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COB (6)Clout On Behind Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Verbs
COBALTColourful Original Blue, Artists Layer Thickly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
COBOLComputer Operators' Bewilderingly Obfuscatory Lingo Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Programming
COBRACrusher Or Biter? Reptilian Ambiguity! Tony McCoy O'Grady, who mentions that he likes this one as it implies the dilemma faced by someone not used to snakes worrying over what is approaching is a constrictor or poisonous.
Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin
COBRA (2)Can One Bite Really Agonise Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin
COBRA (3)Creeps On Belly, Randomly Attacking Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin
COBRA (4)Care Of Bite Requires Antitoxin Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin
COCA COLA (2)Come One, Come All! Consume Our Libations Always Roger Williams
Food & Drink:Drinks
COCKATIELCaptured Ones Can Keenly Attempt To Imitate English Language Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Animals
COCKROACHCook On Cluttered Kitchen Range Order After Cook Heaves Rico Leffanta
Science:Biology:Insects:Edible(?)
COCOAComplements Objective-C On Apples Angela Brett (Cocoa is a set of frameworks for making software in Objective-C for Mac OS X)
Computers:Programming:Cocoa
COCOA (2)Chasing Objective-C Objects Around Paul Marshall
Computers:Programming:Cocoa
COCOA (3)Creating Objective-C Often Amuses Tony McCoy O'Grady - After visiting Angela's site and downloading the Acronym Checker.
Computers:Programming:Cocoa
COCOA (4)Cream Of Crop - Obviously Apple's! Angela Brett
Computers:Programming:Cocoa
COCOA (5)Completely Offhand Creation Of Applications Angela Brett, who would rather spend twenty minutes writing a Cocoa application to do something than five minutes actually doing it, and often does just that.
Computers:Programming:Cocoa
COCOA (6)Can Only Compile On Apples Acronymous Anonymous
Computers:Programming:Cocoa
COCO POPSCause Of Crime Outbreak - Perpetrator Of Pickpocketing Scam Tony McCoy O'Grady, thinking up another cereal killer
MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers
CODCon Or Deception Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
CODECentre Of Developer's Existence Angela Brett
Computers:Programming
CODE (2)Confusingly Ordered Diatribe, Enigma Gavin Lambert
Science:Mathematics
Communication
CODE (3)Condensation Of Data. Extraction Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Communication
CODER(Condenser Of Data) = (Expert - Recorder) Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Communication
CODE REVIEWCan One Do Everything Right? Extra Vigilance Indicates Esoteric Wrongs Angela Brett
Computers:Programming
CODYCattle's Officially Dead, Yes? Tony McCoy O'Grady, Cody was the surname of Buffalo Bill, who wiped out thousands of wild American beasts in a very short time, and not all of them for food.
Names:Famous people
COFFEECup Of Fluid For Enhancing Edginess Angela Brett
Food & Drink:Drinks
COFFEE (2)Caffine Offerings For Further Expendible Energy Brian Erickson AKA Makata85, Nosmellman. I write poetry and love word games there are more posted on page 3 of my site at http://www.geocities.com/nosmellman/ramblingmind3.html
Food & Drink:Drinks
COFFEE (3)Can Often Fuel Feverishness, Excitement, Euphoria Bill Neal
Food & Drink:Drinks
COFFEE AND DONUTSCappuccino's Often Favourite For Early Evening; Also, Never Decline Delicious Offerings - Not Unless Too Small! Patricia Rix
Food & Drink
COFFINContains Obsolete Fellow's Finite Ingredients Now Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Death
COGNATESCommon Origin Gives Noise-Aligned Terms Equivalent Semantics Angela Brett (A cognate is a word in one language which is similar in form and meaning to a word in another language because both languages are related.)
