Line #48 FunWithAcronyms/WebOriginal


1	* The [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Army]] has an unofficial website and forum called the '''AR'''my '''R'''umour '''SE'''rvice.
2	* [[http://maccshq.rpgclassics.com/farts/index.shtml Fairly Aimless RPG Talk Show.]]
3	* [[http://www.goodasyou.org/ This gay rights blog,]] '''G'''ood '''A'''s '''Y'''ou.
4	* Michael Swaim does this regularly when he writes for Website/{{Cracked}}. His column is titled '''S'''lander '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''I'''nherent '''M'''eaning, and every ''Does Not Compute'' or ''Cracked TV'' video he makes a new meaning for his name. Presumably it started because he repeatedly refers to himself as a "host-droid".
5	* [[http://paradox.infinityrealms.net/index.php?title=Auras This part of the RA3 Paradox Mod Wiki]]
6	* [[http://steampunkghostbusters.com The League of Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management]] ("Serving All Your Supernatural Elimination Needs Since 1884")
7	* The titular operation in Literature/ChaosFighters: Chemical Warriors-KIMIA is '''K'''alium (potassium) '''I'''odide '''M'''issing '''I'''n '''A'''ction. Doubles as [[BilingualBonus bilingual bonus]].
8	* This is how Tammy sells the Wii Fit to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and Nella. She says that the Fit stands for '''F'''ood '''I'''s '''T'''asty.
9	* In [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Dragon Ball Z Abridged]], Krillin and Vegeta refer to Frieza and Zarbon, respectively, as '''F'''reaky '''A'''lien '''G'''enotypes.
10	* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' gives us the '''K'''irito is '''A'''lways '''R'''ight '''F'''oundation, which is lampshaded in Something Witty Entertainment's Patreon video.
11	-->'''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.
12	* Averted in ''The Dangers of Ecstasy'' episode of WebVideo/TheFantasticFavioBros. [[EvilTwin MaCavio]] states that the "Horribly Illegal Drug Smuggling Operation" is addressed as '''Hidso''', which means absolutely nothing.
13	* Double Whammy for the '''C'''[=hildCare=] '''A'''ction '''P'''roject, [[http://www.capalert.com/ an inappropriately smug Christian movie-rating site]]. First we have the name itself, and then there's the scoring system the guy uses: each movie is judged based on the six categories of sin, '''W'''anton Violence/Crime, '''I'''mpudence/Hate, '''S'''exual Immorality, '''D'''rugs/Alcohol, '''O'''ffense To God, and '''M'''urder/Suicide. Just for added awkwardness, he coined his own rating, "R(estricted)-13" for movies that get an MPAA rating of "PG-13" but score like an "R" on his arbitrary system.
14	* Mark Gottlieb parodies this in one of his TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering.Combos articles with the '''L'''eague '''o'''f '''V'''illainy & '''E'''vil and '''H'''eroes '''A'''gainst '''T'''yranny & '''E'''vil.
15	* The '''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions''' shortened to LICC & their evil counterparts were the King's Interstellar Lethal Legionnaires or KILL.
16	* ''Website/TVTropes'':
17	** The JustForFun/TheArchiveOfBellicoseLexiconEntities, or TABLE, and all of its entries.
18	** 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".
19	** 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".
20	** CPRCleanPrettyReliable is a backronym. CPR really stands for Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation.
21	* On a livejournal post in the metaquotes community,someone attempting to avoid words such as "LOL" or "ROLFMAO" uses the acronym "THIS POST HAS ME HOLDING MY SIDES TOGETHER WITH MY HANDS WHILE ROCKING IN A BACK AND FORTH MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND HOWLING WITH DUBIOUS AMOUNTS OF LAUGHTER. SO MUCH SO, THAT I AM ROLLING ON THE FLOOR AT THIS MOMENT WHILE MY ASS SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN OFF ON ITS OWN. COULD YOU GET THAT FOR ME?" which means "Truly, Honestly, I Say, Presentation Of Such Terrifically Humorous And Stupendously Merry Electronic Hilarity On Line Does Incite Notably Great Mirth, You See; I Dare Even Say The Overwhelming Giggling Energy This Has Elicited Really Will Imminently Topple Headfirst Me, Your Humble Author, Nearly Down Stairs Whooping Heartily In Laughter, Erstwhile Roused Off Chair Kneeslapping In Nickering Glee, I Need Add, But Actually Collapsing Kinetically Atop Nearby Dirty Floor Or Rug To Hold My Oscillating Tummy; Indeed, Outrageous Noises Of Nasal Tittering Here Exude From Lips Of One Reader As Nobody Dares Hear -- O What Laughter Is Nigh, Gods, What In The Hell Does Unearthly Be In Our Universe So As Makes Our Unworthy Names The Students Of Funny Literature As Uttered Gaily Here To Enlighten Readers. Some Others May, Unmoved, Claim Humor Seems Omitted; Those Half Addled Twits I'd Argue Madmen, Rubes, Or Lousy Liars -- I'm Not Guilty Of Naysaying This Hilarity, Extremely Funny, Like One Old Rabbi And Twenty Tall Hirsute Ichthyologists Slapping Ministers Of Military Espionage Nine Times With Haddock In Lichtenstein Every Monday, Yes, Always Slapping, Slapping, Slapping Early Every Monday, So Thoroughly, Oh Ho, And Verily Equally Funny As Loopy Llamas Emitting Nitrous Oxide, Funny, Funny, Oh Nuts, I'm Talking Scads Of Wacky Nonsense. Comedy Overwhelms Us; Laugh, Damn Ye, Or Undertake, Gentility Entreats Thee, To Have All The Fairness Of Reattaching My End?"
