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** WAP stands for "'''W'''orship '''A'''nd '''P'''rayer" by the founders of Church Prime, most commonly Tommy. This has led to a conversation involving AcronymConfusion over said acronym's more infamous meaning, Schlatt (before his Presidential run), and a very disturbed [=TommyInnit=].

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** WAP stands for "'''W'''orship '''A'''nd '''P'''rayer" by the founders of Church Prime, most commonly Tommy. This has led to a conversation involving AcronymConfusion over said acronym's more infamous meaning, Schlatt Jschlatt (before his Presidential run), and a very disturbed [=TommyInnit=].
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** WAP stands for "'''W'''orship '''A'''nd '''P'''rayer" by the founders of Church Prime, most commonly Tommy. This has led to a conversation involving AcronymConfusion, Schlatt (before his Presidential run), and a very disturbed [=TommyInnit=].

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** WAP stands for "'''W'''orship '''A'''nd '''P'''rayer" by the founders of Church Prime, most commonly Tommy. This has led to a conversation involving AcronymConfusion, AcronymConfusion over said acronym's more infamous meaning, Schlatt (before his Presidential run), and a very disturbed [=TommyInnit=].
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* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'':
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** WAP stands for "'''W'''orship '''A'''nd '''P'''rayer" by the founders of Church Prime, most commonly Tommy. This has led to a conversation involving AcronymConfusion, Schlatt (before his Presidential run), and a very disturbed [=TommyInnit=].
** The '''L'M'''anberg '''F'''light and '''A'''eronautical '''O'''rganization building should tell you exactly what kind of attitude L'Manberg, or at least its members, had.
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--->'''Kirito''': Here at KARF, we strive to bring knowledge to a world that is so utterly devoid of it. I also just realized how terrible that acronym sounds, and won't be using it again.

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--->'''Kirito''': -->'''Kirito:''' Here at KARF, we strive to bring knowledge to a world that is so utterly devoid of it. I also just realized how terrible that acronym sounds, and won't be using it again.
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* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows: '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone Website/ChannelAwesome main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.

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* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows: '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Heh. Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone Website/ChannelAwesome main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.

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* In the WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions video ''Why [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Tamatoa]] is My Favorite Character Ever'', the group protecting the pieces of Te Fiti's heart is called "The Guardians Of The Heart Pieces And Top Tier Youtubers". Pappy G quicky puts together that it spells "Gothpatty".

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* ''WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions'': In the WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions video ''Why "Why [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Tamatoa]] is My Favorite Character Ever'', Ever", the group protecting the pieces of Te Fiti's heart is called "The Guardians Of The Heart Pieces And Top Tier Youtubers". Pappy G quicky puts together that it spells "Gothpatty"."Gothpatty".
* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': A variety of infectious cancer that afflicts the harmsters is called the Severe Infectious Harmster Transmissible Tumor, or SIHTT for brevity. The strain that ultimately destroys the harmster civilizations is termed the Nervous-Ocular Severe Infectious Harmster Transmissible Tumor, or NO-SIHTT.
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* In the WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions video ''Why [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Tamatoa]] is My Favorite Character Ever'', the group protecting the pieces of Te Fiti's heart is called "The Guardians Of The Heart Pieces And Top Tier Youtubers". Pappy G quicky puts together that it spells "Gothpatty".
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-->'''Radical Soda:''' It's ''RadicalSoda's Awesome Pokemon Evaluation!'' Or if we shorten that to an acronym- ''[[OhCrap OH NO!!!]]''

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-->'''Radical Soda:''' It's ''RadicalSoda's ''Radicalsoda's Awesome Pokemon Evaluation!'' Or if we shorten that to an acronym- ''[[OhCrap OH NO!!!]]''
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* ''WebVideo/RadicalSoda'' during his Pokemon Sword and Shield review decides to add a new segment. It doesn't go well.
-->'''Radical Soda:''' It's ''RadicalSoda's Awesome Pokemon Evaluation!'' Or if we shorten that to an acronym- ''[[OhCrap OH NO!!!]]''
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* Administrivia/NoOnPageExamples (tropes that don't allow examples on the trope page, but which can be added to work trope lists) [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] that its title can be acronymed to "NOPE".

