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== ''[[Harry Potter]]'' ==
* In Larry Niven's "[[Known Space]]", '''A'''malgamation of '''R'''egional '''M'''ilitia is ARM, producing the [[bionic]]-limbed Gilbert G. Hamilton, known as "Gil the ARM".▼
* In Zadie Smith's comedic novel [[White Teeth]], a group of young radical second-generation British Muslims is named K.E.V.I.N.: '''K'''eepers of the '''E'''ternal and '''V'''igilant '''I'''slamic '''N'''ation. "We are aware we have an acronym problem."▼
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' novels, Hermione starts up the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''romotion of '''E'''lfish '''W'''elfare. She insists the acronym be pronounced in letters rather than as a word, understandably enough.
** Lampshaded when Ron and Harry object to S.P.E.W and Hermione retorts that she was originally going to have "Stop the Outrageous Abuse of Our Fellow Magical Creatures and Campaign for a Change in Their Legal Status" but it wouldn't fit on a badge.
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** The Finnish version has '''S'''e '''U'''skomattoman '''P'''aha '''E'''rittäin '''R'''askas (The Unbeleviably Bad, Especially Heavy (tough) one) and '''V'''elhomaailman '''I'''hmeisiin '''P'''erehdyttävä (Familiarization to the wonders of the wizard world).
* One possibly-unintentional [[Harry Potter]] example is from the epilogue, in which we meet Harry's son, '''A'''lbus '''S'''everus '''P'''otter. If the ''name'' weren't unfortunate enough, look at what the initials spell. No wonder he's worried about being sorted into Slytherin.
== Other works ==
▲* In Larry Niven's "[[Known Space]]", '''A'''malgamation of '''R'''egional '''M'''ilitia is ARM, producing the [[bionic]]-limbed Gilbert G. Hamilton, known as "Gil the ARM".
▲* In Zadie Smith's comedic novel [[White Teeth]], a group of young radical second-generation British Muslims is named K.E.V.I.N.: '''K'''eepers of the '''E'''ternal and '''V'''igilant '''I'''slamic '''N'''ation. "We are aware we have an acronym problem."
* Christopher Stasheff's "Warlock" novels include many organizations with unlikely acronyms for names: The '''P'''roletarian '''E'''clectic '''S'''tate of '''T'''erra (PEST), the '''D'''ecentralized '''D'''emocratic '''T'''ribunal (DDT) which wiped out PEST, the '''S'''ociety for the '''C'''onversion of '''E'''xtra-terrestial '''N'''ascent '''T'''otalitarianisms (SCENT), intended to ''sniff out'' possible problems, and no less than three groups of [[Time Travel|time-travelers]]: the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''revention of '''I'''ntegration of '''T'''elepathic '''E'''ntities (SPITE), the '''V'''igilant '''E'''xtenders of '''T'''otalitarian '''O'''rganizations (VETO), and the '''G'''uarantors of the '''R'''ights of '''I'''ndividuals, '''P'''atentholders '''E'''specially (GRIPE) (founded by the man who ''invented'' the time machine and was annoyed at the other two groups, who weren't paying him any royalties).
* The very nasty villains in C.S. Lewis' ''[[That Hideous Strength]]'' are called the '''N'''ational '''I'''nstitute for '''C'''o-ordinated '''E'''xperiments (NICE). This did not go unremarked when the [[wikipedia:NICE|National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]] chose to abbreviate itself to NICE instead of NIHCE.
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