MPAA

abbreviation for

1. Motion Picture Association of America: former name of the MPA.

MPAA

abbreviation for

1. Motion Picture Association of America

Word History and Origins

Origin of MPAA¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Starting in the 1970s, then MPAA president Jack Valenti began what was to become a decades-long fight against the quota system.

From The Daily Beast

These new developments are all the more positive when you take into account the dark history of the MPAA and oral sex.

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Peirce later called the experience of dealing with the MPAA “devastating.”

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But recently, the MPAA has loosened the stick in its collective ass and allowed women to go there whilst maintaining an R rating.

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If we run ads with The Butler, the MPAA is imposing $25,000 a day in penalties.

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