Science:Linguistics
COHERENTConsistent, Or Having Exact Relationships Evident - Nothing Tearaway. Angela Brett
Assorted Adjectives
COHERENT (2)Consistently Orderly, He Evinces Rationally Expressed Neat Thinking Tony McCoy O'Grady
Communication
People & Relationships:Thoughts
COINSCombined Often Into Notes, Symbolically. Angela Brett
Commerce:Money
COLA WARSChoice Of Lifestyle? Actually Water And Refined Sugar. Angela Brett
Food & Drink:Drinks
COLDColour Of Legs Darkens Angela Brett
Assorted Adjectives
COLESLAWCabbage Only Looks Edible: Shredded Leaves Are Worthless. Roger Williams
Food & Drink
COLETTECan One Learn Education To Teach Everyone Jan Morgan
Names:First names:Female
COLLECTIONSCommon Objects, Layout Lovingly Established, Changing Them Into Objects Now Significant. Roger Williams
Household Objects
COLLECTORCreating One Large Lot, Each Collector Thinks Of Resale Sean Lamb
People & Relationships
COLLEGECenter Of Learning Less Educated Gurus Evolved Rico Leffanta
Education
COLLEGE LIFECampus-Oriented Living Lets Everyone Getting Educated Live In Friendly Environment Tony McCoy O'Grady
Education
COLLEGESClasses Of Lovely Lasses & Excellent Guys Enjoying Schooling Tony McCoy O'Grady
Education
COLLIDERComplaining Of Lover Locked Into Discovering/Dissecting Energetic Reactions Angela Brett, on the song by Les Horribles Cernettes (you can download it or read the lyrics at http://musiclub.web.cern.ch/MusiClub/bands/cernettes/songs/collider.html)
Entertainment:Music:Songs
Science:Physics
COLLINGWOODCan Outsiders Live Luxuriously In Nearby Georgian Wonderland, Or Only Die? George Rix
Places:Towns & Cities:Canada
COLOMBIACocaine Obliterated Lives Of Many Boys In America. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
COLONELCompetent Once... Lively Once.... Now Elderly & Lethargic Tony McCoy O'Grady
Military:Ranks
COLONOSCOPYCome On, Let Our New Omni-Seeing Contraption (Oiled) Probe You Robert Anonymous
Science:Biology:Healthcare
COLONYCollection Of Life, Organised, Nurturing Yield Gavin Lambert - "Nurturing Yield" meaning increasing productivity :)
Science:Biology
COLORCollection Of Light Originates Rainbow. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
COLOR (2)Crayons Occur Lively Or Rich Jan Morgan
Art & Literature
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
COLORADOCentennial Ordination, Land Of Rockies A Dimmers Observance Jan Morgan - became state 100 years after signing of declaration Mile High City - dims the lights
Places:States & Regions
COLOR ME SMILING'Concave Over' Lips Of Red, My Eyes Sparkling Mean It's Likely Illustrator Needs Glitter. Angela Brett
Art & Literature
People & Relationships:Emotions
COLOSSIANSCult Offered Life Of Sure Salvation. Itinerant Apostle Nailed Slander. Sue Johnson
Religion:Bible books
COLOUR CHARTColourinary Odiousness - Look Out! Using Regularly Causes Heart Attack & Renal Thrombosis Tony McCoy O'Grady, to go with the PAINT-eating acronyms.
Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement
COLOUR CHART (2)Choice Of Lots Of Unusual Recipes Can Help Achieve Right Taste Tony McCoy O'Grady, to balance COLOUR CHART
Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement
COLUMBIUMChemical Of Lustre. Usually Mined By Industrious Underground Miners. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
COMBCleans Out Messy Bunches Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products
COME BACK SOONCheck Our Members Entries By Another Call - Keenly Seeking Out Our Novelties Tony McCoy O'Grady, encouraging people to search the Acronyms website (http://acronyms.co.nz) again if they don't find anything the first time, because we strive to acronymise any unsuccessful search terms.
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website
COMMACompetent Orator May Momentarily Aerate. Angela Brett
Science:Linguistics
COMMA (2)Come On, Many More Acronyms! Gavin Lambert, pointing out a missing comma in an acronym featured in THE ACRONYM TIMES
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
COMMENTING CODEContemplation Of My Mortality - Enlightenment's Needed To Invigorate Next Generation Continuing Our Development Effort. Angela Brett (commenting code is what a programmer does when s/he finds out s/he only has two weeks to live.)
