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.
Acronyms to Keep
- Better on DVD - DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (formerly Digital Video Disc)
- BFG - more family- (and advertiser-)friendly than having a trope named "Big Fucking Gun" all over the website
- BFS - ditto for "Big Fucking Sword"
- 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)
- Enhanced on DVD - DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (formerly Digital Video Disc)
- 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)
- RPG Elements - "Roleplaying Game Elements"
- SNK Boss - SNK refers to the company "SNK Playmore" and its predecessor, "Shin Nihon Kikaku"
Undecided
- CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable - "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Clean Pretty Reliable" would probably be worse, but "Clean Pretty Reliable CPR" might be better
- G.I.R.L. - "Guy In Real Life". Ironic acronym.
- High School AU - "High School Alternate Universe"
- Kidnapper's KFC - "Kidnapper's Kentucky Fried Chicken"
- Non-Lethal K.O. - "Non-Lethal Knockout"
- Sympathetic P.O.V. - "Sympathetic Point Of View"
- W.A.F.F. - "Warm And Fuzzy Feeling"
Expansions to Keep:
- Non-Player Character (NPC)
- One True Pairing (OTP)
- Original Video Animation (OVA)
- Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST)
