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Fan communities create their own acronyms and abbreviations, to make it easier to speak about the works they love. An AaAO is when this is taken so far that it is downright confusing.
 
For example, ffif you have visited online gaming communities, you've likely [[Seen It a Million Times]]. You simply [[That One Boss|cannot defeat]] the [[Big Bad|BBEG]], so you use [[The Internet|the 'tubes]] to find a FAQ for how to get to the [[Peninsula of Power Leveling|PoPL]] so you can [[Level Grinding|LG]] your [[Magikarp Power|MP]] to godly levels and [[Curb Stomp Battle|mess him up]]. And the FAQ is composed entirely of shorthand, rendering it illegible.
 
When used in media (as opposed to being used in [[Fan Communities|talking about media]]), it tends to feature in an [[Expospeak Gag]] or aiding the resident [[Motor Mouth]]. Or both.
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