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* [[BattleTech]] has a couple fun acronyms, one that has been expicitly explained and one that is merely fun. '''M'''yomer '''A'''cceleration '''S'''ignal '''C'''ircuitry is a movement booster, while the NARC Missile Beacon has never been explained.▼
== Tabletop RPGs ==
* The [[James Bond]] RPG couln't use the infamous S.P.E.C.T.R.E. for licensing reasons, so used a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]; '''T'''echnological '''A'''scension, '''R'''evenge, and '''O'''rganized '''T'''errorism, or T.A.R.O.T.
* [[NPC]] = '''N'''ot '''P'''articularly '''C'''ooperative.
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* ''[[Exalted]]'' has a very powerful Necromancy spell, typically only used by antagonists, that functions as a [[One-Winged Angel]] transformation immediately upon what would ordinarily be their death. Its name? '''B'''irth '''O'''f '''S'''anity's '''S'''orrow.
* ''[[GURPS]] Illuminati'' included a sidebar on an organization that called itself "TRI", which stood for '''T'''hree '''R'''andom '''I'''nitials.
** Subverted in ''GURPS IOU'', which stands for Illuminati University. People asking what the ''O'' stands for are told they're not cleared to know.<ref>The author once said that it does ''not'' stand for "Online". Which should be obvious, after all; ''Illuminati University'' has the School of Performing and Creative Arts where ''Illuminati Online University'' had the School of Creative and Destructive Arts.</ref>
*** Not to mention an entire department called C.T.H.U.L.H.U., which stands for '''C'''ollege of '''T'''emporal '''H'''appenstance, '''U'''ltimate '''L'''ies and '''H'''istorical '''U'''ndertakings.
*** And the '''S'''chool for the '''P'''erforming and '''C'''reative '''A'''rts.
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*** Prior to release, it was referred to as the "Great Unnamed Role Playing System" in at least one of SJG's publications.
** On a side note, this editor once was the [[Game Master]] of a [[GURPS]] Space game and once had the players encounter a race of space monkeys, which had cannons mounted on their ships that fired '''P'''rojectile-'''O'''rganized '''O'''perational '''P'''rotoplasm...
** ''GURPS International Super Teams'' has the '''U'''nited '''N'''ations '''C'''ommittee on '''L'''aw '''E'''nforcement.<ref>Which is a [[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|Shout-Out]].</ref>
▲* [[BattleTech]] has a couple fun acronyms, one that has been expicitly explained and one that is merely fun. '''M'''yomer '''A'''cceleration '''S'''ignal '''C'''ircuitry is a movement booster, while the NARC Missile Beacon has never been explained.
* ''[[Rifts]]'' Chaos Earth has the '''N'''orthern '''E'''agle '''M'''ilitary '''A'''lliance
** In the main setting, there's a famous suit of [[Powered Armor]] called the '''S'''trategic '''A'''rmored '''M'''ilitary '''A'''ssault '''S'''uit.
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