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FLA (Fandom Loves Acronyms)! An acronym is specific form of initialism, a pronounceable term that is made up of the initials of other words, or parts of other words. They can be used for convenience (to replace a long, unwieldy title, for example), or simply because it sounds good or suggests a meaning.

One special category is a "backronym": a term that was not originally intended to be an acronym, but for which words have been suggested. For example, Scifipedia is a "wiki". The term was not originally an acronym, but some use it to mean "What I Know Is".

Acronyms are frequently used in science fiction. This may be influenced by the prominence of acronyms in science (SCUBA, RADAR, LEM, etc.). They appear in books, movies, tv series, fandom, and so on.

See also Paranormal Terminology.

Contents 1 ANH 2 AOTC 3 APE 4 BEM 5 ERB 6 ESB 7 FIJAGH 8 FIAWAOL 9 FTL 10 OTR 11 PKD 12 ROTJ 13 ROTS 14 SID 15 ST:TNG 16 ST:TOS 17 ST:DS9 18 THRUSH 19 TPM 20 UNCLE

ANH

Star Wars: A New Hope

AOTC

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

APE

Agency to Prevent Evil (Lancelot Link tv series)

BEM

Bug-eyed monster

ERB

Edgar Rice Burroughs

ESB

Star Wars: The Empire strikes back

FIJAGH

Fandom Is Just a G*ddamn Hobby

FIAWAOL

Fandom Is a Way of Life

FTL

Faster Than Light

OTR

Old Time Radio

PKD

(Philip K. Dick, author)

ROTJ

Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi

ROTS

Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith

SID

Space Intruder Detector (UFO tv series)

ST:TNG

Star Trek: The Next Generation

ST:TOS

Star Trek: The Original Series

ST:DS9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

THRUSH

Technological Heirarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and Subjugation of Humanity (The Man From Uncle tv series)

TPM

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

UNCLE

United Network Command for Law Enforcement (The Man From Uncle tv series)