Abbreviated Pronunciations Require Omniscience -- Not Your Median Science.
Angela has not had time to update this website recently, because she is also a mathematician by training, programmer by trade, physicist by association and writer by Sunday midnight. She would like to remind people that anyone who submits an acronym to this website may send a short blurb like this one to go on their page of acronyms.
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| 100% | NSDICTIONARY | Nest Several, Datasource! It's Convenient To Inform OutlineView Now, And Return Yarely. |
Angela Brett (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSDictionary.html and http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSOutlineView.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSDICTIONARY (2) | Name Strings Denote Instances. Collection Takes In Objects, Named And Readily Yours |
Rob Rix and Angela Brett (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSDictionary.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSNOTIFICATION | Need Several Nearby Objects To Indirectly Function In Coalition? Announce The Information On NSNotificationCenter. |
Angela Brett (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSNotification.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSSET | No Specific Start / End Things |
Angela Brett (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSSet.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSSET (2) | Never Stores Something Extra Times |
Angela Brett (see NSSET) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSSET (3) | Non-Singletons Shouldn't Exist There |
Angela Brett (see NSSET) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSSET (4) | Never Stores Same Element Twice |
Angela Brett (see NSSET) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 100% | NSSTRING | Neatly Stores Some Text - Remember, It's Nothing Graphical. |
Angela Brett (NSString is a Cocoa class for storing text strings, without any attributes such as font or size - see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSString.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Foundation Classes |
| 92% | NSTABLEVIEW | Never Stores Things, Asks Before Laying Each Visual Interface Element in Window |
Angela Brett (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSTableView.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Application Kit Classes |
| 100% | NSVIEW | Nearly Simplest Visual Interface Element. Wonderful! |
Angela Brett (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSView.html) Computers:Programming:Cocoa:Application Kit Classes |
| 100% | NUDIST | Nakedness Usually Doesn't Involve Sexual Thoughts. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 78% | NUMBERS | Notation Used in Mathematics, Brilliant for Evaluating Riemann Sums. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 89% | NUMERICAL METHODS | Newton's Useful Method of Estimating Roots, Integrals Calculated Arithmetically, Limits Maybe Evaluated The Hard-way... Omitting Differentials & Such. |
Angela Brett, upon discovering that a paper she was studying at university entitled 'Differential Equations' was mainly dealing with tedious numerical methods of solving them, and not amazing tricks of calculus. Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | NUTS | Not Usually Totally Sane |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | NUTS (3) | Nestled Underneath Trouser Snake |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | NUTTERS | Not Unlikely To Try Expanding Ridiculous Stuff |
Angela Brett, because that's what we acronymaniacs are. People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | NYLON (3) | Not Yummy - Lots Of Nausea. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | NYLONS | Nice Young Lady Of Night's Stockings |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 89% | NYMSHEET | Now You May Scribble Heaps of Excellent Expansions Together! |
Angela Brett, who had written 'nymsheet' on the top of a piece of paper she was going to write acronyms on. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | NYSTATIN | New York Streptomyces Treats A Thrush Infection Now. |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| 100% | OASIS (2) | Overcoming Arid Sand Is Sustenance |
Angela Brett Places |
| 100% | OBI | Oriental Belt's Identifier |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing |
| 92% | OBSCENITIES | Outbursts By Surly Cursers Emote, Never Inform - Those In Earshot [are] Stressed |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| 100% | OCR | 'Ow Computers Read |
Angela Brett (OCR usually stands for Optical Character Recognition) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| 100% | ODIE | One Dog Is Enough! |
Angela Brett, referring to the dog in the Garfield comics. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | OFF MASS SHELL | Only For Fleeting Moments, As Sufficient Strength Shouldn't Have Existed. Living Large! |
Angela Brett (a particle which is 'off mass shell' has a different amount of energy from what would normally be required to produce it. Like living large off a credit card, it doesn't last very long.) Science:Physics |