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* ** Administrivia/NoOnPageExamples (tropes that don't allow examples on the trope page, but which can be added to work trope lists) [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] that its title can be acronymed to "NOPE".
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* Administrivia/NoOnPageExamples (tropes that don't allow examples on the trope page, but which can be added to work trope lists) [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] that its title can be acronymed to "NOPE".
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* In WebOriginal/{{Unraveled}}, Brian and Kofie's new sport's world championship is called the '''P'''olygon '''I'''nvitational '''S'''urferball '''S'''eries.

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* In WebOriginal/{{Unraveled}}, ''WebVideo/{{Unraveled}}'', Brian and Kofie's new sport's world championship is called the '''P'''olygon '''I'''nvitational '''S'''urferball '''S'''eries.

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* In WebOriginal/Unraveled Brian and Kofie's new sport's world championship is called the '''P'''olygon '''I'''nvitational '''S'''urferball '''S'''eries.

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* In WebOriginal/Unraveled WebOriginal/{{Unraveled}}, Brian and Kofie's new sport's world championship is called the '''P'''olygon '''I'''nvitational '''S'''urferball '''S'''eries.'''S'''eries.
* Happens frequently in ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'':
** ''When Gimmicks Go Too Far'' has Scott as part of a space federation of sorts in a B-movie setting, with the name of said federation being the '''F'''ellow '''U'''nity of '''C'''ertified '''K'''illers of '''B'''ad '''A'''stronomic '''R'''esistant '''N'''e'er-do-wells, which is lampshaded when Scott considers abbreviating the name.
** ''Rated E for Irrelevant'' starts off with Scott starting his own ratings board for food and all other goods and services, which he calls the Food Eating And Ratings association, or FEAR for short.
** Lampshaded in ''Shovelware Variety Hour: Round Three'' when Scott notices that the subtitle for a game he's reviewing, ''Calvin Tucker's Redneck: Farm Animals Racing Tournament'', can be shortened to F.A.R.T.
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* In WebOriginal/Unraveled Brian and Kofie's new sport's world championship is called the '''P'''olygon '''I'''nvitational '''S'''urferball '''S'''eries.
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** He also explained to the near-homicidal Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} impersonators that they were being unfairly critical of Halle Berry's performance in [[Film/{{Catwoman}} his review of the awful 2004 movie]] by saying they suffered from a bad case of '''C'''atwomen '''R'''aging '''A'''gainst Halle '''B'''erry '''S'''yndrome, or '''C.R.A.B.S'''.

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** He also explained to the near-homicidal Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} impersonators that they were being unfairly critical of Halle Berry's performance in [[Film/{{Catwoman}} [[Film/Catwoman2004 his review of the awful 2004 movie]] by saying they suffered from a bad case of '''C'''atwomen '''R'''aging '''A'''gainst Halle '''B'''erry '''S'''yndrome, or '''C.R.A.B.S'''.
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* ''WebOriginal/HowToHero'' features the Bureau of UFO Tracking, Transporting and Studying.

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* ''WebOriginal/HowToHero'' ''Blog/HowToHero'' features the Bureau of UFO Tracking, Transporting and Studying.
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** "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4098 SCP-4098]] seemingly changes people spreading communication properly, specifically communication proximally Site-94 centered, procedurally. Said communication prohibits speaker’s choices, producing speech constructional primaries: SCP."

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** "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4098 SCP-4098]] seemingly changes people spreading communication properly, specifically communication proximally Site-94 centered, procedurally. Said communication prohibits speaker’s choices, producing speech constructional primaries: SCP.'''s'''eemingly '''c'''hanges '''p'''eople '''s'''preading '''c'''ommunication '''p'''roperly, '''s'''pecifically '''c'''ommunication '''p'''roximally '''S'''ite-94 '''c'''entered, '''p'''rocedurally. '''S'''aid '''c'''ommunication '''p'''rohibits '''s'''peaker’s '''c'''hoices, '''p'''roducing '''s'''peech '''c'''onstructional '''p'''rimaries: '''SCP'''."
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** "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4098 SCP-4098]] seemingly changes people spreading communication properly, specifically communication proximally Site-94 centered, procedurally. Said communication prohibits speaker’s choices, producing speech constructional primaries: SCP."
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* Mark Gottlieb parodies this in one of his MagicTheGathering.Combos articles with the '''L'''eague '''o'''f '''V'''illainy & '''E'''vil and '''H'''eroes '''A'''gainst '''T'''yranny & '''E'''vil.