22	* Interestingly enough, BUMP, which is to bring up a post to the front page from the 2nd or so forth page, on the forums, it actually stands for BRING UP MY POST.
23	* ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'' has the [[Series/{{Glee}} Galactic League of Extraterrestrial Exploration]]. [[spoiler:This leads to a TakeThat in act two.]] This is made even funnier if you know that [[Creator/DarrenCriss the composer of the show's music is on Glee]]
24	-->'''Up''': [[spoiler:Damn that G.L.E.E. They make twisted abominations out of everything!]]
25	* WebVideo/OMFGCata, which [[NonIndicativeName no longer stands]] for "OMFG + [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Catacylsm]]", is now a backronym for "One Moderately Funny Gamer", despite the fact that Jesse frequently collaborates with other people.
26	* TGC (''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'') uses ''tons'' of acronyms for things like TPM (The Phantom Menace), TSC (The Sith Council), OMH (Oh my Hawk), PLOTS (Pink Lord of the Sith), and many more.
27	* One of Creator/{{Nigahiga}}'s videos involves the Agents of Secret Stuff, enemies of the Society Involving Not-so-good Stuff. The main character is an A.S.S. trying to get his H.O.L.E.
28	* Christmas means the arrival of Website/SomethingAwful SecretSanta exchanges, the only time SASS-ing a moderator isn't bannable. There's also the '''P'''et '''I'''sland[[note]]the pets and animals section[[/note]] '''S'''ecret '''S'''anta.
29	** Someone in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' thread wanted a book version of 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..."
30	* The in-universe [[JustForFun/ThePokedexExtendedFanonEdition PEFE]] foundation gets acronymed a lot in ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', for things like the "Pokédex Empirical Field Experimentation" or, in an alternate timeline with a [[SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS murderous AI]], "Pokémon Enrichment Feasability Experiment".
31	* The description of the [[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter "AbuseFilter" plug-in]] for [=MediaWiki=], the software powering Website/{{Wikipedia}}, describes it as a tool for detecting and controlling unconstructive "'''A'''ctions '''B'''y '''U'''sers, '''S'''uch as '''E'''dits".
32	* Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management); their clockwork cyborg girl is named R.O.S.E. (Reanimate Optimized Search Engine); their net gun (it fires a net that encircles the target) is called the H.U.G. (Hunting Utility Gun).
33	* The French ''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.
34	* What's the name of ''WebVideo/TheTimeGuys''' technologically advanced computer operating system? T.A.C.O.S., of course.
35	** Later brought up when Timmy's Spanish teacher comes over for dinner.
36	-->'''Timmy:''' [''whispering''] Doc, I thought you were supposed to pick up tacos.\
37	'''Doc:''' Oh, right! He's still at soccer practice!
38	-->[''Cut to a laptop being hit with a soccer ball in an open field'']
39	-->'''T.A.C.O.S.''': If I had emotions, I would hate.
40	* The Website/SCPFoundation ([[TailorMadePrison Special Containment Procedures]], bacronymed to [[BadassCreed Secure, Contain, Protect]]) has various [[CovertGroupWithMundaneFront front companies]] such as '''S'''ecure'''C'''orp '''P'''rofessionals and '''S'''oap from '''C'''orpses '''P'''roducts.
41	** In a TakeThat to fans who accidentally misread their acronym as [=SPC=], they claimed an alternate univsere hosted the '''S'''hark '''P'''unching '''C'''enter.
42	** "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4098 SCP-4098]]" '''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'''.
43	** "[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/excerpts-from-training-seminars-for-lesser-known-foundation Excerpts from Training Seminars for Lesser Known Foundation Careers]]": In the Counter-Forensic Accountant section, examples of the Foundation's various fronts and shell companies include S & C Plastics, Soy-Corn Produce, Samson and Cooper Pharmaceuticals, South Coast Publishing, and Spicy Crust Pizzeria.