Computers:Programming
COMMITMENT AND RELIABILITYCan't Offer Much, Miss... I'm Typical Male. Each Night Together Adds No Definite Relationship Endurance. Lust Is A Brilliant Idea, Love Is Too Yucky. Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
COMMITTEECowardice Of Meeting Means Individual Toughman Tramples Everyone Else Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
COMMITTEE MEMBERSClones Of Management Meet In Time To Examine Events. Must Examine Minutes But Eschew Resolving Situations Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:The Workforce
COMMODECrapper Or Men's Masturbation Outlet? Determine Eventually. Jeff Anonymous
Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room'
COMMUNICATEConveying One's Meaning - Maybe Using Notepaper - Is Considered A Talent, Evidently Tony McCoy O'Grady
Communication
COMMUNIONChristians Offer Messiah Morsels... Ultimately Not Innards Of Nazarene Angela Brett
Religion
COMMUNITYConnection Of Many Minds - Usually Nowadays It's Typed Yabbering. Angela Brett
People & Relationships
Computers:Internet
COMMUNITY ARTS AND MUSIC PROJECTCreate Original Municipal Mural, Under No Illusions That You Are Rembrandt... The Spirit's All Neighbourhood Desires. Many Ukeleles Sound In Concert, Performers (Remembering Ordinary Jobs) Enjoy Creating Tunes. Angela Brett
People & Relationships
Entertainment:Music
Art & Literature
COMOROSCitizens Of Mixed Origins, Residents Only Subsist. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
COMPACT MUON SOLENOIDCounting Out Muons Presents A Challenge... Too Many Unprocessed Outputs Necessary Since Our Latest Equipment Nibbles On Incredible Dataflow Angela Brett (During one second of CMS running, a data volume equivalent to 10,000 Encyclopaedia Britannica will be produced, and not all of it can be recorded -- see http://cmsinfo.cern.ch/Welcome.html/CMSdocuments/CMSposters/PDF/TriDASNCo.pdf)
Science:Physics
COMPANY NAMESCorporations Often Make Particular Apronymic Names - Yet Not Always Make Economic Sense Tony McCoy O'Grady - some apronymic names don't always tell the customer immeidately what the company does. Esso was an attempt at spelling the word formed by S and O, the initials of Standard Oil. Standard Oil tells the comsumer much more than Esso or Exxon do.
Commerce:Companies
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
COMPASSCould One's Magnet Point At South? Surely! Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Navigation Aids
COMPASSIONATE SERVICEComforts Others, Many People Are Seeing Service In Our Needs And Trials Endured. Sees Every Responsibility, Vital In Caring, Everyone Jan Morgan
Religion
COMPETITION (2)Consumers Often Monitor Price, Ensuring That It's Truly Indicative Of Noteworthiness Angela Brett
Commerce
COMPILERCorrector Of Many Problems, It Lends Expertise Readily Angela Brett
Computers:Programming
COMPILER (2)Compilers Only Make Programs If Libraries Execute Right Sean Lamb
Computers:Programming
COMPLEX CONDITIONAL STATEMENTConjunction Of Many Predicates Logically Evaluated Xerts Control Over Numbercruncher. Developed Intellectuals Think It's Overly Nettlesome... A Large-Scale Turing Automation, Though, Executes Mindlessly Every Nettlesome Task. Angela Brett
Computers:Programming
COMPOSECreation Of Musical Pieces Or Something Else Edwin Hermann
Entertainment:Music
Art & Literature
COMPUTERCrashes Or Mangles Programs Until Technician Emolument Received Rico Leffanta
Computers
COMPUTER (2)Can't Operate Machine. Participating Usually Terrifies Eventual Recruit Jan Morgan
Computers
COMPUTER (3)Complex Outrageous Machine Practically Using Things, Especially Remarkable Jacek Dobrzyniecki
Computers
COMPUTER MAGAZINECauses Overeater Mouth Problems, Upset Tummy, Excruciating Rectal Movements And Gastritis - And Zero In Nutritional Elements. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Do Not Eat
COMPUTER MAGAZINE (2)Cook One's Manuals, Perhaps Until Tender, Ensures Roughage. Meals Are Generally Assumed Zero In Nutritional Effects Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Do Not Eat
COMPUTER PRESENTATIONCan Only Make Printouts Using This Expensive Rubbish? Projection's Really Easy, Shouldn't Everyone Nowadays Throw Away Transparencies? Ink's Old News! Angela Brett
Computers
Communication:Presentations
COMPUTERS (2)Convey Others' Messages! Produce Useful Tips! Electronically Run Securely! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Computers
COMPUTER SUPPORTChap On My Phone Usually Tries Enabling Repair. Some Unusual 'Puter Problems Often Require Technicians Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers
CONAN O'BRIENCan Oblong Noggins And Nerdy Oafs Bring Ratings? I Expect Not. joybutton
Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows
CONCEITEDConcerning Oneself, Never Chanced Entertaining Inferior Thoughts. Everything's Delightful Tony McCoy O'Greatest
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
CONCRETEConglomeration Of Natural Congealers Reinforces Every Tall Edifice Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Buildings
CONCUPISCENCEConflicting Onus Never Concedes Until Penetration Invades Sentiments Compromising Emotional Nuances Causing Eviction Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
CONDOMContraceptive Often Needs Deploying Over Member Tony McCoy O'Grady, after watching an 'expose' TV programme on teenage sex in England.
