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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] works include:
* The [[Brits With Battleships|British Army]] has an unofficial website and forum called the '''AR'''my '''R'''umour '''SE'''rvice.
* [http://maccshq.rpgclassics.com/farts/index.shtml Fairly Aimless RPG Talk Show.]
* [http://www.goodasyou.org/ This gay rights blog,] '''G'''ood '''A'''s '''Y'''ou.
* Michael Swaim does this regularly when he writes for Cracked. His column is titled '''S'''lander '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''I'''nherent '''M'''eaning, and every video he makes a new meaning for his name. Presumably it started because he repeatedly refers to himself as a "host-droid".
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110429091804/http://paradox.infinityrealms.net/index.php?title=Auras This part of the RA3 Paradox Mod Wiki]
* [http://steampunkghostbusters.com The League of Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management] ("Serving All Your Supernatural Elimination Needs Since 1884")
* The titular operation in [[Chaos Fighters]]: Chemical Warriors-KIMIA is '''K'''alium (potassium) '''I'''odide '''M'''issing '''I'''n '''A'''ction. Doubles as [[Bilingual Bonus]].
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* ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'' has [https://notalwaysright.com/not-so-smart-phone-part-14/84599/ this gem]: ‘Push When Ringing’.
* Snarky UK-based I.T. news site ''[[The Register]]'' has backformed the British slang term "tits up" (meaning "dead" or "out of commission") into an acronym for "'''T'''otal '''I'''nability '''T'''o '''S'''upport '''U'''sual '''P'''erformance", at least when applied to computing service providers.
* Freedom of Information requests from Delilah Cormorant [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/delilah_cormorant_5 on whatdotheyknow.com] - they caught it only after
*# Coventry University Nine Term Students
*# Cabinet Office Canteen Kitchen Supplies
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*# Applications Rejected Seeking Excessive House Of Lords Expenses
* "[[Everything Is Online|Internet of Things]]" is sometimes expanded by its detractors to "'''I'''nsecure, '''D'''angerous '''I'''nternet '''o'''f '''T'''hings". Alternatively, one may helpfully point out that the "S" in "IoT" stands for "Security".
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* Red Cube [http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/prism-proletarian-review-of-information-in-social-media-t11199.html dubbed] PRISM "[[Big Brother Is Watching|Proletarian Review of Information in Social Media]]".
* The award "'''W'''eekly '''T'''op '''F'''ractal" (from [//www.deviantart.com/all-fractal-art All-Fractal-Art] group on [[Deviant ART]]) usually is referred by the acronym. It's rather apt for fractal art, indeed (in case you didn't see any yet, half the point of this pastime is a variation of "[[That Cloud Looks Like...]]" with more ready input and more degrees of freedom in how it can look).
* [https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/07/bofh_2023_episode_13/ This instalment] of the ''[[Bastard Operator From Hell]]'' reveals that the BOFH is a member of the Association of Servicepeople for Software and Hardware Over the Lifetime of Equipment.
* In the [[Reincarnation Fantasy]] Isekai web novel ''[[Tori Transmigrated]]'' by "Aila Aurie", the title character wins two Imperial-quality carriages from second Prince Gideon of the Empire of Soleil (whom she dislikes), from his loss on a [[Side Bet]]. Once they're delivered, she names them "SIG 1" and "SIG 2", but refuses to explain to her friends what the names mean. From her private thoughts the readers learn that "SIG" stands for "Suck It, Gideon".
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