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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.]
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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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* 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.
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