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{{quote| '''Adrian Cronauer:''' Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P.<ref> Translation: Seeing as the Vice President is a Very Important Person, shouldn't we keep information about the Press Conference confidential? Because if it leaks to the Viet Cong he could end up Missing In Action, and then we'd all be put to work in the kitchens, or worse.</ref>}}
* In ''[[Film/Renaissance Man|Renaissance Man]]'', Danny DeVito's character, who is teaching a class at a military base, is first very confused when a serviceman gives him directions like this. Later in the movie, once he's gotten used to being on the base, the situation is reversed when a civilian asks him for directions and he gives the same acronym-filled one he received earlier.
* In the opening scenes of ''I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) -- one of the earliest American films to address this trope -- French army captain Henri Rochard ([[Cary Grant]]) approaches the guard post at an Allied armed forces office building in post-war Germany. He asks the guard for directions to the "OICAMGWAC". (Being Cary Grant, [[Verbal Tic|he reads it rhythmically and deliberately]] so it sounds like "O.I.C. - A.M.G. - W.A.C.") Directed to the first floor, he finds office doors labeled "WAIRCO" (which he reads as "War Administration Industrial Relations Coordinator's Office") and "SOSDPPDD" ("Service of Supplies Displaced Persons Property Disposal Department") before finding the ladies restroom. He begins to misinterpret this as "Labor Administration Department Inter..." when a WAC ([
== L.T.T.R. ==
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** some characters, places, etc (HF, DF, PoNS)
** related websites (Ww, OF)
* The team of ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' wizards who work on [[AI Is a Crapshoot|Hex]] do this a bunch -- Hex is a computer [[Bamboo Technology|made out of an ant farm and some common household implements]], including an FTB (fuzzy teddy bear), a CWL (clothes wringer from the laundry), and the like. A number of these acronyms are references to real-life ones, generally from computing (such as "FTB", a play on "[
* ''[[The Dilbert Principle]]'' advises employees to use lots of acronyms in describing their accomplishments because "they sound impressive while conveying no information":
{{quote| '''Boss''': "What was your contribution to the project?"<br />
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'''Dojima''': Shut UP, Adachi. }}
* ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' from ''[[Problem Sleuth (Webcomic)|Problem Sleuth]]'' onwards, so much that the wiki has an [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Acronym_Cheatsheet Acronym Cheatsheet].
* ''[[Terminal Lance]]'': is drawn by a Marine, for Marines. Non-Marines are strongly advised to have the [[The Other Wiki|Wikipedia]] page on [
== W.S.T.A.N.M. ==
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* Many Mormons know what RM, BYU, PEC, BYC, YM, YW, and many others mean.
* [[Wikipedia]] has several lists of acronyms. '''Be forewarned:''' A person can easily get lost on a [[Wiki Walk]] through these pages. Good starting points include:
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[[Category:Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon]]
[[Category:Language Tropes]]
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