| 100% | O FOR THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD | Oh Fiddlesticks. Over Run Tonylet... Hit European Jalopey. Overall, Youth Survived, 'Owever, Flattened. Perhaps Another Reason Exclaiming 'Need The Helmet'? Optional? Oah Dunthinkso. |
Jeff Anonymous (Tonylet suggested by Angela Brett) in response to CYCLISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL Transport |
| 86% | OGLING | Obvious Gleeful Leering at Indecent Naked Girlies |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE! | Oh, How Friggin' Obvious! Really Getting Over Done. Stop Sharing Asinine Knowledge Endlessly. |
Angela Brett, during another annoyingly slow lecture. Education:Slow Teaching |
| 100% | OKAY | Otherwise Known As 'Yes' |
Angela Brett Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | OLDBIE | Oh, Like, Duh! Blasted Ignorant Enquiries! |
Angela Brett, summarising the responses to newbie questions of some of the 'oldbies' on the Cocoa-dev mailing list. Others are more helpful. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | OLDBIES | Out, Learner Dumb*ss! Because I'm Entirely Superior. |
Angela Brett (see OLDBIE) People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | OLDTON | Often Loved Digital Toy, Once New(ton) |
Angela Brett, thinking of a name for her newly acquired, but old, Newton. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | OMASTAR | Owner Made Ancient Spiral Train... Alterations Resulted. |
Angela Brett. (Omastar is Pokemon #139) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | OMASTAR (2) | Once Merely Archeological Specimen... Transformed And Reanimated! |
Angela Brett (Omastar is Pokemon #139) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | OMNIWEB | On Macintosh/ NeXTStep, It Will Enhance Browsing. |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 88% | ONANISM | Organising Nativity's A No-no, If So Manipulated |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | ONANISM (2) | Objects Normally Aren't Nuns... Isn't 'Semenary', Mate! |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 88% | ON A ROLL | Outpouring of New Acronyms Regardless Of Limited Lexis |
Angela Brett, when she thought up a whole lot of acronyms during a lecture, while she didn't have her thesaurus with her. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ONE | Odd, Not Even |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ONE (2) | Odd Natural Enumerator |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ONE (7) | Obviously No Extras |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ONE STOP TESTING SOLUTIONS | Officials Need Every Single Thing Operating Perfectly? Then Enter Super Testers Incorporated's Nice Gleaming Station. Our Labourers Undertake Technical Inspections Of No Specificity. |
Angela Brett, thinking that one-stop testing solutions would have to be able to test anything and everything, and would perhaps have designed a single, extremely generalised test. They would, therefore, probably not test any particular thing very well. Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | OOHS AND AHS | Oldies Ogling Huggable Sprog: Apathetic Neonate Dribbles, 'Awww, How Sweet...' |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | OOS | Out Of Service |
Angela Brett (OOS usually stands for Occupational Overuse Syndrome) Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | OPINION | One Person's Interpretation... Not Incorrect, Only Nonconforming. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | OPTICAL DRIVE | One-Piece To Inscribe CDs And Load DVD-ROMs, I'm Very Envious |
Angela Brett, referring to DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drives. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 86% | ORANGE | Often Related to Apple, Nectarine, Grape Etcetera. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORB | One Round Ball |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | ORGANIC HERB | Our Rogues Grow A New Investment Crop, Harvesting Each Reader's Balance |
Angela Brett, in response to some spam on the Apronyms Forums by a company with that name. Commerce:Companies Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | ORLISTAT | Obesity Reduction Lies In Swallowing Tablets And Training. |
Angela Brett (Orlistat being a weight-loss drug.) Drugs |
| 80% | ORNAMENT | Ornate Relic Newly Acquired by Museum is Eventually National Treasure. |
Angela Brett Household Objects |
| 86% | ORNATE | Ornamentally Rich in Nice And Traditional Engravings |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | OSAMA | Orchestrated Suicide Air Missions, Allegedly |
Angela Brett, referring to OSAMA BIN LADEN Names:Famous people Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | OSH | One Sore Hand |
Angela Brett (someone from Occupational Safety & Health came to my work to look at people's workstations and tell us how to reduce the risk of OOS. After following her directions on how to use the mouse for the rest of the day, I had a sore wrist.) Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | OSH (2) | Only Sarcastically 'Helpful' |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | OSMIDROSIS | One Shower Monthly Isn't Decent... Remember, Our Sweat Is Smelly! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | OSMIUM | Overly Solid Metal, Is Usually Mixed |