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* Mark Gottlieb parodies this in one of his MagicTheGathering.TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering.Combos articles with the '''L'''eague '''o'''f '''V'''illainy & '''E'''vil and '''H'''eroes '''A'''gainst '''T'''yranny & '''E'''vil.
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* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows: '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.

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* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows: '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh.]] Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] on the acronym-happy and sometimes gaffe-prone Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Website/ChannelAwesome main site, where he is known as "TODD", "[=ShadowTodd=]" or TIS instead.
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** Someone in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' thread wanted a book version of Andrew Hussie's robotic rap battle comic ''And It Don't Stop''. Combine that with the running gag of referring to things by their initials and you get "Andrew, please give us ''AIDS''! Wait, that didn't sound right..."

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** Someone in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' thread wanted a book version of Andrew Hussie's Creator/AndrewHussie's robotic rap battle comic ''And It Don't Stop''. Combine that with the running gag of referring to things by their initials and you get "Andrew, please give us ''AIDS''! Wait, that didn't sound right..."
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* Creator/AchievementHunter ''[[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterGrandTheftAutoSeries]]'' "Ray's Heist" gave us WAFFLE-O or "'''W'''e're '''A'''ll '''F'''riends. '''F'''riends '''L'''ove '''E'''ach-'''O'''ther". It would have been just WAFFLE, but Ray found out that "Eachother" is ''two'' words, not one.

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* Creator/AchievementHunter ''[[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterGrandTheftAutoSeries]]'' ''LetsPlay/AchievementHunterGrandTheftAutoSeries'' "Ray's Heist" gave us WAFFLE-O or "'''W'''e're '''A'''ll '''F'''riends. '''F'''riends '''L'''ove '''E'''ach-'''O'''ther". It would have been just WAFFLE, but Ray found out that "Eachother" is ''two'' words, not one.
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* The French KingdomHearts parody ''AudioPlay/KingdomPaf'' play this for laugh by having the major Antagonists working together as the "C.I.A", which in this version means "Confération Internationale des Enfoirés" ("International Conferation of Bastards" in french). When Dora points out that "Enfoirés" is supposed to be written with a "E" instead of a "A", his allies merely answer this proves how dumbass the villains are.

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* The French KingdomHearts ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' parody ''AudioPlay/KingdomPaf'' play this for laugh by having the major Antagonists working together as the "C.I.A", which in this version means "Confération Internationale des Enfoirés" ("International Conferation of Bastards" in french). When Dora points out that "Enfoirés" is supposed to be written with a "E" instead of a "A", his allies merely answer this proves how dumbass the villains are.

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Moving to proper location, in Literature.


* In the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, it turns out that Goodkind International once named their 'health snack foods' project M.A.I.R.D. And how do you pronounce the French word for 'shit'?



-->'''Timmy:''' [''whispering''] Doc, I thought you were supposed to pick up tacos.
-->'''Doc:''' Oh, right! He's still at soccer practice!

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-->'''Timmy:''' [''whispering''] Doc, I thought you were supposed to pick up tacos.
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tacos.\\
'''Doc:'''
Oh, right! He's still at soccer practice!
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* ''WebOriginal/HowToHero'' features the Bureau of UFO Tracking, Transporting and Studying.
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** [[AccidentalInnuendo Probably unintentional]], but there is the "{{Truth In Television}}" page...
** Another accidental example, now that the trope originally called Takahashi Couple has finally settled on the name "'''B'''elligerent '''S'''exual '''T'''ension", try combining it with the more-established "'''U'''nresolved Sexual Tension" to create a single phrase.
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** If a trope is deemed inherently difficult to illustrate, the Image Pickin' forum is likely to declare it "'''B'''lank '''U'''ntil '''P'''retty '''K'''ickass '''I'''mage '''S'''uggested".
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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' gives us the '''K'''irito is '''A'''lways '''R'''ight '''F'''oundation, which is lampshaded in Something Witty Entertainment's Patreon video.
--->'''Kirito''': Here at KARF, we strive to bring knowledge to a world that is so utterly devoid of it. I also just realized how terrible that acronym sounds, and won't be using it again.

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