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An acronym in which one of the letters inside the acronym stands for the acronym itself. Because of the way English phrases such things, attempting to fully expand the acronym causes an infinite recursive loop. Extraordinarily overused in computing culture for their giggle value, but absolutely straight-faced serious examples can be found in the business world and elsewhere. See also Fun with Acronyms and Shoehorned Acronym. Not to be confused with the RAS syndrome. Occasionally overlaps with Shaped Like Itself. |
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Wyrm features a computer program called TRAP that writes recursive acronyms. Naturally, TRAP stands for TRAP Recursive Acronym Program. | |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) had ADAM (ADAM Determines Anonymous' Movements). | |
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In Monsters University, the names of the fraternity of RΩR and the sorority of HSS respectively stand for Roar Omega Roar and Eta Hiss Hiss. | |
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DREAM, or Dream Reprise Emulating Action Machine from My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic. | |
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The Simpsons: Homer creates the musical genre Guitar Rock Utilizing Nihilist Grunge Energy. | |
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RIF — rif is fun, formerly known as "reddit is fun", an Android app for accessing Reddit. | |
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The second Blue Beetle's company, Kord Industries, is sometimes said to be an acronym for Kord Omniversal Research & Development. | |
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The titular Team RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is composed of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long. First episode of Volume 3 has Ruby even admitting to her dead mother that her team having the same name as her has caused some confusion. | |
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Cookie Run: Kingdom: For the BTS crossover event, the cookies of darkness form a competing evil band called "B.A.D. 4", in which "B.A.D." stands for "Bad And Dark". | |
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Dilbert takes this to its logical extreme with the TTP project, where TTP stands for "The TTP Project". It might also be an example of Redundant RAS Syndrome. | |
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Calvin and Hobbes: In one story arc, Calvin makes his so-called superhero alias, Stupendous Man, into an acronym. The 'S' in Stupendous stood for... 'Stupendous'. He also doesn't finish the acronym because he doesn't know how to spell 'Stupendous' and is making it up on the spot. | |
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In Skin Horse, the scientists involved in Project U.N.I.T.Y. never decided what the acronym actually stood for, but Unity herself has decided it means "Unity's Nice, I Tell You". | |
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Kamen Rider Blade has the B.O.A.R.D. Organization, which stands for Board Of Archaeological Research Department. | |
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Retsupurae: In "Let's Play Resident Evil 5: The Demo!", the video is done by a group called E.P.I.C., which stands for Epic Pwnage In Color. | |
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Steven Universe: Steven has collectable action figures called G.U.Y.S. — Guys Under Your Supervision. The figure brand has a spinoff called G.A.L.S.; Word of God states that it stands for Gals Against Lazy Stereotypes. | |
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In Twin Peaks, Big Bad BOB's name was a recursive acronym standing for "Beware of BOB". | |
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The occasional Colbert Report segment Stephen R.A.P.S., which stands for RAPS And Positive Speaking. | |
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GOD stands for "GOD Over Djinn." The acronym is recursive because it represents not an individual being but an infinite set. | |
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In Second Life, the Raglan Shire sim is home to a pub called the Paw And Whisker. | |
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In one episode of M*A*S*H, Radar defines "AWOL" as "A.W.O.L. without leave". | |
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Possibly the Webkinz minigame, the Wheel of WOW, which also has "WOW" written on the center on it. | |
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In Xenosaga, Robot Girl KOS-MOS's name stands for "Kosmos Obey Strategical Multiple Operation Systems." | |
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will.i.am released a single featuring Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger called T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever). | |
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Magic: The Gathering features a Planeswalker who was originally known as K.O.T.H until his real name was made known. His name? Koth of the Hammer. | |
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According to Atari Force, "Atari" stands for the "Atari Technology and Research Institute". | |
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RED Corp., one of the casting agencies that provide the stuntmen for Super Sentai and Kamen Rider, stands for "Red Entertainment Deliver". | |
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Battle for BFDI was retitled to "Battle For BFB" starting in episode 17. Excluding the infinite loops that could be caused by "BFB", the acronym fully expands to "Battle For Battle For Battle for Dream Island". | |
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In series four of Doctor Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem" takes the "use letters from within the words" cheat to its logical conclusion with ATMOS, which stands for "ATMOSpheric Omissions System". Yes, we know you don't spell "emissions" like that, but it's written on all the stickers on the car windows... and the final S has to come from System, or Rattigan's whining makes no sense. Considering what the device is supposed to do (disregarding the Sontarans' plans), "Omissions" does make sense, as it does omit the emissions on the vehicle the device is installed on. | |
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid contains several of these: GOD stands for "GOD Over Djinn." The acronym is recursive because it represents not an individual being but an infinite set. Lampshade Hanging in the final dialogue, "Six-Part Ricercar": "Six-Part Ricercar" has another one at its very end: |
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A couple of Codename: Kids Next Door episodes used this, such as "Operation L.I.C.E.: Lice Interrupt Cheese Eating" and Operation Z.E.R.O.: Zero Explanation Reveals Origin. | |
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In More Information Than You Require, John Hodgman advises memorizing names through mnemonics. For example, the name "John" becomes "John Or Hodgman Name". | |
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Dinosaur Comics: T-Rex sees right through William Shakespeare's clever self-insert: | |
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The first letters of the chapter titles in Dead Space spell out "NICOLE IS DEAD. The last word of the acronym has two chapters that start with the word itself: "Dead on Arrival" and "Dead Space" | |
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Not a Villain's LiFe — LiFe is For everyone. | |
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