History FunWithAcronyms / Literature

* A alliance was formed with other girls, thus naming the organization '''T'''een '''G'''irls '''A'''gainst '''C'''aptain '''U'''nderpants '''G'''raphic '''N'''ovels (often known as TGACUGN) (pronounced as something else), pulling every ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' graphic novel from store shelves and replacing them with ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' books.

** In the novel ''Discworld/{{Eric}}'', the titular young necromancer uses a grimoire of potent evil in an attempt to summon a demon to do his bidding. The book is '''''M'''allificarum '''S'''umpta '''D'''iabolicite '''O'''ccularis '''S'''ingularum''. Which translates as [[spoiler:"evil-making driver of the little one-eyed devil"]].
** Also in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' Leonard of Quirm creates a device for breaking codes. "the '''E'''ngine for the '''N'''eutralizing of '''I'''nformation by the '''G'''eneration of '''M'''iasmic '''A'''lphabets". Enigma.

* ''Sunfall'' by Jim Al-Khalili, being a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture hard science thriller, has a lot of this, including a pair of satelites monitoring the Sun from positions in front of and behind the Earth, called the '''S'''olar '''Te'''rrestial '''Re'''lations '''O'''bservatories, or STEREO; the dark matter detector '''V'''ery '''E'''nergetic '''N'''eutralino '''I'''on '''C'''ollider '''E'''xperiment; and the key technology of the novel; Marc Bruckner's plan to use dark matter to reignite the Earth's core, which he decides to call The ODIN Project first, and ''then'' backronyms it as '''O'''ctangular '''D'''irectional '''I'''gnition with '''N'''eutralinos.

* ''Sunfall'' by Jim Al-Khalili, being a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture hard science thriller, has a lot of this, including a pair of satelites monitoring the Sun from positions in front of and behind the Earth, called the '''S'''olar '''Te'''rrestial '''R'''elations '''O'''bservetories, or STEREO; the dark matter detector '''V'''ery '''E'''nergetic '''N'''eutralino '''I'''on '''C'''ollider '''E'''xperiment; and the key technology of the novel; Marc Bruckner's plan to use dark matter to reignite the Earth's core, which he decides to call The ODIN Project first, and ''then'' backronyms it as '''O'''ctangular '''D'''irectional '''I'''gnition with '''N'''eutralinos.

* ''Sunfall'' by Jim Al-Khalili, being a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture hard science thriller, has a lot of this, including a pair of satelites monitoring the Sun from positions in front of and behind the Earth, called the '''S'''olar ''Te'''rrestial '''R'''elations '''O'''bservetories, or STEREO; the dark matter detector '''V'''ery '''E'''nergetic '''N'''eutralino '''I'''on '''C'''ollider '''E'''xperiment; and the key technology of the novel; Marc Bruckner's plan to use dark matter to reignite the Earth's core, which he decides to call The ODIN Project first, and ''then'' backronyms it as '''O'''ctangular '''D'''irectional '''I'''gnition with '''N'''eutralinos.

* In ''Literature/TheColdMoons'', the newspaper chapters make repeated references to a anti-badger culling organization called ''P'''rotests '''A'''gainst '''W'''onton '''S'''layings.

* Lampshaded in ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'', where the [[TheDragon Villain's]] {Mook}s are recruited from the "''Black Umbrella Militant Fascist Underground Communist Killers'' and that's an acronym you don't want to think about for too long."

* The ''IncredibleHulk'' short story 'The Beast with Nine Bands' has a [[BackpackCannon Shoulder Launching Integral Missile Engine]], which uses '''S'''mart '''L'''inked '''A'''nti-'''M'''onster '''M'''issiles that are armed with '''S'''ingle '''C'''omposite '''R'''otating '''E'''ntry '''W'''arheads. It promply gets lampshaded.

* ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' had one shown in movie #1 as a local newsreporter says "no longer does MIA stand for '''M'''issing '''I'''n '''A'''ction, Genovia has a new princess), referring to as the protagonist, Amelia Thermopolis (aka Mia Thermopolis).

* The [[BastardOperatorFromHell BOFH]] invents a fake charity to solicit donations for, the '''C'''harlotte '''A'''mchip '''S'''chizophrenics '''H'''ospice, in the knowledge that the Boss can't spell 'schizophrenics'. (Charlotte, of course, being the wife of that new contractor, '''R'''oger...)

* In Trevanian's ''Shibumi'', one of the Mother Company's more senior officers is the '''D'''eputy '''I'''nternational '''L'''iaison '''D'''uty '''O'''fficer, "typically referred to by his acronym" -- though the book itself goes out of its way to never actually refer to him as such.

* The second ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' book, ''The Attack of the Talking Toilets'' had Melvin building a revolutionary machine he calls the PATSY 2000. When asked why he gave it that name he points out it is an acronym for '''P'''hoto-'''A''''tomic '''T'''rans '''S'''omgobulating '''Y'''ectrofantriplutoniczanziptomizer.

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Hermione starts up the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''romotion of '''E'''lfish '''W'''elfare. She insists the acronym be pronounced in letters rather than as a word, understandably enough.

* In Larry Niven's "Literature/KnownSpace", '''A'''malgamation of '''R'''egional '''M'''ilitia is ARM, producing the psionic-limbed Gilbert G. Hamilton, known as "Gil the ARM".

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' novels, Hermione starts up the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''romotion of '''E'''lfish '''W'''elfare. She insists the acronym be pronounced in letters rather than as a word, understandably enough.