History FunWithAcronyms / RealLIfe

** '''W'''ine '''I'''s '''N'''ot an '''E'''mulator -- and it really isn't (except in the most general sense of trying to behave like something else); it's a [[UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface compatibility layer]] for running Windows applications on other operating systems, not unlike what 64-bit versions of Windows have for 32-bit Windows programs or early versions of Mac OS X had for Mac OS Classic programs.

* '''I'''ntermittent '''E'''xplosive '''D'''isorder is the official name given to a disorder which causes instances of BerserkButto to overlap with destructive results. It also happens to share an acronym with '''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evices, roadside bombs that are well known because of their use in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.

** '''LAME''' originally stood for '''L'''ame '''A'''in't an '''M'''P3 '''E'''ncoder because it [[TheArtifact was originally]] a set of patches for MPEG's [=dist10=] software rather than an encoder in its own right. Its name was rendered inaccurate when the software was retooled into a proper UsefulNotes/{{MP3}} codec.

* UsefulNotes/{{Programming Language}}s

* George Mason University wanted to rename its law school in honor of a recently-deceased Supreme Court justice: the '''A'''ntonin '''S'''calia '''S'''chool '''o'''f '''L'''aw. On further consideration of the pronunciation ('''ASS'''H'''OL'''E), they revised it to A.S. Law School.

* The [[UsefulNotes/LondonUnderground London Overground's]] '''G'''ospel '''O'''ak to '''B'''arking '''Lin'''e is much more popularly known as the '''GOBLIN'''.

* In the airline industry, all airfares between cities have an alphanumeric fare basis code of 1-8 characters. The first character is usually the booking code (A-Z) and the second character can be a seasonal designation, such as "H" for high or "L" for low. One type of fare that can include tour packages is appropriately called "inclusive tour" and will have "IT" in the fare basis code. There is at least one instance of an airline filing an '''S'''-class '''h'''igh season '''i'''nclusive '''t'''our fare.

** BASIC ('''B'''eginners '''A'''ll-purpose '''S'''ymbolic '''I'''nstruction '''C'''ode), which drove virtually all microcomputers (e.g., Altair 8800, UsefulNotes/AppleII, UsefulNotes/TRS80, UsefulNotes/Commodore64, UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer[[note]]While MS-DOS was its main operating system, the IBM PC did have BASIC in ROM as a fallback[[/note]], etc.) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

* The name of the UsefulNotes/XboxOne X, if you break it down in fourths, can be shortened to X.B.O.X.

*** I call and raise '''S'''tudents '''A'''gainst '''D'''runk '''D'''riving/Drivers.

* The "widget" in the WidgetSeries entry is a pronounciation of '''W.J.T.''', which means '''W'''eird '''J'''apanese '''T'''hing. (The French counterpart of the WJT is the WTF, or '''W'''eird '''T'''hing from '''F'''rance.)
*** And the American counterpart is the '''W'''eird '''A'''merican '''T'''hing, or sometimes the '''W'''eird '''H'''umorous '''A'''merican '''T'''hing.

*** While there is an official report on the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, its veracity is, to be polite, widely challenged from commentators on all sides of the debate. The findings of the study released by Western sources in an effort to [[JustForPun shed more light]] on the incident is almost universally known by the informal abbreviation, '''T'''he '''O'''ther '''R'''eport on '''Ch'''ernobyl.

* '''I'''ntermittent '''E'''xplosive '''D'''isorder is the official name given to a disorder which causes instances of BerserkButton, UnstoppableRage, and DisproportionateRetribution to overlap with destructive results. It also happens to share an acronym with '''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evices, roadside bombs that are well known because of their use in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.

* In the UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem, some relatively moderate, socially progressive Republican politicians are occasionally referred to as "[=RINOs=]", an acronym for '''R'''epublicans '''I'''n '''N'''ame '''O'''nly. Aside from the obvious meaning, the term is also a {{pun}} on "rhino" (as in "rhinoceros"). The American Republican Party's official emblem is an elephant, while a rhinoceros is another large, grey-skinned animal with white horns that ''resembles'' an elephant, but isn't one.

* '''P'''ursuit '''I'''ntervention '''T'''echnique '''(PIT)''': A pursuit Tactic employed by the police where the pursing car forces a fleeing car to turn sideways spinning them out of control and forcing them to stop. While only to be employed in certain circumstances and at certain speeds, it has been employed at high speed resulting in flipped over cars causing injury and sadly even [[https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/09/14/knowing-there-were-kids-in-there-12-year-old-killed-after-georgia-trooper-performed-pit-maneuver-while-chasing-driver-that-fled-traffic-stop/ death]]

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* The US military tried the damnedest to subvert this trope with the [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/DUKW DUKW]], an amphibious truck of outstanding quality produced in WWII. D for designed in 1942 [of course!], U for utility, K for all-wheel drive and W for dual-axle. Everyone ignored the inconvenient W and called them "ducks".

* [=7s=] name.

** The German FAP ('''F'''reiheitliche [Deutsche] [[http://www.br.de/nachrichten/fap-1991-leipzig-100~_v-img__16__9__xl_-d31c35f8186ebeb80b0cd843a7c267a0e0c81647.jpg?version=f2467 Yes, without the "Deutsche" in their acronym.]] '''A'''rbeiter '''P'''artei) a now defunct neo-Nazi group in Germany that’s long forgotten by history after being outlawed as too fascist, did not go unnoticed either -- [[Webcomic/SexyLosers fittingly as fanart on the site who coined the term "fap".]]