George,

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>Yes, there's pita bread, which, I believe, oringates from the eastern Mediterrian. It's also one of several type of plants (Century Plant, for example) or a wild pineapple from Central America. In this case, however, it's an acronym.:-)

Thanks for this reply, your explanation helps me to learn new meanings of this word.

You know, when I saw 'the real PITA' in my coleague's code comments, I always imagined a warm pita with mushrooms and a cap of hot chocolate. This reminded me old days, when I with my future husband used to attend a very nice cafe in the 'House of Sciencists' in St. Petersburg (Russia). They were so delicious... :)

But since now my attitude will change :)