A Pertinent Re-interpretation Of Normality Yielding More Sense
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| 100% | AA | Always Alkaline |
Jeff Anonymous (on the rareness of carbon-zinc and nickel-metal hydride AA batteries. ya can usually only get alkaline and rechargable alkaline) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | ACRO FORTHCOMING | A Crazy Rendition Of Frazes. Openly Readable Text, Hyper Card On Macintosh. I'm No Goofball ;) |
Jeff Anonymous Assorted Phrases |
| 92% | ACRONYMISTS | All Crazy, Raunchy, Oxygen-blowing Nutters Yip Madly In Some Terrible Situations. |
Jeff Anonymous, who is perhaps alluding to the WTC and similar acronyms...or maybe he just expanded ACRONYMISTS at 10:40 PM. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 94% | ACRONYMISTS' BLOCK (2) | Acronym Creation Rundown. Overall, Nasty. Yikes. May I Suggest, "Terrible Sickness, Bad Like Obesity."? Christ, [it] Kills! |
Jeff Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 97% | ACRONYMISTS SHOULD BE HEARD AND NOT SEEN | A Crisis Resonates On Newsgroup, Yup. May I Suggest Trying Silence-Stopping Hellionism? Okay. "U, Listen, Dude!" Bark Evil Hellions, Excrutiatingly. Art Returneth [this] Day. Anyone Need Diversions? Nice Original Terrors Seep. Even En Nepal. |
Jeff Anonymous, when there hadn't been much activity on the Acronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (6) | Abundant Crazy Ramblings, Openly Nice, Yippee! My Stars! |
Jeff Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (12) | A Collection, Realistically, Of Nutters. Youthful? Maybe So! |
Jeff Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 91% | ACROPHOBIA (2) | A Crap-inducing Result Of Pisspoor Helixes Ordering Brain Into Agitation |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that sensory integration disfunction (a disability of the semicircular canals that causes easy nauseation) can cause the fear of heights. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | AGES (4) | A Game (Ensemble Series) |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to the "Age of Empires" series by Ensemble Studios, published by Microsoft (but available for Mac) and also as a response to the thread in the Acronyms forums which produced AGES. Computers:Games |
| 100% | AM | Actually Me |
Jeff Anonymous, after typing 'I AM the JA acronym' on the forums and realising he should acronymise AM. Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | AMIGO | "Amicus" Made Iberian, Guys Only |
Jeff Anonymous, doing failed searches. Amigo is the Spanish (Iberian) variant of the Latin "amicus," also meaning "friend." Both "amicus" and "amigo" apply only to males, "amica" and "amiga" replacing them when dealing with women. People & Relationships Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | ANGELA (10) | A Nice Greek (Eros's Language) Angel. |
Jeff Anonymous Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | ANGELA BRETTL | A Nice Girl Errs Loudly, Atrociously. Better Read Extra, True? Typo: Lousy. |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela mistyped her name Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Names:Acronymists |
| 83% | ANIME | Animation, Neatly Ingrained with Messages (Evil) |
Jeff Anonymous Entertainment |
| 100% | AOL | Automatically Online Loser |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to what many people think about users of America Online) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| 100% | ARE (2) | Angela, Resolved, Exceptionally. |
Jeff Anonymous, in response to ARE. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | ARTICUNO | A Really Terrible Icebird. Chills Under No Obligation. |
Jeff Anonymous (Articuno is Pokemon #144) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ATI | Absolutely Terrific Illustrations |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the graphics card company. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | AT & T | Attention! Thervice Thaved! |
Jeff Anonymous, after HALT, because AT & T is going to keep the ISP running. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | ATX | Aching To Xtreme |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | BEG | Best Expand Generously |
Jeff Anonymous, saying, 'Capital phrases just BEG for expansion, you know...' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 96% | BE NICE TO EDWIN, HE MADE THE FORA | Berating Edwin's Not-In-Capitals Expansions? That's One Etiquette 'Don't'. We Implicitly Need His Expertise, Making A Dynamic Epistle-Trader. However, Expansions in Future Oughtabe Right Acronymically. |
Jeff Anonymous, as a modification of Angela's initial draft of BE NICE TO EDWIN, HE MADE THE FORUMS. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | CABLE MODEM | Can Anyone Bite Large Exterior? May Obviously Damage Entrails, Ma'am. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CAPS LOCK (2) | Could Angela Perhaps Say, "Luck's Out... Charter's Known!"? |
