Before SOS was adopted as an international distress signal around 1910 CQD was used. CQD started as CQ (secu,from French word securite) meaning general call,the D was added to indicate distress (the letters CQD together meaning "all stations: distress." Contrary to beliefs that CQD meant "Come Quick,Danger",Come Quickly Distress",or "Come Quick- Drowning!" These were all backronyms,or bacronyms which are phrases constructed to form desired words. The word backronym itself is a portmanteau of backward and acronym.
Around the same time the SOS signal became a standard,Life Savers candy was invented (1912). Life Savers were to be a summer candy that could withstand the heat better than chocolate. Life Savers were named because there shape was similar to lifebuoys used in water rescue. The name also inspired an urban legend that the inventor's (Clarence Crane) daughter had choked on a hard candy and the hole in Life Savers would prevent other children from choking.
Around the same time the SOS signal became a standard,Life Savers candy was invented (1912). Life Savers were to be a summer candy that could withstand the heat better than chocolate. Life Savers were named because there shape was similar to lifebuoys used in water rescue. The name also inspired an urban legend that the inventor's (Clarence Crane) daughter had choked on a hard candy and the hole in Life Savers would prevent other children from choking.
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