44	* Website/StarDestroyerDotNet's sex & rel forum is called '''A'''dult '''R'''elationships & '''S'''ex '''E'''ducation.
45	* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'', he uses one to help explain how a plot about a jungle boy connects to the Russian mafia. The '''L'''oyalty of the stockholders was at rick, so they '''A'''sk people around who have money. They all have '''Z'''any solutions but no one seemed '''I'''nvestment-worthy with '''N'''o backfires at all, so they '''E'''ntered into a deal with them '''S'''neakily and '''S'''moothly.
46	** He also explained to the near-homicidal Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} impersonators that they were being unfairly critical of Halle Berry's performance in [[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'''.
47	** In the review of ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', the critic tries to research on what Joe Dante's problem is after seeing the deformed Gwendy dolls. Apparently it's called "'''J'''ustification '''E'''xperimentation '''S'''erving '''U'''nusual '''S'''exuality", or in abbreviated terms... '''J.E.S.U.S.'''!!
48	* Podcast/{{Psycomedia}} includes the real acronyms of psychology measures as well as made up ones like Welsh Accredited Standardised Heroism Inventory and Naming Guide.
49	* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows: '''T'''odd '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''hadows. 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.
50	** When a poster pointed this out to him on his subforum, he jokingly said he would change his name to '''N'''ick '''U'''nder '''T'''he '''S'''hadows to save face.
51	** [[Music/{{Usher}} Overwhelming Marital Grief]].
52	* ''Literature/NextBreedOfThief'' has '''M'''ultiply '''E'''nhanced '''P'''ersonified '''H'''euristic with '''I'''ntegrated '''S'''apience and '''T'''hreaded '''O'''ptimization.
53	* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' interactive online spin-off ''Nightmare on Queen Street'', the viewer/player examines evidence via Murdoch's '''L'''evered '''A'''ction '''P'''ortable '''T'''ruth '''O'''verview '''P'''rotector.
54	* '''W'''yoming '''I'''nstitute of '''T'''echnlogy, an offshoot of the satirical news publication National Report. According to the [[http://witscience.org/about-wit/ "about" section of their site]], the institute was "originally known as the '''W'''yoming '''I'''nstitute of '''E'''ducation and '''N'''uclear '''E'''nergy '''R'''esearch".
55	* WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}' series ''PMS'', comprised of '''P'''arodies, '''M'''usic Videos and '''S'''ketches.
56	** At the end of every [=JackAsk=].
57	--> '''Jack''': ''Audible'' stands for...
58	* ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'': From episode 3, we have Team D.E.S.U.: '''D'''ragon '''E'''uthanization '''S'''pecialty '''U'''nit. Later relayed by Twilight Sparkle as the '''D'''ragon '''E'''vacuation '''S'''omething '''U'''nit.
59	** From episode 7, "F.A.T" = '''F'''ind '''A'''pplejack '''T'''ogether. Also, the F.A.T.mobile.
60	* 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.
61	* The 2015 remake of ITV in the Face has '''T'''yne, '''W'''ear '''A'''nd '''T'''ees Television (on the Tyne Tees episode, complete with abbreviated logo) and '''S'''cottish '''H'''ighlands & '''I'''slands '''T'''elevision (on the Scotland episode, complete with speculative ID).
62	* In the pre-stream adventures of WebVideo/CriticalRole, the players were known as the '''S'''uper '''H'''igh '''I'''ntensity '''T'''eam. After they saved the family of the local monarch and became more widely renowned, they wisely switched this out for their current name, "Vox Machina."
63	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall:'' while reviewing a slew of comics featuring multiple shady secret organizations, Linkara notes the way they all insist their names be thing like N.O.W.H.E.R.E and S.H.A.D.E just makes them seem like dorks.
64	* ''Literature/TheRuinsOfAnAmericanPartySystem'': When UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson founds a new Texas state party (as part of a nationwide populist coalition he's created), he struggles with a name for it, until his wife suggests he base it off his initials. Thus, the '''L'''iberty, '''B'''ravery, and '''J'''ustice Party is born. (On a meta level, this was done as a ShoutOut to [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance Emmanuel Macron]] doing the same thing with En Marche!)
65	* ''Blog/HowToHero'' features the Bureau of UFO Tracking, Transporting and Studying.
66	* In ''WebVideo/{{Unraveled}}'', Brian and Kofie's new sport's world championship is called the '''P'''olygon '''I'''nvitational '''S'''urferball '''S'''eries.
67	* Happens frequently in ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'':
68	** ''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.
69	** ''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.
70	** 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.
71	* ''Blog/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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