Here are some examples of RecursiveAcronym''''''s: * GNU - Gnu's Not Unix * Pine - Pine Is Not Elm * MINCE - MINCE is not complete EMACS * PHP - PhpLanguage (after going through some name changes) * TheGimp - once was 'The Gimp Image Manipulation Program' but now is 'The GNU Image Manipulation Program'. So the GnuProject doesn't only create a lot of RecursiveAcronym''''''s, some are also destroyed because of it. Pine is actually "program for internet news & email". See http://www.washington.edu/pine/ The GnuHurd probably is the first software to be named by a pair of mutually RecursiveAcronym''''''s: * Hurd - HirdOfUnixReplacingDaemons * Hird - HurdOfInterfacesRepresentingDepth