Angela Brett. (Osmium is very dense and is mainly used in alloys) Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | OSTI | Over-Sized Titties Inside |
Angela Brett, after seeing an ad for Osti bras, which come in larger sizes than usual. Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 91% | OTOROHANGA | Over To One's Right One Half-km Ahead's North-Going Alternative. |
Angela Brett, on seeing a sign in Otorohanga saying that there was an alternative Northward route 400 or 500 metres ahead on the right. Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| 100% | OUAIS | 'Oui' Uttered As Informal Sound |
Angela Brett ('ouais' is one way of spelling the French equivalent of 'yeah') Science:Linguistics:French Words Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | OUTDOOR LEARNING SKILLS | On Unfamiliar Terrain, Don't Overestimate Own Real-Life Experience... Adventure Roleplaying Night Is Not Good Solid Knowledge If Lost, Lonely, Shivering. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | OUTHOUSE | Off Underwear, Then Heave Out Undeniably Stinky Excreta. |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | OUT OF HERE | Once Under That Old Fence, He'll Evasively Run East |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | OWL | Overhead When Lightless |
Gavin Lambert and Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWLS | On Wing, Like Seagulls |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWLS (2) | Ornithologists Will Lack Sleep |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OYSTER (2) | Ohhh Yeahhhh... Shellfish That Exaggerates Randiness |
Angela Brett, trying for the last 'O' entry. Food & Drink |
| 100% | PACKAGING | Properly, A Carton Keeps All Goods Inside Neatly Grouped |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PAGANS (2) | Please Accept God As New Saviour |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | PAGANS (3) | Preaching Alternate Gods, All Naive Sinners |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | PAIGE | Part Angel, In Godless Episodes |
Angela Brett (Paige is a part-angel, part-witch character in the TV series 'Charmed'. I expect that the show would be labelled 'Godless' by some religious zealots because of the witches and other supernatural creatures in it, so it's interesting that it should have angels.) Names:First names:Female Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | PAIN | Prescribe Anaesthetic, It'll Numb. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | PAISLEY | Perfect, Although It's Small... Like Embryo / Young |
Angela Brett, who went to Paisley, Ontario, to meet the Rixes. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | PALESTINE | Please, All... Let's End Schismatic Terrorism (Israel's No Exception!) |
Angela Brett Religion Places:Countries Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | PALM | People Analyse Lines Mystically |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | PALM DATABASE | Perhaps... Angela Likes Mobile Data, And The Acronyms Belong At Sides Everywhere! |
Angela Brett, when someone searched for Palm Database on the Acronyms website. Perhaps the searcher was wondering if the acronyms were available in some kind of database format for Palm OS handheld computers. They aren't, but if I knew how to I wouldn't mind making them available that way. Computers |
| 100% | PALM DATABASE (3) | Predictions Are Logged, Making Divinations Available To All. Browse And Spot Errors. |
Angela Brett - Perhaps mystics keep records of all their predictions so they can check up on them later and see if they were right... or maybe just for examples to show learning palm readers. Religion |
| 100% | PALM DATABASE (5) | Practising Arborists Learn Much, Devouring All Teaching About Breeds And Species Etc. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants:Trees |
| 100% | PALMS | Predict A Life, Mystics Say |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | PANGAMY | Promiscuity Amongst No-Good Adults Made You! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PANIC | People Act Nonsensically In Crisis |
Angela Brett, 35 minutes before the deadline of a group PROJECT. People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | PANIC (2) | People Are Now Imitating Chickens |
Angela Brett, when the server on which the Apronyms site is hosted was accidentally deleted. Luckily not many headless chicken impersonations were performed, as I had backups of almost everything. People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | PANTHER (3) | People All Need To Have Expose, Right? |
Angela Brett ('Expose' is one of the new features in Mac OS X 10.3, code-named 'Panther') Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | PANTHER (4) | Please Add No Translations, Have Extra Room |
Angela Brett (most people will benefit from not installing all the languages in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, as they take up extra disk space and installation time.) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | PANTHER (5) | Panicked Angela Needs Technical Help, Everything's Ruined! |
Angela Brett, who eventually had to do a clean install of Panther after having problems with the normal installation. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | PAPABEAR | Pauses Aren't Particularly Annoying Because Exponential Assignment's Rough. |
Angela Brett, while typing to someone called PapaBear on IRC, not minding his long pauses because she was also working on an assignment involving infinite exponentials. Names |
| 100% | PAPER | Precious And Passionate Emerging Romance |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the paper (1st) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | PAP SMEAR | Precaution Against Papilloma - Some Must Endure A Retest. |
Angela Brett, after reading http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992601 Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | PARK | Put Away Resting Kart |
Angela Brett Transport |
| 100% | PARK (2) | Playground Amuses Rowdy Kindergarteners |
Angela Brett Places |
| 83% | PARTY | Patronage-wise, Altscape Reached Thousand... Yay! |
Angela Brett, when the ALTSCAPE team were planning a party to celebrate having over a thousand users. Commerce:Companies Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | PASSING TIME | Pausing As Seconds Slide Into Nothing, Going Toward Inevitable Mind's-End |
Angela Brett Time Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| 100% | PASSWORD | Pick Alphanumeric Symbols, Sans Words Of Reputable Dictionaries. |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | PAST AND PRESENT | Previous And Subsequent Times Are Naturally Distinguished - Previous's Remembering, Experiencing's Subsequent. Extempore, Now's Then. |
Angela Brett, who wishes she could think of a better word than 'Subsequent' Time |
| 100% | PATRICIA (8) | Place Acronyms, Then Rhymes, Into Cereal Illegal Activities. |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists |
| 80% | PATTERNS | Phi-curves And Theta-curves Twisting Elegantly Round Netted Surfaces |
Angela Brett, during a lecture mentioning spherical co-ordinates in UNIVERSITY CALCULUS class. Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | PAUL | Probably An Undersized Lad |
Angela Brett, because according to http://www.surebaby.com/page67.html, the name Paul means 'small'. Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | PAUPER | Poor And Unfortunate Person - Evidently Ravenous |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | PAYCHEQUE | Please Accept You Can't Have Everything - Quite Unstable Economy. |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| 100% | PAYDAY | Perfect, As Your Debts Arrived Yesterday! |
Angela Brett Time Commerce:Money |
| 100% | PAYROLL | Please Accept Your Raise (Or Lowering) Lief. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | PC (7) | Persistently Crashes |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| 90% | PC ROMANCE | Private Chat Room Offered Me A New Chance of Entanglement |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust Computers:Internet |
| 100% | PDQ | Perform - Don't Question! |
Angela Brett (PDQ usually stands for Pretty Darn Quick) Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| 100% | PEARL | Passion Exhibits A Rare Longevity |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the pearl (30th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | PEDANT (4) | Peruses Each Dictionary And Notes Troubles. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | PEDANT (5) | Peruses Every Day A New Thesaurus. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | PEDANT (6) | Pedagogue Expects Discipline And No Truancy |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | PEEPING TOM | Pervert Enjoys Entering Porperty Inspecting Neighbour's Genitals, Then Openly Masturbating |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PEN | Paper-Embellishing Nib |
Angela Brett Household Objects Communication |
| 100% | PENCIL | Please Erase Non-Correct Illustrations/ Letters |
Angela Brett Household Objects Communication |
| 100% | PENGUIN | Pending Extinction - Not Going Up In Numbers |
Angela Brett, thinking of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin, although I don't know whether the numbers are going up or not. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | PENIS | Pinkish, Erectile Needle Injects Semen. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | PENTAQUARK | Physics Experimenters Noticed That Assumed Quintets Unquestionably Are Real. Kudos! |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | PENTAQUARKS | Positively Extending 'Normal' Tetrads, Anti-Quark Units Are Really Kinda Strange |
Angela Brett (according to http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~hicks/thplus/pentaquark.html For the exotic pentaquark under study here, the valence quarks consist of two up quarks, two down quarks, and one strange antiquark) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | PEPSI COLA (2) | People's Evident Preference. Sculley's Is Coke, On Labelless Appraisal. |
Angela Brett, because when John Sculley (then president of Pepsi Cola) took the 'Pepsi challenge' he picked Coca Cola as being the nicest tasting cola, although most people chose Pepsi as long as the brands were not identified beforehand. Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | PERFECT | Picky Evaluators Rarely Find Everything's Completely Tiptop |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | PERFECT (2) | Pun Experts: Ready For Expansions? Call Tony! |
Angela Brett, since Tony's acronyms are generally of very high quality. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE | People Envisage Rich Financial Offerings. Really, Merely A Nice Cookie Elicits Improved Neural Capability. Employees' 'Need' To Indulge Valuably Exploited. |
Angela Brett, who has been bribed with chocolate chip cookies to do work. The trick is to get the cookies in advance, and then take a long time to finish the work so that you can get more and more cookies as the briber's desperation grows. People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | PERSIAN | Pokemon Evolution Refines Scratchcat Into Aesthetic Nuisance |
Angela Brett (Persian is Pokemon #53) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | PERVERTS | People Each Requiring Vasectomies, Enjoy Raping The Susceptible. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PETROL (2) | Prefer Engines That Run On Light |
Angela Brett Transport |
| 100% | PETROL IN YOUR TANK | Performing Experiment That Relies On Lexical Imagery, No, Yes Or Uncertain Results Twisted Affimatively, Nothing's Known. |
Angela Brett, after reading in the booklet which came with the SUGAR FREE RED BULL that 'studies show it also gives you a bit of extra petrol in your tank.' I certainly hope this is only a metaphor, as I have no car and would worry about where they put my free petrol, but how exactly can a study prove or disprove a vague metaphor? Science Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | PHASER | Please Have A Stun Effect Ready |
Angela Brett (apparently "set your phasers to stun" is a common command in Star Trek) Military:Weapons |
| 100% | PHILATELIST | Person Hoarding Interesting Letter Adornments To Examine & Lookup In Stamp Tomes |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Communication |
| 100% | PHILOSOPHERS | People Here, In Life, On Some Opportune Planet... How Extremely Remarkable Sounding! |
Angela Brett Religion People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | PHILOSOPHY AT WORK | Perhaps He Is Looking On, Seeing Our Procrastination... "Heaven, You?! A Terrible Waste Of Resources, Klutz!" |
Angela Brett, although that expansion better describes theology at work. Religion People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | PHONEMES | Primary Hearing Objects - Nearly Every Morpheme Employs Several |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | PHOTON (2) | Positives' Harness On Those Others (Negatives.) |
Angela Brett (photons are the 'particles' which give rise to the electromagnetic force, the force which famously makes opposites attract.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 75% | PHP | Phasing-out HyperCard Pages |
Angela Brett, after Tony accused her of geek-speek when she mentioned that more of the formerly HyperCard-generated web pages had been switched to PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | PI | Patternless Irrational |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | PICTURE | Pales In Comparison To Unadulterated Real Event |
Angela Brett Art & Literature |
| 100% | PIDGEY | Playing In Dirt Gets Eyes Yucky |
Angela Brett (Pidgey is Pokemon #16) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | PIECE | Partial Item - Especially Capturing Essence |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PIG | Pork Is Good! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | PIG TAILS | Pretty If Girl's, They Aren't Ideal Lads' Style. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | PIKACHU | Pokemon Is Keeping Animation Creators Happy & Unstarved! |
Angela Brett (Pikachu is Pokemon #25) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | PIMASTER | Particular Irrational's Memorised, A Superimportant Transcendental's Effortlessly Recited. |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | PIMASTER (3) | Pretty Intelligent Man, And Smart Too - Excuse Redundancy. |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | PIMP | Profits In Manipulating Prostitutes |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | PINCHY | Pennypinchy, I'd Name Crustacean! He's Yummy. |
Angela Brett (Pinchy was the lobster which Homer bought small and then raised into a fully-grown lobster in order to save money.) Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | PINK BITS | Pain Is Nude Knockers Burnt In The Sunshine |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 100% | PISMO | PowerBook Is Superlative Mobile Office. |
Angela Brett, referring to the last PowerBook G3 model, code-named 'Pismo.' Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | PISSED | Peed In Side Street... Eww! Disgusting! |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | PISSED (2) | Priests In Seminaries Shouldn't Ever Drink |
Angela Brett Religion Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | PISS OFF (2) | Party In-Store... Sale On Freaky Fashions! |
Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
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