Jeff Anonymous (see CAPS LOCK) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | CARD | Cat's Anus Really Damaged |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining what happens if your cat thinks your sound card smells like fish. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CARD (2) | Can Actually Rupture Duodenum |
Jeff Anonymous and Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CD-RW | Can Dislocate Rectal Walls |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CHIP | Can Hurt Intestines, Parts |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CIGAR (2) | Crazy Idiots Gain Awful Respiration. |
Jeff Anonymous Drugs:Tobacco |
| 100% | CO | Cremates Ozone |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to carbon monoxide. Science:Chemistry |
| 100% | COMMODE | Crapper Or Men's Masturbation Outlet? Determine Eventually. |
Jeff Anonymous Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | CONFESSIONAL | Catholic Or Not, 'Fess Even Small Sins In Our Now Audioproof Locker |
Jeff Anonymous Religion Places:Buildings |
| 100% | CONGRESS (2) | Copulation, Otherwise Narcissistic Group Repealing Even Social Security? |
Jeff Anonymous, discussing two connotations of the word "congress," excepting "opposite of progress." People & Relationships:Love & Lust Politics |
| 100% | CSC | Citizens, Send Cash |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to ezboard.com's premium service) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce |
| 100% | CURRICULUM VITAE (2) | Cumbersome University Résumé Reflects Institutional Clumsiness, Ultimately Lengthening Usually Moderately-Volumed Information To Amplified Evilness |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that a c.v. is a very cumbersome thing, and that there is a reason that resumes are preferable for ninety-nine out of a hundred jobs. (Angela and Tony don't see any such difference between the two, but it's still a good acronym.) People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | DARTH VADER | Donned A Really Terrible Helmet, Voyaged After Dimwitted Empath Relative. |
Jeff Anonymous Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | DDT | Darn Dat Toxin! |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Chemistry |
| 100% | DECADIC | Dials Elegantly Click - Actually Digital, If Countermodern |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to pulse telephone dialing, a digital system, and the rotary dial phones that implement it. I keep a Western Electric 500-type rotary phone next to my iBook to remind me that while newer isn't always better, elegance is timeless. Or more practically, it doesn't fall off the desk. Communication |
| 91% | DECLENSION | Dead in English, Commendably. Latin Exists, Needing Some Inflection Of Nouns. |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that except for personal pronouns, case is basically gone fron English, and declension with it. Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | DISC | Does Injure Someone's Colon |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | DSL (9) | Dunderheads Surf Loudly |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to loud dialup modems (as opposed to Digital Subscriber Line)... no offense intended :) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| 100% | EDWIN | 'E Dwells Wealthily -- 'Is Name |
Jeff Anonymous (meaning of 'Edwin' = prosperous friend, according to babynames.com) Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | EMPLOYERS | Evil Mice Pee Lastingly On Your Ears, Rodent Swine! |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the attitude of some people against their employers. Salvaged from a failed mega-acronym. People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | ENGLISH (8) | Especially Needs Good Learners -- It's Superbly Hard! |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | ENRON MACHINE GUN | "E" Nudged Really Ominously Notifies Malfeasance. A Computer Has Insides Not Expected, Generates Unwanted Noise. |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the dark side of his desktop computer (the sound card was misrepresented and there is some odd fan noise) and the fact that Dell and the defunct energy company Enron share the "crooked E" logo. Suffice to say that his eyes have looked towards Apple for the next upgrade cycle. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 90% | EPSOM SALT | Ever Painfully Shat? Open Mouth, Stick-in A Laxative Tablet. |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Chemistry Drugs |
