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* While not technically an ''acronym'', the Canadian postal code[[note]]Postal codes always follow the pattern of Letter-Number-Letter Number-Letter-Number[[/note]] for Santa Claus is indeed [=H0H 0H0=][[note]]Due to how postal codes work, there's no danger of anyone ''else'' getting it.[[/note]].

* The official names for [=CERN=]'s particle detectors include '''A''' '''L'''arge '''I'''on '''C'''ollider '''E'''xperiment, and a smaller facility exploring cloud formation is called '''C'''osmics '''L'''eaving '''Ou'''tdoor '''D'''roplets.

* The exciting render engine of the software suite Blender (version 2.8 onward) was nicknamed Eevee, which may or may not have been inspired by that renowned Pokémon, and which was jokingly justified as standing for "'''E'''xtra '''E'''asy '''V'''irtual '''E'''nvironment '''E'''ngine"

* The exciting render engine of the software suite Blender (version 2.8 onward) was nicknamed Eevee, which may or may not have been inspired by that renowned Pokemon, and which was jokingly justified as standing for "'''E'''xtra '''E'''asy '''V'''irtual '''E'''nvironment '''E'''ngine"

* The exciting render engine of the software suite Blender was nicknamed Eevee, which may or may not have been inspired by that renowned Pokemon, and which was jokingly justified as standing for "'''E'''xtra '''E'''asy '''V'''irtual '''E'''nvironment '''E'''ngine"

* Subverted with the esoteric programming language, INTERCAL, which stands for "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym".

* The programming language LISP officially stands for "'''LIS'''t '''P'''rocessing", but due to the fact that Lisp programs tend to involve absolutely massive amounts of parentheses due to the way the language's syntax works, an old programming joke is that it actually stands for something like "'''L'''ots of '''I'''rritating '''S'''uperfluous '''P'''arentheses".

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* Latin American political parties seem particularly fond of this. As one example, Bolivia's current governing party is MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo), with ''mas'' in Spanish meaning "more"[[note]][[GrammarNazi To be precise]], "more" in Spanis is written "más", with an accent on the "a"[[/note]]. Multiple parties in South American countries have succeeded in constructing names that produce the acronym PODEMOS, translating to "We can".

* Latin American political parties seem particularly fond of this. As one example, Bolivia's current governing party is MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo), with ''mas'' in Spanish meaning "more". Multiple parties in South American countries have succeeded in constructing names that produce the acronym PODEMOS, translating to "We can".

* In astrophysics, bodies like black holes, neutron stars and brown dwarfs are referred to as '''M'''assive '''A'''strophysical '''C'''ompact '''H'''alo '''O'''bjects, or '''MACHO'''s for short.
* In contrast, physicists regard to candidate particles for "dark matter", including neutrinos, as '''W'''eakly '''I'''nteracting '''M'''assive '''P'''articles, or '''WIMP'''s for short.

* '''S'''kin'''H'''eads'''A'''gainst'''R'''acial'''P'''rejudice: As the name implies, a subgroup of skinheads who oppose racism and fascism.

* Caboose on mainline trains in North America were replaced by the '''F'''lashing '''R'''ear '''E'''nd '''D'''evice. It started off as only a way to mark the end of the train, but now can communicate with a unit at the front of the train, relaying how much pressure is in the brake line in at the end of the train. The receiver? [[TheFlintstones Wilma]].

'''S'''kin'''H'''eads'''A'''gainst'''R'''acial'''P'''rejudice: As the name implies, a subgroup of skinheads who oppose racism and fascism.