons Collide

Working among the social workers, I find another little microcosm new to me. They have their customs, their habits, their jargon, much as fans do, much as bloggers do, and so on. *shrug* That's cool by me. I just find my brain keeps slipping up over one of the social work organizations that's affiliated with the school: Social Workers Involved in Native American Communities. They almost always use the acronym, you see:

SWINAC

And my brain teleports directly to the fannish false-parallel construction, fanac. Contracted from "fannish activity." That activity which keeps one active in fandom, yes?

So what would swinac be? Swinish activity. That activity which keeps one active in swinedom. Hum. On the whole, it doesn't seem like something you'd want to advertise. On the other hand, no one at work would get why that's funny. So I keep my observations to myself, but the south end of my face will keep having westward spasms whenever I see one of their e-mails or posters go by.