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Generally, acronyms make poor trope names. However, there are exceptions to the rule. This is the place to decide which is which.

See also Recursive Acronym. Contrast Fun with Acronyms.

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Acronyms to Keep

• AIR - it appears to be the formal name of the series
• Better on DVD - DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (formerly Digital Video Disc)
• BFG - more family-friendly than having a trope named "Big Fucking Gun" all over the website
• BFS - ditto for "Big Fucking Sword"
• CLAMP - a.k.a. "Clamp" because it's actually the group's name, not an acronym
• The CSI Effect - CSI stands for the show CSI (which itself stands for Crime Scene Investigation or Crime Scene Investigator, depending on the usage)
• DVD Bonus Content - DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (formerly Digital Video Disc)
• ECW - "Extreme Championship Wrestling" (formerly stood for "Eastern Championship Wrestling")
• MST - originally "Mystery Science Theater", now a fan-speak verb meaning to give something the MST3K treatment
• Off-the-Shelf FX - "Off The Shelf Effects" (FX is a homonym, not an acronym)
• OTP - "One True Pairing"
• OVA / OAV - "Original Video Animation" / "Original Animated Video"
• RPG Elements - "Roleplaying Game Elements"
• SNK Boss - SNK refers to the company "SNK Playmore" and its predecessor, "Shin Nihon Kikaku"
• THC Theater - "Tetrahydrocannibol Theater" (Stoner Flick)
• UST - "Unresolved Sexual Tension"
• WCW - "World Championship Wrestling"
• WWE - "World Wrestling Entertainment"

Undecided

• CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable - "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Clean Pretty Reliable" would probably be worse, but "Clean Pretty Reliable CPR" might be better
• High School AU - "High School Alternate Universe"
• IC Number - "Identity Code Number"
• NMA - "Not My Article"
• Non-Lethal K.O. - "Non-Lethal Knockout"
• NPC - "Non-Player Character"
• SAG - "Screen Actors Guild"
• Sympathetic P.O.V. - "Sympathetic Point Of View"
• WAFF - "Warm And Fuzzy Feeling"

Acronyms to Expand

• What The Hell, Casting Agency? - "What The Hell, Casting Agency?"

Expansions to Keep:

• Big Name Fan (BNF)
• Lowest Common Denominator (LCD)
• Holy Shit Quotient (HSQ)

Acronyms Not Kept

• AFGNCAAP (now Faceless Protagonist) - "Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally Ambiguous Adventure Person"
• PWP - Can mean both "Porn Without Plot" and "Porn With Plot". It's now a disambiguation page.

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