# Literary Acronyms Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 26, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320 "2008-09-26T13:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/21 "2008-09-30T18:29:25Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > **C A N I N E** Cujo ain’t nice, instead notoriously evil–Cujo I N T R I G U E ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/22 "2008-10-01T02:10:40Z")
I Never Thought Russian Idiots had a Good Understanding of Espionage. _The Charm School_ by Nelson DeMille. B U T T O C K S ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/23 "2008-10-01T02:55:56Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I Never Thought Russian Idiots had a Good Understanding of Espionage. _The Charm School_ by Nelson DeMille. > > B U T T O C K S Before Unleashing The Trenchcoat, Observe Classic Kevin Smith - _Clerks, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, etc._ S P Y ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/24 "2008-10-01T03:16:19Z")
> [@nd\_n8](#): > > Before Unleashing The Trenchcoat, Observe Classic Kevin Smith - _Clerks, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, etc._ > > S P Y Short, Pale, Yiddish–Woody Allen in Casino Royale H O R R O R ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/25 "2008-10-01T16:38:46Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > H O R R O R His Overbearing Regular Reader Obliterates Rights–_Misery_ by Stephen King D Y S T O P I A ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/26 "2008-10-01T16:45:52Z")
You know, after I posted “dystopia,” I thought “darn, that’s too hard.” But then I immediately came up with a good one! Just for fun, I’ll share it, spoilered… Don’t You See That Overarching Patriarchy Is Abominable?–_The Handmaid’s Tale_ by Margaret Atwood 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/27 "2008-10-01T16:58:54Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > His Overbearing Regular Reader Obliterates Rights–_Misery_ by Stephen King > D Y S T O P I A Direct Yeastlike Secretion Transforms Overworld Partially Into Automatons–The plane of Mirrodin from Magic: the Gathering. And from Mirrodin: B O S H ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/28 "2008-10-01T17:12:19Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > B O S H Bilious Overweight Slug’s Harassment – _Star Wars: The Clone Wars_. (I chose this instead of RoTJ because “bosh” describes the movie quite well.) H U N G E R ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/29 "2008-10-01T20:00:36Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > H U N G E R His Undead Narrative Greatly Excites Reporter–The Vampire Chronicles Z O M B I E ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/30 "2008-10-02T01:21:29Z")
> [@Shark](#): > > Z O M B I E Zoinks! Ouch! My Brains! I’m Eaten! _Dawn of the Dead_ P L A S T I C ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/31 "2008-10-02T12:45:08Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > P L A S T I C Prickly Love- Affair Strains The Interfamilial Connection—The Graduate W O N D E R ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/32 "2008-10-03T00:25:04Z")
> [@Shark](#): > > Prickly Love- Affair Strains The Interfamilial Connection—The Graduate I said to myself, “self, if somebody manages to tie that to The Graduate, I’m gonna be really impressed.” I’m really impressed. 🙂 > [@](#): > > W O N D E R Witch Of Narnia Delights Edgar Reprehensibly–_The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe._ C H I C K E N ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/33 "2008-10-03T09:34:01Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > C H I C K E N Crying Heart Is Cured! Kills Everything Negative. - _Chicken Soup for the Soul_ K I L L E R ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/34 "2008-10-03T14:08:43Z")
K I L L E R Ok, this one is a stretch: **K** eyboardis **I** s **L** olita **L** over. **E** xample: **R** yder - _Great Balls of Fire_ (the story of Jerry Lee Lewis, nickname: The Killer, who married his 13 year old cousin, portrayed by Winona Ryder in the movie). V I O L E N C E ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/35 "2008-10-03T14:39:46Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I said to myself, “self, if somebody manages to tie that to The Graduate, I’m gonna be really impressed.” I’m really impressed. 🙂 You flatter me greatly. How could it be anything other than The Graduate:) One Word–plastics > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > V I O L E N C E Via Insomniac, Ongoing Lawlessness Ensues. Nobody Can Exclaim–Fight Club B U L L F I G H T ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320/36 "2008-10-03T15:13:46Z")
> [@Shark](#): > > You flatter me greatly. How could it be anything other than The Graduate:) One Word–plastics > > Via Insomniac, Ongoing Lawlessness Ensues. Nobody Can Exclaim–Fight Club > B U L L F I G H T Bunk Undermining of Latest Learning Fools Imagined Great Hackers Though–Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown (perhaps one of the greatest example of being [Dan Browned](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DanBrowned)) C Y P H E R [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-acronyms-game/465320.md?page=1)