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Prisoners on both sides of the Korean War were exchanged at Panmunjom in 1953, following the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. Members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, deployed by Mao as the “Volunteer Army” to avoid any complications of a direct war with the United States, were among those exchanged.”
Score 2 as unlike Josh I believe there were some volunteers in the army fighting on the North Korean side, but this acronym is nonetheless deceptive.
Score 3 - I’m not versed well enough in history to call whether this is accurate or not, but I’ll factor the above comments in while also saying that the acronym itself seems just fine.
Posting on behalf of a Wordsmith who wishes to remain anonymous:
https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/osprey-blog/2024/chinese-volunteers-in-the-korean-war-1950-53/
Volunteer Army being a proper noun improves the historicity and appropriateness but also earns a proper noun penalty. No net effect on my scoring.
Score 4, very plausible as a headline, taking the historicity at face value.
Wait I need a reason don’t I
Score 3 feels perfectly serviceable but also nothing special
Anything that isn’t war related would be 4+. Gosh, darn; you all seems to kinda just remember wars (and cold wars). Score 1
This Backronym is now closed.
None of the words in the title of this Backronym included all the letters of any of the Buzzwords.
Kevan gained 3 Points from the median Score.
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Josh: he/they
Score 1 for ahistoricity: North Korea has always had a conscript army and had no ‘volunteer army nationals’ to exchange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_North_Korea#History
(Open to changing this if citations are provided to the contrary, will accept proof via the Puzzler if the author wishes to preserve their anonymity)