Abbreviating Provides Relaxing Opportunities - Nirvana, You Might Say
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% | INVOLVING | I Need Vulnerability, Or Looming Violence Is Not Gainful. |
Angela Brett - this one came about because in response to her LOVING on the forums, Tony said '"..or 'Involving'" thus creating LOVING (2). Angela briefly expected to see an expansion for INVOLVING using the same words as the LOVING expansion. All this LOVING is beginning to make it seem like FORUM POST (2) is not far from the truth. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| 100% | IOMEGA | I Own Marvellous External Gigabyte Accessory. |
Angela Brett Computers Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | IONIC | Instead Of Neutral, It's Charged. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry |
| 100% | IOWA | It's Out West America |
Angela Brett Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | IPOD | It's Portable, Omniuseful Disk |
Angela Brett, referring to Apple's 'iPod' mp3 player which doubles as a firewire hard disk. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | IPOD (2) | I Paid - One Deposit |
Angela Brett, at 1a.m, after transferring some money to buy an Apple iPod. (Online banking should have safeguards in place to stop people from spending large amounts of money while they're half asleep!) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | IPOD (3) | Impulse Purchase? Oh, Dear! |
Angela Brett, who did actually think for a while before buying an iPod, but it's still dear! Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | IPOD (4) | I[']m Patient (One Day!) |
Angela Brett, who ordered an iPod this morning and expects to receive it tomorrow. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | IPOD (5) | Incredible Piece Of Design |
Angela Brett, a few hours after her iPod arrived. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | IPOD (6) | Ideal; Play-On-Demand |
Angela Brett, in response to FM and AM (2) Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | IPOD (7) | I'd Put One's Diapason |
Angela Brett, who assumes that eating an iPod would cause intestinal problems. (I have never heard the word diapason spoken, I hope it sounds similar enough to 'diapers on' to make this work.) Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | IPOD PHOTO | In Pictures Or Diapason, Person Has Obviously Taken Overdose |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | IPOD SHUFFLE | It Pains Our Digestive Systems Horribly. Unhealthy For Feeder's 'Low End' |
Angela Brett, on noticing that Apple's page on the new low-end iPod, the iPod Shuffle, bears the recommendation, 'Do not eat iPod shuffle.' Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | IQ SCORE | Irrelevant(?) Questionnaire Shows Cleverness Or Retardation, Evidently. |
Angela Brett, who probably shouldn't criticise IQ tests since she has a particularly high IQ. They are relevant, I think, but there are some elements of cleverness they don't measure. People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | IRAQ (2) | It Riles America's Queen |
Angela Brett - by 'Queen' I mean president... when it comes to Q words, gender isn't important! (perhaps that's why QUEER starts with Q) Places:Countries |
| 100% | IRENE | I Rarely Expand Names <- Exception |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Female |
| 80% | IRON (2) | It's Ruined in One Night |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the iron (6th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | IRON (3) | I Respect Otherhalf Now. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | IRON (4) | Initiate Reproduction, Or Never! |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | IRON (5) | Initial Romance Over Now |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | IRON (6) | Idly Reflect On Nuptials |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 89% | IRRATIONAL NUMBERS | Integer Rearrangement Refuses to Attain These. Infinite, Orderless Numerals - And Limitless Notation - Usually Measures Boundaries Exactly. Rationals (are) Saner! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | IS A | Inheritance Shown Articulately |
Angela Brett, when a C++ lecturer mentioned that the idea of inheritance in object oriented programming (and elsewhere) is based around the phrase 'is a'. e.g. 'A mouse is a mammal' or 'A mammal is a living creature'. Computers:Programming |
| 100% | ISCHISAURUS | It Should Call Herrerasaurus Its Sister, Although Uncertain Relationship's Under Speculation |
Angela Brett (There is speculation that Ischisaurus may actually be the same genus as Herrerasaurus.) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | ISDN | It's So Darn Neat! |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| 86% | IS FICTITIOUS TWADDLE | It's So Funny I Can't Tell If Tittering Is Okay, Unless it's a Super-interesting Titter With Acronyms Dangling Delicately, Laughter Encouragingly. |
Angela Brett/Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| 100% | ISO | Initials Seem Off |
Angela Brett (ISO usually means International Organization for Standardization, so it seems as though its abbreviation should be IOS. However, ISO is not an acronym... as explained at http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/introduction/index.html#three) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ISO (2) | Initials Swapped Over? |
Angela Brett (ISO usually means International Organization for Standardization, so it seems as though its abbreviation should be IOS. However, ISO is not an acronym... as explained at http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/introduction/index.html#three) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ISOMETRIES | Images Simulate Originals, Mostly. Examples: Translations, Rotations Imitate Exact Shape |
Angela Brett. (An isometry is a plane transformation which preserves distances, and therefore shapes of figures.) Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 77% | ISOMETRIES (2) | Imitate Shapes of Originals, at Most Expressible as Three Reflections In Every Situation |
Angela Brett. (Every isometry can be expressed as a product of at most three reflections.) Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | ISP (2) | It Starves, Profitless |
Angela Brett, as a modification of Jeff's ISP. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet Commerce |
| 100% | ISP (5) | It Shan't Prevail! |
Angela Brett, referring to Jeff's ISP Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce |
| 100% | ITCH | Irritation That Craves Hurt |
Angela Brett, since we get rid of an itching sensation by scratching and making it hurt instead. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 91% | I THOUGHT SO | If (it's) Too Hard, One Uses Giant Hardback Thesaurus - Synonym Overload! |
Angela Brett, in response to OF COURSE Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ITS SO COOL!! | If They Spam Several Other Communities Online, Others'll Look! |
Angela Brett, expanding the capitalised phrase (complete with bad punctuation) in the INSTANT FAME forum spam. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID | I Think State's Taxing Heavily, Even Employers Cannot Offer New Offices. Maybe You Simply Think Unemployment Punishes Impious Denominations. |
Angela Brett Religion Commerce |
| 90% | I'VE FALLEN | It's Very Embarrassing - Fumbled And Landed Legs-up, Exposing 'Nickers! |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | IVORY (2) | Intact Vows Of Respecting You |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the ivory (14th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | I WANT MY MAC | International Web Access Not There - Mailing You May Also Cost. |
Angela Brett, when she was without her Mac and could only look at national websites on the university Macs. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | I WANT MY MAC TOO | Incoherent Windoze Applications Necessitate Training - Meanwhile Your Mac's Already Completed The Obvious Operations. |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | I WAS TIRED | I Went And Said Things I Regret; Excuse Delivered. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | IWI | Increased Whanau, Ivory |
Angela Brett (Iwi means either 'tribe' or 'bone' in Maori, Whanau means 'family') Science:Biology:Body Parts People & Relationships:Family Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| 100% | IZAC | I'm Zealous About Compactness |
Angela Brett - iZac is my Newton MessagePad 110, which works surprisingly well since it's only the second model in a long-discontinued series. iZac's web page is at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/iZac.html Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| 97% | I ZEALOUSLY GRAB THE TITLE OF LAST I ACRONIM | In Zero Effort, Angela Lithely Overtakes (Undertakes? Since Lettering of Yesterday Gets Revealed Above Better Try) Honourable Expansion. This Is The Life... Everyone Obviously Forgot Lexicographic Acronym Sorting Treats 'I Act' Concoctions Regardless Of Nonalphanumerics & Interword Measures. |
Angela Brett, after the new 'dictionary sort' moved IVY from the last I position and opened the way for acronyms like this one to be the last. Previously the space would have caused this entry to be near the top of the list. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | JAGUAR | Just A General Upgrade, Albeit Remarkable |
Angela Brett (unwittingly inspired by JAGUAR (7)), referring to the well-publicised 'code name' of Mac OS X 10.2 Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | JAGUAR (2) | Justifiably Apple's Greatest - Users Are Raving |
Angela Brett (see JAGUAR) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | JAGUAR (3) | Just Add Great Users, And Relax. |
Angela Brett (see JAGUAR) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | JAGUAR (4) | Jobs Announced GPU Utilisation And Rendezvous |
Angela Brett (see JAGUAR) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | JAGUAR (5) | Just About Godlike... Unbelievers Are Reconsidering |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | JAGUAR (6) | Joins Aqua GUI, Unix, And Reality |
Angela Brett and Rob Rix (reality as in, not vapourware) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | JANEIN | Just A No Expressed In Negative |
Angela Brett, in response to SICNON (Ja is the opposite/negative of No, while Nein is negative to start with!) Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | JANET | Just Another Name... Expand This! |
Angela Brett, expanding another name which means nothing to me from the unsuccessful searches list. I tried leaving it to somebody who knows a Janet but none appeared. Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | JANITORIAL | Just A Nitwit In Tattered Overalls, Responsibility Is Airport Lavatory |
Angela Brett, who doesn't really think that lowly of janitors, and hopes somebody doing janitorial work will respond with a more positive expansion. People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | JAPAN (2) | Justifiably, Apple's Popular Around Nippon. |
Angela Brett Places:Countries |
| 100% | JARED | Jewelry's A Really Expensive Delight |
Angela Brett, who went to http://jared.com hoping for inspiration for this expansion, and found a jewellery store. Commerce:Companies Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 100% | JEALOUS | Justly Envious About Loved One Undressing Someone |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | JEANNE | Jah Endows... As Numerous Names Express! |
Angela Brett - Jeanne, like hundreds of other names, comes from 'John' which means 'God is gracious' or 'Gift of God' Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | JEEPERS CREEPERS | 'Jesus!' Euphemism; Expressing Perturbation Except Removing Sacrilegious Christ Reference. Everyone Except Pagans Exigently Respects Saviour. |
Angela Brett, thinking that the expression 'jeepers creepers' probably came about as a replacement for 'Jesus Christ!' Assorted Phrases Religion |
| 100% | JEERING | Judging Everyone Externally Reinforces Ignorance - Never Generalise |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | JELLY | Juice, Except Less Liquid. Yum! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | JEREMY | Jewish Equivalent Really Exhausts Mouth -- Yirmeyahu |
Angela Brett (Jeremy comes from a Hebrew name Yirmeyahu.) Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | JOBS | Janitors Outdo Bigwig's Salary! |
Angela Brett - Steve Jobs only gets paid $1 a year for being iCEO of Apple. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Names:Famous people |
| 100% | JOKE | Jest - Only Kidding, Eh. |
Angela Brett Laughter |
| 100% | JOLLY | Junket: Office Looked Lonely Yesterday |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett. "Jolly" is a slang term for a pleasure-trip, something like a semi-official business trip. People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | JONATHAN | Just One Name, Around Two Hundred Alternative Notations |
Angela Brett (there are several spellings of Jonathan, and seemingly hundreds of other names from the same root as John) Names:First names:Male |
| 90% | JOYBUTTON | Just One, Yet... Because Usually Two Takes Over a Nanosecond. |
Angela Brett, because the aforementioned acronymist wanted the name to be acronymised twice in exchange for the two acronyms contributed. Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | JOYBUTTON (2) | Jollity: On. You'd Be Unwilling To Try 'Off' Now. |
Angela Brett, toying with the possibility of a joy button which toggles joy on and off. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | JUDGE | Justice Usually Done, Given Equity. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | JUDGES (2) | Jury Unanimously Decided Guilt; Enter Sentence. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | JUICE (2) | Juveniles Usefully Ingest Citrus Extract |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | JULES (3) | Jesus Uses Lively Evangelical Singer |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 80% | JUMP | Jolt of Unrestrained Mac Power |
Angela Brett, describing what would be needed to turn KEYBOARD off or on (the power keys are on the soles of his feet, but aren't activated by normal walking.) MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| 100% | JUMP IN A LAKE | Just Use Mother's Personal Identification Number, And Lunch At Kin's Expense! |
Angela Brett, while thinking about the SHOVE OFF challenge... although this one doesn't quite fit it. Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| 100% | JUMP OUT OF A PLANE! | Jolted Upwards... My Parachute's Opened Up! Thrill Of Freefall Abated, Pleasantly Lowering Adrenalin Nearing Earth. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| 100% | JUNCTION | Jumbled Underground Network Comes Together Into One Nexus |
Angela Brett Places Transport:Trains |
| 100% | JURY | Judge: Unanimous? Representative: Yes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 88% | JUSTICE | Join the United States - They Incarcerate Criminal Evildoers |
Angela Brett, with a rose-tinted view of JUSTICE (the AMERICAN WAY.) It isn't really true. After all, they didn't incarcerate Bill G*t*s. People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | KA (2) | Kurvaceous Automobile |
Angela Brett Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | KAIMANAWA | Knocking Around In Mountains Are Nomads And Wild Animals |
Angela Brett, referring to the mountain range in NEW ZEALAND Places |
| 100% | KARIN | Katharos (Athenian) Rarely Impure Name |
Angela Brett (According to my dictionary, the name Karin and many similar names are 'of uncertain origin, later assimilated to katharos, pure.') Names:First names:Female |
| 83% | KARMA | Kill, And Revenge Mars (your) Afterlife! |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | KAYAK | Keeps Away Yachties... Absent Keel! |
Angela Brett Transport |
| 100% | KAZI | Keenly Avoid Zipping Intimates! |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID! | Kindly Extract Essentials, Pass Intricacies To Specialists. It Makes People Lose Enthusiasm, Struggling To Understand Perplexing, Insignificant Details. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | KERPOW | Kick Endangering Rude Parts Of Wrongdoer |
