Acronyms Profound! Representation Organic! Novel / Yare Mnemonics! Self-evident!
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| 100% | BRAIDS | Bring Relative Alignment Into Disordered Strands |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 83% | BRAIN | Biological Reckoner - Array of Interconnected Neurons. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BRAIN (2) | Biologic Reasoning Apparatus; Intelligence's Nest |
Gavin Lambert Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BRAIN BOWL | Bright Resourceful Abecedarians Interrogated Nightly By Other Witty Learners. |
Peter & Christina - The Brain Bowl Team participates in Jeopardy-like competition in a state-wide event every year. Sports & Recreation People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 83% | BRAKE | Brings to Rest All Kinetic Energy |
Eric Bridgstock Transport:Car Parts |
| 100% | BRANDING | Buyers Remember A Name, Discredit If No Good |
Angela Brett Commerce |
| 100% | BRANDY | Beautifully Robust Alcohol Napoleon Drank, Yes? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | BRASS | Brings Rapturous And Spectacular Singing |
Jason Wilcox Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | BRASSIERE | Breast-Restraining Apparatus, Sometimes Shown In Extremely Raunchy Exposes |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | BRAT | Boyish Rogue And Tease! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 80% | BRAT! | Blarney-kisser, Renowned As 'Tony'! |
Patricia Rix, in response to Tony's PETTER (2). People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | BRAT (2) | Bad Radically Active Teenager |
Rulgnaj Yerdon People & Relationships |
| 100% | BRATS | Behaviour Raises Adult's Total Scorn |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | BRAVO | Beg Repeat - Audience's Vehement Ovation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment |
| 86% | BRAZIL | Bird-infested Rainforests - Amazon Zone Intensely Lush |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | BREAD OF LIFE | Buy Regularly, Eat And Die Or Follow Love's Inspiration For Eternity |
Rico Leffanta Religion |
| 92% | BREAD, PASTA, CEREAL, POTATOES | Begin Right Eating And Dieting Properly. A Sensibly Trained Attitude (Coupled with Exercising Regularly) Enhances A Lifestyle. Put Off Those After-eating Treats Or Extra Servings |
Tony McThinAsAWhippet O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | BREAK | Balls Rest Easily After Kicking |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology |
| 100% | BREAK IT DOWN | Because Really Enormous Adversity Kills Inspiration, Try Decomposing Opponent & Winning Nonhastily. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | BREAST | Beautiful, Round, Entertaining, Appetising, Supple, Tittilating. |
Matthew Oram and Steve Keate Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BREAST (2) | Becomes Really Erect After Some Tweaking |
Matthew Oram and Steve Keate Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BREAST CANCER | Bad Results, Endanger Adventures, Seizes Tomorrows. Cells Attacked, Never Ceasing, Enters Radiation. |
Jan Morgan - Lost a friend to it Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | BREASTS | Babies Rarely Ever Attempt Suckling Two Simultaneously! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BREASTS (2) | Blondes Request Expensive And Sometimes Troublesome Sugery. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BREASTS (3) | Beautifully Rounded, Extremely Arousing, Sometimes Terribly Sensitive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BREEZE | Beautifully Refreshing Emanation. Enjoy Zephyr's Effects |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | BRENDA | British Royals Epithet Newsmagazine Designated Apparently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (HRH Queen Elizabeth II is scurrillously referred to as "Brenda" in Private Eye magazine.) Names:First names:Female Politics:Royalty:Royals |
| 100% | BREW | Beer Revolts Every Woman |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | BRIAN | Brings Reasonable Income Advantage, Naturally |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BRIAN (2) | Brat, Really Is Antagonistic, Noxiously |
Jan Morgan - someone I know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BRIANNE | Begins Reading In A Nice Narrative Essentially |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | BRIBE | Big Remittance Is Brash Enough |
Roger Williams Commerce |
| 100% | BRICK | Building Requires Intricate Construction Knowledge |
Tony Moore Household Objects |
| 100% | BRIDAL | Blushes, Repeating "I Do" About Lover |
Tony McCatch-the-Bouquet O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 87% | BRIDE AND GROOM | Brilliantly Rigged-out In Dress & Evening-suit A Nuptial Duo Graciously Race Off On Matrimony |
Tony McCoy O'I-Do People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | BRIDGE COMMANDER | Boat's Ruler Issues Directives, Gives Every Command Or Manages Men. Assures Naval Directives Enforced Rigorously |
Tony McAyeAye O'Grady Military:Ranks |
| 100% | BRIDGEND | Burying Residents In Deep Graves Ends Neighbourhood Disputes |
John Richard Jones Places:Towns & Cities:UK |
| 100% | BRIDGES | Busy Road If Deep Gorge's Elaborately Spanned |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways Transport |
| 100% | BRIEF ENCOUNTER | Brilliantly Restrained, Intensely Erotic Flm. Epic Noel Coward Ouevre Using, Notoriously, The English Railway. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | BRIEFS | Basic Requirement Is Explanation For Solicitor |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | BRIGADIER | Begins Reasonably Intelligently - Gradually Abates - Disimproving Intellect Enforces Retirement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Ranks |
| 100% | BRIGHAM YOUNG | Blazes Route In Gathering, Has A Multitude Yonder, Offers Utmost Nook Geographically |
Jan Morgan -- "Blazed" the way to Utah for the pioneers. Multitudes went yonder in the utmost (furthest) nook - (secluded place) to be safe from persecution. Names:Famous people |
| 100% | BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | Believes Receptive Instruction Good Habit. As Multitudes Yearn Occupations, Under Navigation Gives Utah Nice Institute. Varied Educational Recommendations Suits Indivduals Taught Yearly |
Jan Morgan -- School in Utah Education:Schools |
| 94% | BRIGHTNESS OF HOPE | 'Bad Reasoning' Is Good; Helping Them Not Expect Sad Swings Of Fortune Highlights Opportunities (of) Preventing Emergencies. |
Angela Brett ('Bad reasoning' referring to the idea that hope in a particularly bleak situation is illogical.) Assorted Phrases People & Relationships |
| 100% | BRILLIANT | Bright Resounding Idea - Let's Leave It Alone, Not Tamper |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | BRITAIN | Big Royalist Institution - They're An Island Nation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | BROCK | Badger's Rare (Or Cant?) Knickname |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Brock is a rare word for a badger in England (I'm not really sure if it qualifies as a 'cant' term but the lettering was inviting) Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | BROKE FEMALE | Bills, Rent Or Kids... Expenses Forever! Egocentric Male Always Loses Employment. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Genderalisations Commerce:Money |
| 100% | BROKEN | By Rebelling, Outlaws Keep Everyone Noticing |
Angela Brett, because laws are made to be broken. The theory is that criminals are really just doing what they do because they want attention. Sentence potential criminals to preventative attention and everything will be fine. People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | BROKEN HEART | Beloved Romeo Often Kissed Enchantingly, Now He's Ended Amorous Relationship Tearfully. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 78% | BROMINE | Believed to Reduce Obsessions Militarily It's No-longer Employed. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | BRONCO | Bucks Riders Off! None Can Outlast. |
Roger Williams Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | BRONZE | Be Really Open - Nearness Zenithal Emotionally. |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the bronze (8th) wedding anniversary. Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | BROOCH | Bright Resplendant Object On 'Clothes Horse' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 86% | BROOKE | Baby Really Observes Occurances Keeping Eye-openers |
Jan Morgan - child I know Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | BROOKE SHIELDS | Boys Routinely Offer Open Kisses Erotically, Should Her Incited Erotic Lips Demand Satisfaction? |
Rico Leffanta Names:Famous people:Actors & Actresses |
| 100% | BROTH | Boiled Richness Offered To Hospitalised |
Tony Food & Drink |
| 100% | BROTHERS | Brats Repeatedly Offending Their Honest, Erudite, Responsible Sisters |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family |
| 83% | BRUCE | Big Rating in US Census Extract |
Angela Brett (The name Bruce ranked 67th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.) Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BRUNEI | British Run Until Natives Exacted Independence. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | BRUNO | Brown - Rather Uninspiring Name Origin |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BRUSH | Bristles Roughen Up Swallower's Hindquarters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, to go with the various PAINT-eating acronyms Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement |
| 100% | BRUSH (2) | Best Roasted Using Sweet Herbs |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, to balance BRUSH Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement |
| 86% | BRUTUS | Bald, Rabble-rousing Untrustworthy Tribune Uses Scapegoating |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Coriolanus Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Coriolanus |
| 100% | BRUTUS (2) | Beloved Roman, Ultimately The Ultimate Stabber! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Antony and Cleopatra |
| 100% | BRYAN | Begins Reading Yarns At Noon |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BRYCE | Build, Render - You've Created Environment! |
Angela Brett (Bryce is a 3D landscaping and animation application... see http://corel.com) Computers |
| 100% | B.SC. | Biological Scientific Calculator |
Angela Brett, after graduating with a B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) majoring in MATHEMATICS. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Education:Qualifications |
| 100% | BSD | Best System Design |
