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Contrived acronym
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Acronym.
Contrived acronyms
Contrived acronyms are deliberately designed to be apt for the thing being named (by having a dual meaning or by borrowing the positive connotations of an existing word). Some examples of contrived acronyms are USA PATRIOT, CAN SPAM, CAPTCHA, DOGE and ACT UP. The clothing company French Connection began referring to itself as fcuk, standing for "French Connection United Kingdom". The company then created T-shirts and several advertising campaigns that exploit the acronym's similarity to the taboo word "fuck". Contrived acronyms find frequent use as names of fictional agencies, with a famous example being frequent James Bond antagonist organization SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion).