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* From 1978 through TheEighties, Subaru sold a car-based 4x4 pickup called the "Brat". At first they insisted it was a " '''B'''i-drive '''R'''ecreational '''A'''ll-terrain '''T'''ransporter". Wags described it as '''B'''arely '''R'''ecognizeable '''A'''s a '''T'''ruck.
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** From 1978 through TheEighties, Subaru sold a car-based 4x4 pickup called the "Brat". At first they insisted it was a " '''B'''i-drive '''R'''ecreational '''A'''ll-terrain '''T'''ransporter". Wags described it as '''B'''arely '''R'''ecognizeable '''A'''s a '''T'''ruck.
** From 1978 through TheEighties, Subaru sold a car-based 4x4 pickup called the "Brat". At first they insisted it was a " '''B'''i-drive '''R'''ecreational '''A'''ll-terrain '''T'''ransporter". Wags described it as '''B'''arely '''R'''ecognizeable '''A'''s a '''T'''ruck.
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** Ford has, at times, struggled with reliability. So what does Ford mean? Pick any of the below:
*** '''F'''ound '''O'''n (The) '''R'''oad, '''D'''ead.
*** '''F'''ix '''O'''r '''R'''epair '''D'''aily.
*** '''F'''requent '''O'''verhaul '''R'''apid '''D'''eterioration
*** '''F'''ound '''O'''n (The) '''R'''oad, '''D'''ead.
*** '''F'''ix '''O'''r '''R'''epair '''D'''aily.
*** '''F'''requent '''O'''verhaul '''R'''apid '''D'''eterioration
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* The United States and Canada jointly operate the '''F'''ree '''A'''nd '''S'''ecure '''T'''rade program for approved commercial drivers to receive faster and cheaper importation clearance for eligible goods being driven into either country.
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** '''W'''ine '''I'''s '''N'''ot an '''E'''mulator -- and it really isn't (except in the most general sense of trying to behave like something else); it's a [[UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface compatibility layer]] for running Windows applications on other operating systems, not unlike what 64-bit versions of Windows have for 32-bit Windows programs or early versions of Mac OS X had for Mac OS Classic programs.
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** '''W'''ine '''I'''s '''N'''ot an '''E'''mulator -- and it really isn't (except in the most general sense of trying to behave like something else); it's a [[UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface [[MediaNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface compatibility layer]] for running Windows applications on other operating systems, not unlike what 64-bit versions of Windows have for 32-bit Windows programs or early versions of Mac OS X had for Mac OS Classic programs.
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* '''I'''ntermittent '''E'''xplosive '''D'''isorder is the official name given to a disorder which causes instances of BerserkButto to overlap with destructive results. It also happens to share an acronym with '''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evices, roadside bombs that are well known because of their use in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
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* '''I'''ntermittent '''E'''xplosive '''D'''isorder is the official name given to a disorder which causes instances of BerserkButto BerserkButton to overlap with destructive results. It also happens to share an acronym with '''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evices, roadside bombs that are well known because of their use in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
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** '''LAME''' originally stood for '''L'''ame '''A'''in't an '''M'''P3 '''E'''ncoder because it [[TheArtifact was originally]] a set of patches for MPEG's [=dist10=] software rather than an encoder in its own right. Its name was rendered inaccurate when the software was retooled into a proper UsefulNotes/{{MP3}} codec.
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** '''LAME''' originally stood for '''L'''ame '''A'''in't an '''M'''P3 '''E'''ncoder because it [[TheArtifact was originally]] a set of patches for MPEG's [=dist10=] software rather than an encoder in its own right. Its name was rendered inaccurate when the software was retooled into a proper UsefulNotes/{{MP3}} Platform/{{MP3}} codec.
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* George Mason University wanted to rename its law school in honor of a recently-deceased Supreme Court justice: the '''A'''ntonin '''S'''calia '''S'''chool '''o'''f '''L'''aw. On further consideration of the pronunciation ('''ASS'''H'''OL'''E), they revised it to A.S. Law School.
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* George Mason University wanted to rename its law school in honor of a recently-deceased Supreme Court justice: the '''A'''ntonin '''S'''calia '''S'''chool '''o'''f '''L'''aw. On further consideration of the pronunciation ('''ASS'''H'''OL'''E), they revised it to A.S. Law School. Made even worse by the fact that the original name change was announced on April 1, leading some to think it was an April Fool's joke. (It wasn't.)
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* The [[UsefulNotes/LondonUnderground London Overground's]] '''G'''ospel '''O'''ak to '''B'''arking '''Lin'''e is much more popularly known as the '''GOBLIN'''.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/LondonUnderground London Overground's]] '''G'''ospel '''O'''ak to '''B'''arking '''Lin'''e (now officially named the Suffragette Line) is much more popularly known as the '''GOBLIN'''.
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* In the airline industry, all airfares between cities have an alphanumeric fare basis code of 1-8 characters. The first character is usually the booking code (A-Z) and the second character can be a seasonal designation, such as "H" for high or "L" for low. One type of fare that can include tour packages is appropriately called "inclusive tour" and will have "IT" in the fare basis code. There is at least one instance of an airline filing an '''S'''-class '''h'''igh season '''i'''nclusive '''t'''our fare.