Sean Lamb (BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution; a flavor of UNIX written by UC Berkeley that is the basis for FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD among others) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| 100% | BTW | Brain To Wander... |
Angela Brett (BTW usually stands for 'By The Way') Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| 100% | BUBBA | Big Ugly Bible-Beatin' Ass |
a stereotypical description of anyone named Bubba in Georgia or Arkansas. Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BUBBLES | Brought Unto Being By Liquid's Expanding Surface |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | BUCCANEER | Boyos Using Cutlasses Clambered Aboard Naval Expedition, Everything's Ransacked |
TMcCO'G History People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 100% | BUCKINGHAM | Backs Up Corrupt King - Is Not Given Hereford After Murders |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Richard III Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Richard III |
| 100% | BUDDIES | Because "U" Deserve Dependable Individual Exchanges Socially |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| 100% | BUDDING | Breasts Usually Do Develop In Nubile Girls |
Steve Keate Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BUDDY HOLLY | Brilliant, Unfulfilled. Dead. Died Young. Had Outstanding Lyrics. Legendary Youthfulness |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | BUDWEISER | Beer: Uncontrolled Drunks Will Endure It's Side-Effects Regularly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | BUDWEISER (2) | Because U Deserve What Every Individual Should Enjoy Regulary. |
Acronymous Anonymous Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | BUG | Bake Under Ground |
Rico Leffanta (see PICNIC) Science:Biology:Insects:Edible(?) |
| 100% | BUG (2) | Bitten User Grumbles |
Angela Brett Computers Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUG (3) | Bad Unexpected Glitch |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | BUG (4) | Bytes Unfortunately Garbled |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | BUG (5) | Bites Unfortunate Gentleman |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUGGER | Basically Uncouth Gentleman Gets Everyone Rattled |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| 71% | BUGLE | Brassy Ululations Give Layabeds Early-morning-call |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | BUG OFF | Begone Unwanted Gnat - Oh Fly Fast |
TMcCO'G Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUGS | Blight 'Usually Good' Software |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | BUGS (2) | Blame Users' Genuine Stupidity |
Angela Brett -- a few of the programmers where I work are coming up with self-deprecating phrases to put on T-shirts to give out at the company Christmas party. One of the T-shirt slogans is, 'Of course it crashes if you do that!' Computers |
| 100% | BUGS (3) | Bugs Usually Get Smashed |
Jan Morgan and Rifle Morgan Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUGS (4) | Butterflies Usually Go Soaring |
Jan Morgan and Rifle Morgan Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUICK | Big Unstoppable Indestructible Car Killer |
Dennis Carr Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | BUILD | Bricks Utilised Into Little Dwelling |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs Places:Buildings |
| 100% | BULBASAUR | Bud Using Little Blighter, A Scourge Against Useless Rocket |
Dustan Dowsing on his favorite pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | BULGARIA | Blighted Under Leninist Government, Are Republican In Attitude. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | BULLDOZER | Big Ugly Land Lifting Digger, Often Zealously Engineering Roads |
Dustan Dowsing Transport |
| 100% | BULLET | Blood Unravels Lightning Lead Ejection Trails |
Rico Leffanta Military:Weapons |
| 63% | BULLS | Bit Un-believe-a-bull... Large Lactiferous Source! |
Angela Brett (quite a bit of milk is produced around the town of Bulls. Also, there are terr-a-bull puns all over the place.) Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| 100% | BULLSHIT | Belt Up - Little Learning Skulks Here, I Think |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - still checking Angela's tolerance level 8-) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| 100% | BULLY | Brute; Usually Likes Lambasting You |
Roger Williams People & Relationships |
| 100% | BUM | Below Underwear, Marginally |
Matthew Oram Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BUMBLEBEE | Busy Useful Mobile Bee Leaves Earth, Big Exclusive Event |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUMMER | Big Unpleasantness Makes Me Extremely Regretful |
Lawrence D'Oliveiro Main |
| 100% | BUN | Bundled Under Net |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BUNCH | Bunnies Usually Never Chase Herds |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology |
| 100% | BUNNIES | Breeding Unstoppably - Not Neatly In Exact Seasons. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | BURBANK | Best Urban Residential Beginnings, A Nice Keepsake |
Jan Morgan - City in California Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | BUREAUCRAT | Bossy Underling Really Enjoys Antagonising Urbane Customers Rarely Apologises Tactfully |
