# Literary Acronyms: A Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-a-game/177685>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 27, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-a-game/177685 "2003-05-27T02:19:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-a-game/177685/21 "2003-05-28T06:01:47Z")

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I don’t care if I suck, I’m having fun playing. 🙂

**C** hairbound  
**O** riginal  
**S** cientist,  
**M** aking  
**O** bscure  
**L** aws  
**O** f  
**G** alaxies  
**Y** ield.

_A brief history of time_, Stephen Hawking.

V E N G A N C E

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**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-a-game/177685/22 "2003-05-28T14:26:28Z")

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Here’s a few I thought of in the shower this morning. (I know, TMI.)

C onstantly  
E ducating  
C urrently  
I gnorant  
L osers

A lways  
D oes  
A dmirable  
M anu  
S cripts

and

H elpfully  
I ncluding  
O ur  
P al on  
A ll  
L ists

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-a-game/177685/23 "2003-05-28T19:58:25Z")

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\*\* Fern Forest\*\*, I always have my faluts set on high. 😉

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**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-a-game/177685/24 "2003-05-29T14:08:18Z")

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I think we missed AUTOMOBILE, so I’ll give it a go:

An Undercover Tenderfoot Officer, Mr. O’Conner, Blunderingly Infiltrates Lubricous Engineers  
_The Fast and the Furious_.  
You can go ahead back to **VENG(E)ANCE**, now.

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