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* In the airline industry, all airfares between cities have an alphanumeric fare basis code of 1-8 characters. The first character is usually the booking code (A-Z) and the second character can be a seasonal designation, such as "H" for high or "L" for low. One type of fare that can include tour packages is appropriately called "inclusive tour" and will have "IT" in the fare basis code. There is at least one instance of an airline filing an '''S'''-class '''h'''igh season '''i'''nclusive '''t'''our fare. [[note]] And quite a few examples of '''S'''-class '''L'''ow season '''I'''nclusive '''T'''our fares too! [[/note]]
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* Fans of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' would recognize the source of the mining aid equipment '''H'''oneywell '''O'''re '''R'''etrieval and '''T'''unneling '''A'''id as being named after the AntiVillain from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E25TheDevilInTheDark The Devil in the Dark]]". At the end of that episode, the hotra and her children did actually help the mining effort on the planet, making the specific use of this equipment match the source of the name.
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** '''Pr'''e-'''E'''xposure '''P'''rophylaxis, a category of drugs that are taken pre-emptively to prevent exposure to certain diseases including HIV, has a very handy abbreviation to remind when to use them.
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** BASIC ('''B'''eginners '''A'''ll-purpose '''S'''ymbolic '''I'''nstruction '''C'''ode), which drove virtually all microcomputers (e.g., Altair 8800, UsefulNotes/AppleII, UsefulNotes/TRS80, UsefulNotes/Commodore64, UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer[[note]]While MS-DOS was its main operating system, the IBM PC did have BASIC in ROM as a fallback[[/note]], etc.) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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** BASIC ('''B'''eginners '''A'''ll-purpose '''S'''ymbolic '''I'''nstruction '''C'''ode), which drove virtually all microcomputers (e.g., Altair 8800, UsefulNotes/AppleII, UsefulNotes/TRS80, UsefulNotes/Commodore64, UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer[[note]]While Platform/AppleII, Platform/TRS80, Platform/Commodore64, Platform/IBMPersonalComputer[[note]]While MS-DOS was its main operating system, the IBM PC did have BASIC in ROM as a fallback[[/note]], etc.) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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* The name of the UsefulNotes/XboxOne X, if you break it down in fourths, can be shortened to X.B.O.X.
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* The name of the UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne X, if you break it down in fourths, can be shortened to X.B.O.X.
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The DD in SADD originally stood for Driving Drunk, in that order. It's stood for Destructive Decisions for more than 25 years now.
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*** I call and raise '''S'''tudents '''A'''gainst '''D'''runk '''D'''riving/Drivers.
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*** I call and raise '''S'''tudents '''A'''gainst '''D'''runk '''D'''riving/Drivers.'''D'''estructive '''D'''ecisions (the "DD" originally stood for '''D'''riving '''D'''runk).
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* The "widget" in the WidgetSeries entry is a pronounciation of '''W.J.T.''', which means '''W'''eird '''J'''apanese '''T'''hing. (The French counterpart of the WJT is the WTF, or '''W'''eird '''T'''hing from '''F'''rance.)
*** And the American counterpart is the '''W'''eird '''A'''merican '''T'''hing, or sometimes the '''W'''eird '''H'''umorous '''A'''merican '''T'''hing.
*** And the American counterpart is the '''W'''eird '''A'''merican '''T'''hing, or sometimes the '''W'''eird '''H'''umorous '''A'''merican '''T'''hing.
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*** While there is an official report on the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, its veracity is, to be polite, widely challenged from commentators on all sides of the debate. The findings of the study released by Western sources in an effort to [[JustForPun shed more light]] on the incident is almost universally known by the informal abbreviation, '''T'''he '''O'''ther '''R'''eport on '''Ch'''ernobyl.
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*** While there is an official report on the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, its veracity is, to be polite, widely challenged from commentators on all sides of the debate. The findings of the study released by Western sources in an effort to [[JustForPun shed "shed more light]] light" on the incident is almost universally known by the informal abbreviation, '''T'''he '''O'''ther '''R'''eport on '''Ch'''ernobyl.
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* '''A'''cquired '''I'''mmune '''D'''efficiency '''S'''yndrome was previously known by the less politically correct acronym '''G'''ay '''R'''elated '''I'''mmune '''D'''efficiency.
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* The University of Washington's Institute on Human Development and Disability [[ValuesDissonance was originally known as]] the '''C'''hild '''D'''evelopment and '''M'''ental '''R'''etardation '''C'''enter, which could be mistaken as '''C'''enter for '''D'''isabled and '''M'''entally '''R'''etarded '''C'''hildren.