Angela Brett MacGirl & KeyBoard Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | KEWL | Kids Experiment With Language |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | KEYBOARD (2) | Keys Enter Your Bowel Only After Ruining Duodenum. |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3)) Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | KEY LIME | Keep Everything You Love In Macintosh Environment |
Angela Brett, who has a Key Lime IBOOK Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | KEYNOTE | Kept Easy... You've No Overhead To Exhibit |
Angela Brett -- With Keynote, you don't need an old-fashioned overhead projector and slides, so there is less overhead in setting up a presentation. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications Communication:Presentations |
| 80% | KEYS | Keep Everything of Yours Secure |
Angela Brett Household Objects |
| 80% | KEYS (2) | Keep External [to] Your Stomach! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | KFC | Known For Calories |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | KIDS (2) | Keep It Down - Sshhh! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | KILLARNEY | Keep It Like Left Alone, Renewing Naturally Every Year |
Angela Brett, who went to Killarney National Park, Ontario, with the Rixes. Places |
| 100% | KILOBYTES | Keyboard Informs Logicboard Of Blurb You Type - Easily Stored! |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | KILTER | Keep In Line, Then Everything's Right. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | KIND | Keeps Initiating Neighbourly Deeds |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | KINDERGARTEN LITERACY PARENT WORKSHOP | Kids, If Needled, Don't Enjoy Reading. Get Avid Readers To Evolve Naturally, Learning In Their Excitement. Remove Additional 'Classes' - Young People Always Read Eventually, Not Through Worry Or Rapacious Kindergarten Supremacy Hopes Of Parents. |
Angela Brett Education |
| 100% | KISS | Kinkiness Is Sharing Saliva. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | KITH | Kindness In Their Hearts |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | KIWI | Kiwi Irish With Interest |
Angela Brett, after Tony complained that calling the duo half Irish, half Kiwi would seem like a half measure People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 78% | KIWIANA | Kids In Waikaremoana Identify (with) Articles Native to Aotearoa. |
Angela Brett - Kiwiana means things unique to the New Zealand culture (like Americana to America?) Waikaremoana is a randomly chosen place in NZ... I wasn't really cheating with that W because most place names here begin with 'Wai,' and Aotearoa is the Maori word for New Zealand. People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | KLINGON | Knowing 'Language' Is Notably Geeky (Or Nerdy) |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| 100% | KMAC | Klondike Makes Addicts Clickclickclickclick... |
Angela Brett, who explains: My first Mac, a PowerBook 145B, was named kMac late in its life because after I got my POWERBOOK 1400CS (named DIFFERENT THOUGHT) my mother played over 30,000 games of Klondike on the 145B. I can always tell when she's playing Klondike because of all the frenzied double-clicking. kMac's homepage is at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/kMac.html Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| 100% | KNEECAP | Kicks Need Energy Enhancement Created At Patella. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | KNITTING | Knowledgeable Needler Interlocks Talent, Takes Initiative, Negotiates Garments |
Jan Morgan and Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | KNOT (2) | Keeps Navigators On Target |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | KRISTEN | Kid's Religion Is Shown To Everyone Now |
Angela Brett (the name Kristen comes from Christiana or Christian.) Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | KRITOSAURUS | Known Remains Indicate That Old Saurian Ate Undergrowth/Umbrage Rising Up Sunward |
Angela Brett -- I'm not sure whether a kritosaurus would be more able to eat undergrowth or umbrage, but as a herbivore it's sure to eat one or the other. Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | KUWAIT (2) | Keeps Up With Advances In Technology |
Angela Brett, who works for a dental software company which is expanding into Kuwait. Computers Places:Countries |
| 100% | KUWAIT (3) | Keeps Up With Acology Information Technology |
Angela Brett (see KUWAIT (2)) Computers Places:Countries |
| 100% | KYLA | Keep Your Legs Apart |
Angela Brett (deciding to do a Rico-like name expansion) Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | KYMOGRAPH | Kilohertz You May Observe Graphically, Record Actual Phonemes, Hopefully. |
Angela Brett, hoping to get the last K entry. Science:Physics |
| 100% | LA | Littlest Aria |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | LAAGER (2) | Lazy Alcoholic's Articulation, Groaning Epithesis Represented? |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | LACE | Lovers Are Copulating Excessively |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the lace (13th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | LAMB | Little Animal Might Baa |
