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* Arguably the crowning example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpf9U88PZJ4 MfG]] ("mit freundlichen Grüßen" = "with kind greetings") by German rap group Music/DieFantastischenVier. The song's two verses both consist almost exclusively of acronyms.

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* Arguably the crowning example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpf9U88PZJ4 MfG]] ("mit freundlichen Grüßen" = "with kind greetings") by German rap group Music/DieFantastischenVier. The song's Not only is the title an acronym, but also its two verses both consist almost exclusively of acronyms.
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* Arguably the crowning example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpf9U88PZJ4 MfG]] ("mit freundlichen Grüßen" = "with kind greetings") by German rap group Music/DieFantastischenVier. The song's two verses both consist almost exclusively of acronyms.
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* ''[[Series/Cucumber1972 Cucumber]]'': Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters
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* Music/SupremeNTM ("Nique Ta Mère")
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* ''Literature/{{SPQR}}''

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* ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}''



* ''VideoGame/{{KOLM}}: Kind Of Like Metroid

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* ''VideoGame/{{KOLM}}: Kind Of Like MetroidMetroid''



* ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X]]''
* ''[[VideoGame/TRAGTacticalRescueAssaultGroupMissionOfMercy T.R.A.G. - Tactical Rescue Assault Group]]''

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* ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X]]''
* ''[[VideoGame/TRAGTacticalRescueAssaultGroupMissionOfMercy
''[[VideoGame/HardEdge T.R.A.G. - Tactical Rescue Assault Group]]''
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* ''B.I.O.T.A." is a {{metroidvania}} from the author of ''VideoGameGhostlyMatter'', though it's never revealed what the initials stand for.

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* ''B.I.O.T.A." '' is a {{metroidvania}} from the author of ''VideoGameGhostlyMatter'', ''VideoGame/GhostlyMatter'', though it's never revealed what the initials stand for.
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* ''B.I.O.T.A." is a {{metroidvania}} from the author of ''VideoGameGhostlyMatter'', though it's never revealed what the initials stand for.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS IOU}}: Illuminati University.'' Don't ask what the O stands for. You aren't cleared to receive that information..

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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS IOU}}: ''[[TabletopGame/GURPSIlluminatiUniversity GURPS IOU]]'' -- Illuminati University.'' University. Don't ask what the O stands for. You aren't cleared to receive that information..information.



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* ''ADOM'' ("Ancient Domains Of Mystery")

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* ''ADOM'' ("Ancient Domains Of Mystery")- ''VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery''
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* ''Film/{{K91989}}''

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* ''Film/{{K91989}}''''[[Film/{{K91989}} K-9]]''
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* ''Film/K91989''

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* ''Film/K91989''''Film/{{K91989}}''
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* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence''
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Historically, while the practice of shortening words has been around for a long time (think "[[AncientRome SPQR]]"), it has became very common among companies since the late 19th century; thus, such titles tend to be set in the modern era, and often have a vague suggestion of some powerful organization or government involved somewhere.

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Historically, while the practice of shortening words has been around for a long time (think "[[AncientRome SPQR]]"), it has became become very common among companies since the late 19th century; thus, such titles tend to be set in the modern era, and often have a vague suggestion of some powerful organization or government involved somewhere.
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* ''[[Literature/WaRWizardsAndRobots WaR: Wizards and Robots]]''
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* [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]]: All Elite Wrestling
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* ''[[Series/{{CSI}}'': Crime Scene Investigation

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* ''[[Series/{{CSI}}'': ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Crime Scene Investigation

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---> '''Senior Agent:''' And what does that name ''mean'' to you?\\
'''Junior Agent:''' It means somebody really wanted our name to spell Shield.

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---> '''Senior Agent:''' --->'''Maria Hill:''' What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for, Agent Ward?\\
'''Grant Ward:''' Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.\\
'''Hill:'''
And what does that name ''mean'' mean to you?\\
'''Junior Agent:''' '''Ward:''' It means somebody really someone ''really'' wanted our name initials to spell Shield.out "shield."

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