| 100% | EPSON | Evil Printer Supplier Overcharges Needlessly |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Epson's practice of gouging on inkjet cartridges) Commerce:Companies Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 89% | ESCARGOT (2) | Eww! Snails! Carry Away Right-now! Gimme Other Things! |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Biology:Insects:Edible(?) |
| 100% | EVANGELIST (2) | Evil Villains, Admit Now: God Eternal Loves Incinerating Sinning Traitors/Terrorists/Trekkies/Tombrobbers/Townsfolk/Turtlepoachers/Thieves |
Jeff Anonymous, adding: something a mad Johnathan Edwards-like evangelist might say Religion:Religious Occupations |
| 100% | FAT CHANCE! | Forever Anonymous. Terribly Cruel, Hey? Anonymity: Nice! Creative, Exceptional! |
Jeff Anonymous, as a response to NEW ACROS (2). Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | FORA | Friendly Objection: Really "A" |
Jeff Anonymous, who prefers the term 'fora' to 'forums' Communication |
| 100% | FOUNTAIN PEN | Flows Out... Usually Nice, Though Also It Needs Protectors -- Easily Nasty. |
Jeff Anonymous. Fountain pens are nice -- I find that I can write better with one than with a ballpoint, though that's not saying much -- but if you put one in your shirt pocket, be sure that you are wearing a pocket protector if you like the shirt much or you don't want to be embarassed. Household Objects |
| 100% | FOUR OH THREE | Forum Outage (Urk) Really Ouches Herr Tony's Honorable Ramblings. 'Elp, Edwin! |
Jeff Anonymous, when the Acronyms forums weren't working due to an error 403 - forbidden access. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | FRANC | French Roundel; Alas, Nevermore Currency. |
Jeff Anonymous, on the former French currency, now replaced with the EU Euro. Commerce:Money |
| 100% | GA | Gurgling Annoyance |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the baby noise) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | GET A DANG PDA | Greatly Expand Technological Abilities; Disregard Ancient Newtons' Greatness, Palms Do Admirably. |
Jeff Anonymous, after MISSING MOBILE PHONE - MY LIFE'S RUINED, explaining: Then it'll be harder to lose your phone book. With all due respect to the Newton, I seem to recall you having a USB Mac and I understand adapters can be a bit messy, especially with OS X. My Palm Tungsten C is pretty good; a bit pricey, but they make ones that are more economical, without Wi-Fi and whatnot. Computers Communication |
| 100% | GRAAL | Game Really Addicts, Albeit Latency |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the game found at http://graalonline.com Computers:Games |
| 100% | GRAVELER | Great Rock Attacks Violently Electrabuzzes, Lanturns, Electrodes, & Raichus |
Jeff Anonymous (who decided to do Pokemon #75 as his 75th accepted acronym) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | GREED (2) | Good Riddance, Extremely Evil Doofus! |
Jeff Anonymous (to be said at the funeral of EBENEZER SCROOGE) People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | HALLOWEEN (4) | Horrible And Lashably Laughable 'Oliday Wickedly, Even Extremely, Needless. |
Jeff Anonymous, after spending $35 on Halloween candy to pass out. Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | HALT | Horrible... Athome Locks Transactions. |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to his ISP halting trading at 14 cents. Commerce |
| 96% | HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACINTOSH | Historical Apple Product Presented Years Back. It's Really Terrific; Humans Don't Actually Yearn for Magical Arcanities. Commandline Isn't Needed, Though OSX's Sure Helps |
Jeff Anonymous on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the 128k Mac. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | HUB | Hurts Ur Body |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | I AM GETTING THE MAC | Ibooks Are Much Greater Even Than The IBMs 'N' Gateways. Truly, Hypercard Even May Activate Correctly! |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | IBM (3) | It's Barbarically Megapriced |
Jeff Anonymous, after mentioning IBM in I AM GETTING THE MAC Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | I FORGOT TO RANT ABOUT MY NEW DELL COMPUTER | I Feel Overjoyed. Radeon Graphics, Optical Twosome, Transflexive Oversized Readout, And No Tubes. Arrived Bouncily, Overconfident UPS Trafficker Must Yaw. New 'Experienced' Windows... Disk Expansive... Let Linux Claim Open Megabytes. Pleased User Thinks: 'Elephantine RAM' |
Jeff Anonymous, after getting a Dell Dimension 8250 with: 2.4 Gigahertz Pentium IV, Dual boot Windows XP and RED HAT Linux 8, 120 gigabyte hard drive, 512 megabytes of RAM, 17 inch flat panel display, 128 megabyte ATI Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card and two optical disc drives. See also UPS Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | IMAC (15) | It May Abridge Crashing |