Rico Leffanta Politics |
| 92% | BURKINA FASO | Because (of) Unreliable Rainfall Kiboshes Its National Agriculture, Famine And Starvation Occur. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | BURMA | Brutal Undemocratic Repressive Military Authority. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 90% | BURNED OUT | Broken, Used, Really Not Equal (to) Doing One's Usual Tasks |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | BURNED OUT (2) | Beyond Use & Ruined - Now Employee's Defunct One's Usually Terminated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | BURN OUT | Become Useless; Requires No Official, Unusual Training |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 88% | BURNOUT | Blackened Unpopular Residual Notation. Overuse of User's Terminal |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| 93% | BURNT TO A CRISP | Blistering Uninhibited Rays Neatly Toast The Outer Area of Coverless Rump - Isn't Sunscreen Protected |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 93% | BURNT TO A CRISP (2) | Becoming Unbearably Red, Now Taking Ti-tree Oil And Craving Relief In Skin Pigmentation. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | BURUNDI | Belgium Used Rule Until Nation Declared Independence. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | BUS | Backbreakingly Uncomfortable Sleep |
Dustan Dowsing, after having a sleep on an INTERCITY BUS and finding it had left him with, among other things, a pain in the neck. Transport |
| 100% | BUS (2) | Big... Umpteen Seats |
Angela Brett Transport |
| 100% | BUS (3) | Brought Us Southward |
Angela Brett, after going from Auckland to Palmerston North in one. Transport |
| 100% | BUSH | Bombs Upon Saddam Hussein |
Elf Qrin Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | BUSH (2) | Big United States Honcho |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | BUSH (3) | Bloodthirsty United States Head |
Angela Brett (substitute whichever B-adjective or Bad-ejective you like in there.) Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | BUSH (4) | Best Underdog Succeeds Honors |
Jan Morgan Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | BUSH (5) | Boy Unmasking Stark Hubris |
Kenneth T. Davis Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | BUSINESS | Best Understood Solution If Nothing Else Satisfies Simply |
Iniyan G Commerce |
| 100% | BUSINESS OF POLICE PROTECTION | Because Unpaid Security Is Not Effective, Somebody Should Offer (For Pay) Officer Left In Charge, Exclusively Premises Requested Of The Employer's Client. This Is Ordinary Nowadays. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order Commerce |
| 100% | BUTCH | Babe Union Threatening Cats Howling |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | BUTLER | 'Bottler' Used To Logically Entitle Retainer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - The word "Butler" is a corruption of "bottler" - the member of staff who looked after his employer's wine-cellar. People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | BUTT | Belongs Under Tosser's Tush! |
Patricia Rix (I hate the way smokers treat the whole world as their ashtray) Drugs:Tobacco |
| 100% | BUTTERFINGERS | Boys Usually Try To Explore Romance Flirting Innocently Nice Girls Eventually Respond Senselessly |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | BUTTERFLY | Beautiful Unreal Thing That Erratically, Romantically Flutteringly Lightheartens You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Butterflies definitely 'lighthearten' everyone!) Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | BUTTERFREE | Beauty Usually Toxic, Twittering Extremities Release Floating Rot. Elevatory Evolution. |
Angela Brett (Butterfree is Pokemon #12) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | BUTTONS | Bothered User Tries To Overcome Nonsensical Situation |
TMcCO'G - who would like to be able to press "Submit" without having to scroll the screen. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 93% | BUY APPLE SHARES | Boast Unbelievable Yearly Appreciation... Products Propagate Lots of Equity, Stock Has Already Risen Extraordinarily Sharply. |
Angela Brett, when Dustan's mother expressed interest in buying Apple shares. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Commerce:Money |
| 100% | BYE FOR NOW | Because You're Especially Forlorn Over Retreating, Never Overemphasize Withdrawals |
Sean Lamb Communication:Hello & Goodbye |
| 100% | BYLINE | By Your Leave I Need Exposure! |
Rico Leffanta Communication |
| 100% | BYRON | Because You're Really Obviously Nice |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | BYTE | Bitwise, You Take Eight. |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | BYTE (2) | Beware, Your Teeth Electrocuted! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | BYTE (3) | Before Yesteryear's Text Editor |
Susan S. As a programmer of 30 years, I experienced pre Text Editor programming. It brings a whole new meaning to "plug and play". Computers:Programming |
| 89% | BY THE WAY | Before You Think He's Ended, Wit Appends Yackety-yak |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | BYZANTIUM | Booming Yesteryear Zone - And Now Termed Istanbul Under Musselmen |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places History |
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