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
CONFERENCECombatting Omnifarious Nastiness, Fairly Enigmatic Reptiles Exist Near Cairo, Egypt joybutton
Science:Biology
CONFESSIONALCatholic Or Not, 'Fess Even Small Sins In Our Now Audioproof Locker Jeff Anonymous
Religion
Places:Buildings
CONFUSEDCauldron Of Nonconforming Feelings - Understanding Seems Ever Distant. Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Emotions
CONFUSIONChaos - Office Nitwit's F***ed Up! Situation Is Outrageously Nightmarish Tnyo CcyoM OdrGay'
People & Relationships
CONGOCoups Oust Native Governments Occasionally. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
CONGRESSConglomerations Of No-Goods - Really Entirely Self Serving. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
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
CONGRESS (3)Come On! No Group Really Enacts Such Sh*t Roger Williams
Politics
CONNECT FOURColoured Ovals Navigated Nicely Ensuring, Cleverly, The Formation Of Unmixed Rows Angela Brett
Entertainment:Games
CONNECTICUTConstitutional Order Naturally Needed, Embraces Colony To Initiate Creed Used Today Jan Morgan - first state to use laws
Places:States & Regions
CONNIECaring One Negotiates Noteworthy Ideas, Effectively Jan Morgan
Names:First names:Female
CONSECRATIONComplete Obedience Necessary, Sacred Efficacious, Concentrated Righteous Attributes To Initiate One's Nirvana Jan Morgan
Religion
CONSERVATIVEContinuously Opposes Novelty, Sees Everything Reactionarily, Violently Against Things It Views "Emergent" TMcCO'G
Politics
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
CONSERVATIVESContinuation Of National State Earnings Related Value Added Taxes In Very Extreme Situations John Richard Jones
Politics:Parties
CONSTANCE"Could Other Nation Seize Throne?" Asks Nasty Conniving Englishwoman Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King John
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King John
CONSTIPATEDCan One Not Shift This Impacted Pile And Take Energising Dump? Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
CONSTITUTIONContract Offering Numerous Sequential Tenets Intended To Unitedly Temper Its Own Nation Patricia Rix
Politics
People & Relationships:Law & Order
CONSULTANTCompanies Often Need Someone Using Logic To Analyze New Theories Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
CONTRACTContributors Ought Not To Reveal Any Contrary Thoughts Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract'
Communication:Acronyms Forums
CONTRACT (2)Co-Operative? No! That's Right, Angela Controls Tony Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract'
Communication:Acronyms Forums
CONTROL DESTINYConscious Or Not, The Reality Of Life's Deterministic... Everything's Sums, Trajectories, Integrals, 'Ncluding You! Angela Brett
Religion
CONTROL FREAKCommands Overly Necessary Tasks, Ruins Others Lives, Frightening Responses, Everyone's Attitude Kaput Jan Morgan - kaput=ruined, these people can cause undue stress on relationships
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
CONVERTING PAGANSChristians Overthrow Native Views, Existing Religious Teaching's Implicitly No Good, Presumed 'Actual' God's A Necessary Substitute. Angela Brett
Religion
CONVICTCalculating, Overtly Nefarious Villain In Computer Trade Angela Brett, finding another villain for the Baddie School roll.
MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains
COOKControls Ordering Of Kitchen Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink:Chefs
COOK (2)Cuisine Out Of Kilobytes! Angela Brett
Computers:Do Not Eat
COOKIE MANAGER MOMCrazy Occasional Obligation Keeps Its Endeavor Mandated, A Numbers Agenda Gains Every Revenue, Makes One Manage Jan Morgan - Girl Scouts need help keeping track of how many cookie boxes go out and how much money comes in making sure everything is correct and accounted for
Sports & Recreation:Scouts
COOKIESCupboard Of One's Kitchen Is Eternal Source. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
COOKINGContents Of Our Kitchens Is Now 'Grub' Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
COOL STUFFChill Out - Oh Look, Some Things're Utterly Funky & Fantastic TMcCO'G
Assorted Phrases
CO-OPERATIONComplete Oligarchy Of Petroleum Empires Riles All The Innocent Oil-Needers. Angela Brett (see COMPETITION)
Transport
Commerce
COORDINATORControlling Overseer Of Research & Development Is Necessary Administrator To Obtain "Results" Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
COPCorrect Operational Procedure Angela Brett, after hearing a character on a police drama use that phrase.
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
COPOUTCunning Operation Planning On Upbraiding Target Katherine
People & Relationships:Law & Order
COPOUT (2)Chancer Often Pleads Obtusely, Using Trickery Tony
People & Relationships
COPPERCommonly Our Police, Properly Earthly Resource Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
COPSCrime's Opposers Protect & Serve Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
COPULATEConstables Outnumber People Usually Late At Tort Events Rico Leffanta (Cop! You Late!)
People & Relationships:Law & Order
COPY AND PASTECan Original Postings You've Abandoned Now Depart. Perhaps Archive Should Thread Elsewhere Tony McCoy O'Grady, when it was suggested that some of the old forum threads copied and pasted into an ARCHIVE.
Communication:Acronyms Forums
COPY PROTECTION SCHEMECatalyst Of Piracy... Your Purchase Runs On The Elderly CD + Tape Instruments Only... Net Search Compulsory (How Else's Mp3 Extracted?) Angela Brett, who would like to buy certain CDs but is forced to download them from the internet instead, since copy-protection schemes prevent the CDs from being played in anything other than than my alarm clock. Unfortunately the iTunes Music Store is not available in this country yet, so that means piracy.
Entertainment:Music
CORALComfort Of Receiving Another's Love Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the coral (35th) wedding anniversary.
Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries
CORDClogs Oesophagus, Really Dry Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
CORD (2)Chopper Organises Ready Deadwood Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Mathematics:Measurement
CORDELIAComes Over Really Dignified, Echoing Lear's Inherent Authority Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear
CORDYCEPSClaims Of Reducing (Drastically) Your Cholesterol & Enhancing Pulmonary System Tony
Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs
CORECentre Of Reactor, Etc. Angela Brett
Places:Positions & Directions
CORE (2)Centre, Or Rather, Epicentre Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Positions & Directions
CORINTHIANSCorruption Observed. Renounce Impiety Now. Tolerating Heresy Is A Non-Starter. Sue Johnson
Religion:Bible books
CORIOLISControl Of Rotation In One's Loo's Incredibly Slight! Angela Brett (see http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html)
Science:Meteorology
People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions
CORIOLIS (2)Circularity Of Rotation Is Oppositional, Loading Is Slow TMcCO'G, after Patricia wondered if the Apronyms site is the slowest in the Southern Hemisphere, responded: It's the Coriolis effect. The site loads anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern. Reverse the polarity of the plug on your computer and all will be as it should be :-)
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Excuses for Slow Loading
CORNChiropodist's Obviously Really Needed Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
CORN (2)Cob Offers Ready Nutrition Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
CORN (3)Callous Often Requires Nursing Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments

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