Jeff Anonymous, who ordered an iMac G5 (17" combo drive) last Tuesday. It should ship by Thursday and will be replacing a Windows 98 PC that's freezing up a lot. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | INTRODUCING LONGHORN | It's Not That. Really, OpenStep-Descended Unix Clone. Implementors Now Gawk -- Lots Of New Goodies: H.264, Overvoicing, RSS. Neat! |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to a humorous banner hanging at WWDC 2004, which actually brags on new advanced features (including the H.264 video codec, the VoiceOver spoken interface, and RSS syndication in Safari) in Tiger, which will probably be version 10.4 of the Mac OS. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | IOMEGA (2) | Input/ Output, My Electronic Gargantuan Accesses. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | IS (2) | Inexplicably So |
Jeff Anonymous, when he capitalised IS in 'This one IS Tony'. Main |
| 92% | ISH KABIBBLE | I Suggest Helpfully Kibbles And Bits. Iams Bones Boring. Look [for] Eukanuba! |
Jeff Anonymous Food & Drink:Pet food |
| 50% | ISP | It Starves [from lack of] Profit |
Jeff Anonymous, when his ISP's stock was worth fourty cents. (ISP usually stands for Internet Service Provider) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet Commerce |
| 100% | ISP (7) | Internet Stopper Plugged |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to what'll happen when @home finally does go down the loo...well, I have AOL on the side just in case) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet Commerce |
| 100% | ISP (8) | It Seeks Profit |
Jeff Anonymous, as a modification of ISP Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet Commerce |
| 100% | JAFF | Just Angela's Freaky Falilure |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela mistyped his name on the Acronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | JANEIN (2) | Ja: A Nein, Expresed In Negative |
Jeff Anonymous, as a modification of JANEIN Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | JOKE (2) | Jest Or Kiddish Expletive |
Jeff Anonymous Laughter |
| 100% | LED ZEPPELIN | Loudness = Extreme. Drug, Zoloft, Extremely Proficient Problem Eliminator. Laud Is Needed. |
Jeff Anonymous (see LZ) Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | LINGUA LATINA | Latin Is Not Gone -- Used 'AM' Lately? Also There's Information Not Anglicizable. |
Jeff Anonymous, expanding the Latin language's name for itself -- and noting its continued relevance, even in daily conversation where in abbreviated form 'ante meridiem' its head rears, in addition to the fact that there are many literary works that do not translate terribly well into English -- the meter of Virgil, for example, cannot be preserved well in a translation out of Latin. Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | LOO (2) | Loss Of Originality |
Jeff Anonymous, who admits that his acronym ideas have headed down the toilet in recent days. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | LOO (4) | Locks Overthrow Observers |
Jeff Anonymous Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | LZ | Loudmouths... Zoloft? |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that LED ZEPPELIN might lead someone to need an antidepressant. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | MACS | Most Astounding Computer Standard |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | MADE WITH A MAC | Macintosh At Doorstep - Euphoric Writer Is Terribly Happy. Apple Made A Customer. |
Jeff Anonymous, who got his 12.1" iBook (CD-ROM, vanilla except 256 MB RAM) this morning. This acronym was written in the Acronym Checker for OSX. However, due to configuration issues, it was submitted via Web. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | MAY (4) | Most Abundently Yarrowish |
Jeff Anonymous, hoping for some good plant activity in that month. Time:Months |
| 100% | MAYPOLE | March Around Yippily, Prance Over Lilies, Eh? |
Jeff Anonymous Assorted Nouns Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | MELISSA IS HOT | Mayhaps Exclaimer Lost It? Searching Such Ardorous Insanity Shirks Honor. Obviously Terrible. |
Jeff Anonymous, wondering if the person who searched for this on acronyms.co.nz is a nutter or just someone who is zealously randy. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | MENSA (6) | Most Eunuchs Now Socially Associate. |
Jeff Anonymous People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | MEOWTH | Meowing Entity Often Washes The Hands |
Jeff Anonymous, expanding the cat pokemon (#52), as listed on the unsuccessful-search list. As for the last three words, I know cats to often lick their forepaws. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | MIC | Massive Intestinal Cramps |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
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