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* '''I'''ntermittent '''E'''xplosive '''D'''isorder is the official name given to a disorder which causes instances of BerserkButton, UnstoppableRage, and DisproportionateRetribution to overlap with destructive results. It also happens to share an acronym with '''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evices, roadside bombs that are well known because of their use in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
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* '''I'''ntermittent '''E'''xplosive '''D'''isorder is the official name given to a disorder which causes instances of BerserkButton, UnstoppableRage, and DisproportionateRetribution BerserkButto to overlap with destructive results. It also happens to share an acronym with '''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evices, roadside bombs that are well known because of their use in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
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* A common term in investing for the top tech stocks on offer is '''FAANG''' ('''F'''acebook, '''A'''mazon, '''A'''pple, '''N'''etflix and '''G'''oogle). With Netflix's decline and Microsoft's rise, the alternative that emerged was '''MAMAA''' ('''M'''eta, '''A'''mazon, '''M'''icrosoft, '''A'''pple and '''A'''lphabet).
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* In the UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem, some relatively moderate, socially progressive Republican politicians are occasionally referred to as "[=RINOs=]", an acronym for '''R'''epublicans '''I'''n '''N'''ame '''O'''nly. Aside from the obvious meaning, the term is also a {{pun}} on "rhino" (as in "rhinoceros"). The American Republican Party's official emblem is an elephant, while a rhinoceros is another large, grey-skinned animal with white horns that ''resembles'' an elephant, but isn't one.
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* In the UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem, some relatively moderate, socially progressive Republican politicians are occasionally referred to as "[=RINOs=]", an acronym for '''R'''epublicans UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem, "RINO" ('''R'''epublican '''I'''n '''N'''ame '''O'''nly. '''O'''nly) is slang for a relatively moderate Republican politician with socially progressive views. Aside from the obvious meaning, the term is also a {{pun}} on "rhino" (as in "rhinoceros"). The "rhinoceros"); the American Republican Party's official emblem is an elephant, while a rhinoceros is another large, grey-skinned animal with white horns that ''resembles'' an elephant, but isn't one.one. On the flip side: relatively conservative Democratic politicians are (somewhat less commonly) called "[=DINOs=]" ('''D'''emocrats '''I'''n '''N'''ame '''O'''nly), which also makes for a pun on "dino" (as in "dinosaur"), alluding to the fact that conservative Democrats are generally older than their more left-leaning peers, and are coming to be increasingly viewed as "the old guard" as the party has become more openly progressive.
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* '''P'''ursuit '''I'''ntervention '''T'''echnique '''(PIT)''': A pursuit Tactic employed by the police where the pursing car forces a fleeing car to turn sideways spinning them out of control and forcing them to stop. While only to be employed in certain circumstances and at certain speeds, it has been employed at high speed resulting in flipped over cars causing injury and sadly even [[https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/09/14/knowing-there-were-kids-in-there-12-year-old-killed-after-georgia-trooper-performed-pit-maneuver-while-chasing-driver-that-fled-traffic-stop/ death]]
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* '''P'''ursuit '''I'''ntervention '''T'''echnique '''(PIT)''': A pursuit Tactic employed by the police where the pursing pursuing car forces a fleeing car to turn sideways spinning them out of control and forcing them to stop. While only to be employed in certain circumstances and at certain speeds, it has been employed at high speed resulting in flipped over cars causing injury and sadly even [[https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/09/14/knowing-there-were-kids-in-there-12-year-old-killed-after-georgia-trooper-performed-pit-maneuver-while-chasing-driver-that-fled-traffic-stop/ death]]
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* The US military tried the damnedest to subvert this trope with the [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/DUKW DUKW]], an amphibious truck of outstanding quality produced in WWII. D for designed in 1942 [of course!], U for utility, K for all-wheel drive and W for dual-axle. Everyone ignored the inconvenient W and called them "ducks".
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* The US military tried the damnedest their hardest to subvert this trope with the [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/DUKW DUKW]], an amphibious truck of outstanding quality produced in WWII. D for designed in 1942 [of course!], U for utility, K for all-wheel drive and W for dual-axle. Everyone ignored the inconvenient W and called them "ducks".
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* [=7s=] name.
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** The German FAP ('''F'''reiheitliche [Deutsche] [[http://www.br.de/nachrichten/fap-1991-leipzig-100~_v-img__16__9__xl_-d31c35f8186ebeb80b0cd843a7c267a0e0c81647.jpg?version=f2467 Yes, without the "Deutsche" in their acronym.]] '''A'''rbeiter '''P'''artei) a now defunct neo-Nazi group in Germany that’s long forgotten by history after being outlawed as too fascist, did not go unnoticed either -- [[Webcomic/SexyLosers fittingly as fanart on the site who coined the term "fap".]]
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** The German FAP ('''F'''reiheitliche [Deutsche] [[http://www.br.de/nachrichten/fap-1991-leipzig-100~_v-img__16__9__xl_-d31c35f8186ebeb80b0cd843a7c267a0e0c81647.jpg?version=f2467 Yes, [Deutsche] (Yes, without the "Deutsche" in their acronym.]] )]] '''A'''rbeiter '''P'''artei) a now defunct neo-Nazi group in Germany that’s long forgotten by history after being outlawed as too fascist, did not go unnoticed either -- [[Webcomic/SexyLosers fittingly as fanart on the site who coined the term "fap".]]