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* David Foster Wallace's [[Infinite Jest]] has the United States merging with Mexico and Canada, in every New World Order conspiracy nut's nightmare, to form the '''O'''rganization of '''N'''orth '''A'''merican '''N'''ations.
* David Foster Wallace's [[Infinite Jest]] has the United States merging with Mexico and Canada, in every New World Order conspiracy nut's nightmare, to form the '''O'''rganization of '''N'''orth '''A'''merican '''N'''ations.
* Averted in [[Isaac Asimov]] 's novel version of ''Fantastic Voyage'', in which the acronym for '''C'''ombined '''M'''iniature '''D'''eterrent '''F'''orces is unpronounceable except as see-em-dee-eff. Which does not stop the hero from speculating that it may stand for "Consolidated Martian Dimwits and Fools. I've got a better one than that but it's unprintable."
* Averted in [[Isaac Asimov]] 's novel version of ''Fantastic Voyage'', in which the acronym for '''C'''ombined '''M'''iniature '''D'''eterrent '''F'''orces is unpronounceable except as see-em-dee-eff. Which does not stop the hero from speculating that it may stand for "Consolidated Martian Dimwits and Fools. I've got a better one than that but it's unprintable."
* The [[Heroes R Us]] series ''SOBS'', for the mercenary group ''Soldiers Of Barrabas'' (their leader) among other things.
* The [[Heroes-R-Us]] series ''SOBS'', for the mercenary group ''Soldiers Of Barrabas'' (their leader) among other things.
* The protagonist of the Michael Z Williamson ''Freehold'' novel ''The Weapon'' has a selection of made-up organisations to use as 'bad guys' in military exercises and general practical jokes. The worst is the '''C'''ommittee for the '''U'''tilisation of '''N'''atural '''T'''errain in '''S'''piritualism, made even more awesome by the phone conversation during an exercise, in which he claimed the female PR officer, Major Hardy, that he was holding hostage knew nothing about CUNTS, and that he wouldn't release her in case she said something nasty about [them].
* The protagonist of the Michael Z Williamson ''Freehold'' novel ''The Weapon'' has a selection of made-up organisations to use as 'bad guys' in military exercises and general practical jokes. The worst is the '''C'''ommittee for the '''U'''tilisation of '''N'''atural '''T'''errain in '''S'''piritualism, made even more awesome by the phone conversation during an exercise, in which he claimed the female PR officer, Major Hardy, that he was holding hostage knew nothing about CUNTS, and that he wouldn't release her in case she said something nasty about [them].
* The science fiction author and journalist John Brosnan wrote some of his work under a variety of aliases. For the absolute trashiest, he was either Harry Adam Knight, or Simon Ian Childer, thereby indicating his opinion of the books (SIC) and himself for writing them (HAK).
* The science fiction author and journalist John Brosnan wrote some of his work under a variety of aliases. For the absolute trashiest, he was either Harry Adam Knight, or Simon Ian Childer, thereby indicating his opinion of the books (SIC) and himself for writing them (HAK).
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