Angela Brett, who saw lots of lambs on her bus trips from Auckland to Palmerston North and back. Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | LAMBS | Littlies Adore Most Baby Sheep |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | LAMP | Luminous Apple Macintosh Phosphors |
Angela Brett, after she was given a 512k Mac whose disk drive wasn't connected, so all it does is show the disk icon with a flashing question mark - Steve suggested it could be used as a lamp. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 89% | LANGUAGE | Linguists Assay New Generalisations of Utterances And Graphical Expression. |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | LAPRAS | Lugs A Passenger Relentlessly Around Sea |
Angela Brett (Lapras is Pokemon #131) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | LAPTOP | Laughingly, Apple's P1 Totally Outperforms P2 |
Angela Brett, referring to Apple's yet-to-be released consumer portable (codenamed p1) which will surely be a G3 and therefore faster than a Pentium 2. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | LAPTOP (3) | Luckiest Are People That Operate PowerBooks |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | LAPTOP (4) | Linux And Portables - There's Often Problems. |
Angela Brett (I know a few people who've had Linux laptops and they seem to have problems with the power management.) Computers:Linux |
| 100% | LARDWARE | Left Alone, Rebelling Dieters Will Absorb Recyclable Electronics. |
Angela Brett, thinking that if computer parts really were edible, they might be called lardware. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | LARGE HADRON COLLIDER | Leptons Aren't Really Good Enough, Hadronic Action Duly Reveals Our Notions Correct (Or Lacking) Looking Into Denser Energy Realms |
Angela Brett -- the Large Hadron Collider is the replacement for the LEP (Large Electron Positron collider) at CERN. It will be turned on in 2007 and, by colliding hadrons rather than the lighter LEPTONS, should reveal how particles react at higher energies. Science:Physics |
| 100% | LASAGNE (2) | Like Anything, Seldom Any Garfield's Not Eaten. |
Angela Brett (Lasagne is the cartoon cat Garfield's favourite food.) Food & Drink Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | LAST MESSAGE (2) | Lately Angela's Slow To Make Expansions, Since She's A Good Employee. |
Angela Brett Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | LAUGHING MY ASS OFF | Launching An Unprecedented Guffaw... Help! I've No Gluteus Maximus! Yes, A Sure Sign Of Fatuous Fun |
Angela Brett Laughter |
| 100% | LAUGHING OUT LOUD | Little Acronym's Unknownness Gave Happy Irishman Nonplussed. Got Opportunity Ultimately To Learn Of Unique Definition |
Tony McCoy O'Grady pays homage to what started the apronyms project. It all began when Angela Brett wrote 'LOL' in response to some witticism he had written. Tony, being new to the web, had never come across this before and asked for illumination. From this sprung an unending flow of (occasionally?) funny items. Laughter |
| 100% | LAW | Levelled Against Wrongdoing |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | LAWFUL CONDUCT | Love And War: Fair Until Lawyers Come, Openly Nicking Dollars Using Clever Tricks |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | LAWYER (2) | Lopes Away With Your Expensive Retainer |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | LAWYER (3) | Lying Attorneys Win You Extra Rewards. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | LAWYERS (2) | Litigation About Winning You Election... Recounts Significant. |
Angela Brett, after the USA elections in 2000. Politics People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 89% | LAZINESS | Lacking Any Zeal, Idly Napping or Entering Sleepy State. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 80% | LAZY HATS | Lovely And Zany - Your Headgear is Always Tacky and Shoddy. |
Angela Brett, when Tony mentioned he was wearing his 'lazy bastard' hat. When asked to describe it, he replied, "It was a beautiful hat when I came across it, but after years of neglect (due to laziness) it is probably a real mess by now, I don't know. When I'm wearing it, I'm too lazy to look at myself in the mirror." Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | LCBO | Large Canadian Booze Outlet/Organization |
Angela Brett (LCBO usually stands for Liquor Control Board Ontario) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 80% | LEAF | Light Engenders Aliment for Flowers. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | LEAF (2) | 'Lungs' Each Autumn Fall. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | LEARN | Lose Educators - Autonomously Read Notes. |
Angela Brett Education |
| 100% | LEATHER | Love Endured Annus Three, Hardly Experiencing Regret. |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the leather (3rd) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | LEGAL | Loopholes Exploited, Getting Around Laws |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 70% | LEIBNIZ | Loved Equations - Invented Brilliant Notation for Increments of Zero-ish. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | LENS | Light Experiences New Shaping |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Physics |
| 100% | LEPTON | Like Electron, Positron, Tau Or Neutrino |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | LEPTONS | Light Elementary Particles, They Orbit Neutrons Sometimes. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
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