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* In the ''CHERUB'' series, the titular acronym apparently doesn't stand for anything. However, at the end of the second prequel book, '''C'''harles '''H'''enderson, the founder of cherub, is given jurisdiction over '''E'''spionage '''R'''esearch '''U'''nit '''B'''.
* The ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' novels had a supercomputer going by the name '''A'''rtificial '''I'''ntelligence '''V'''oice '''A'''ddress '''S'''ystem. The characters that interacted with it tended to treat the acronym as a name, possibly because the device seemed to be virtually sentient at times. Also, the name Pern itself comes from an acronym assigned by the planetary survey team that discovered it: '''P'''arallel '''E'''arth, '''R'''esources '''N'''egligible.
* [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''[[The Crying of Lot 49]]'' uses these as [[Arc Words]] for its (possibly imaginary ) [[Ancient Conspiracy]], Trystero. Their [[Milkman Conspiracy|top-secret mail service]] is called WASTE, which stands for "'''W'''e '''A'''wait '''S'''ilent '''T'''rystero's '''E'''mpire". And while we're on the subject, '''D'''on't '''E'''ver '''A'''ntagonize '''T'''he '''H'''orn.
** And then in ''[[Gravitys Rainbow|Gravity's Rainbow]]'' we get '''P'''sychological '''I'''ntelligence '''Sc'''hemes for '''E'''xpediting '''S'''urrender and the '''A'''breaction '''R'''esearch '''F'''acility.
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s 1959 short story ''[[All You Zombies]]'', the same "elite military service corps" is referred to at various points in history as the '''W'''omen's '''E'''mergency '''N'''ational '''C'''orps, '''H'''ospitality & '''E'''ntertainment '''S'''ection, the "Space Angels" or '''A'''uxiliary '''N'''ursing '''G'''roup, '''E'''xtraterrestrial '''L'''egions, and the '''W'''omen's '''H'''ospitality '''O'''rder '''R'''efortifying & '''E'''ncouraging '''S'''pacemen.
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