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| 100% | EPICENTER | Expanding Peacefully Into Community, Engaging Neighbours To Enrich Religiouslife |
Tony Religion:Men's Ministry |
| 100% | EPIMEDIUM | Enhances Potency In Males - Extends 'Duration' In Underperforming Men |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | EPIPHANY | External Presentation - It Possibly Happened Around New Year |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - The Christian celebration of "The Epiphany" recalls the visit of 'The Magi' to the new-born Saviour - His first presentaiton to non-Jewish people, it is celebrated on January 6th Religion Time:Special Occasions |
| 88% | EPISODE | Excitement Promised In Serialised Offerings of Dangerous Escapades |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | EPISTLE | Everyday Post Is Slow! This Letter's Electronic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Internet |
| 80% | EPISTLES | Eloquent Presentations of Intellect Stylishly Translated into Letters - Email Sent! |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | EPONA | Equestrians Plopped On Nags Abnegate |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| 90% | EPSOM SALT | Ever Painfully Shat? Open Mouth, Stick-in A Laxative Tablet. |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Chemistry Drugs |
| 100% | EPSOM SALT (2) | Extremities Painful? Soaking Of Members Slowly Allays Lingering Tension |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry Drugs |
| 100% | EPSOM SALT (3) | Everyone Please Stay Off My Salted, Aching, Little Toe |
Charlie Drugs Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 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 |
| 100% | EQUAL | Enigmatic Question Upsetting Answers Levelled |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| 94% | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | Evidently Quite Usual African Tribes Operate Republic In A Largely Genuinely Unspoiled Independent Nation (in) Equatorial Africa. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | EQUESTRIAN | Even Queen - Uh - Elizabeth Strives To Ride Irascible Anne's Nags |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | EQUESTRIAN (2) | Evidently, Queers Understand Equines Superbly... They're Riding In Australia Now. |
Angela Brett, because it seems that most members of the New Zealand equestrian team in the Sydney olympics are homosexual. Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | EQUIVOCAL | Empirical Queen Uttering Indecent Virginal Orchestrations Climaxing Amoral Love |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | ERAS | Events Rise And Shine |
Rico Leffanta Time |
| 75% | ERBIUM | Employed in Reactor Bits. It's Uses (are) Marginal. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | ERIC | Exact Retribution In Coinage |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Crossworders will know that an 'eric' was a fine payable by a murderer to the family of the victim) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | ERIC (2) | Expansions Result In Chuckles |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | ERIC (3) | Eats Ripple Ice-Cream |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 100% | ERICA | Expects Romance Is Coming Afterward |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | ERIE | Erie Railroad Is Extinct |
Sean Lamb (the Erie Railroad, chartered in 1832, ran between New York City and Buffalo (on Lake Erie) until it was merged into the Erie Lackawanna in the 1950s and later Conrail, which has now been split between CSX and Norfolk Southern) Transport:Trains |
| 100% | ERIK | Enchanting Rich Individual's Karma |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | ERIS | Earthlings Relish Interrupted Seasons! |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Greek Gods & Goddesses |
| 88% | ERITREA | Ethiopia Relinquinshed It, This Republic (of) East Africa. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | ERNEST HEMINGWAY | Espousing Rugged Nature (Eventually Suicided Though) He Epitomised Manliness In Novelists, Generally Wrote About Yanks |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | ERNIE | Everybody Regularly Needs Income Enhancement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. - ERNIE is the name of the computer which picks (picked?) winning Prize Bonds in the UK. it stood for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Money |
| 100% | EROGENOUS ZONES | Easement Recognition Of Generic Erections Navigating Obstacles Usually Surrounding Zucchini Outlets Needing Extra Stuffing |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 89% | ERRANTRY | Essentially Romantic Roaming (for) Adventures, New Things Reward You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | !ERROR! ?MESSAGE? | Evaluation Required! Read Old Recondite Manuals! Exhaust Sentience Spirit! !Apathy! !Generally! !Ensues! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Computers |
| 94% | ERROR POINTER-OUTER | Ever Resourceful Resource Organiser Rapidly Points Out (In Nit-pickingness & Tediousness) Errors. Remote Oldie Unfailing Types Errors Repetitively |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela pointed out he'd missed out a word in his HEARTBURN expansion. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | ERUDITE | Extensive Reading Usually Develops Intellectual Talent Effectively. |
Roger Williams Education People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | ESAC | End Statement After 'Case' |
Angela Brett -- in a bash script, to end a case block you use 'esac', to end an 'if' you use 'fi' and to end a 'do' you use... 'done'. Nobody ever called bash intuitive. ;^) Computers:Programming |
| 100% | ESCAPE | Extreme Situations Catapult Anxious Permanent Exits |
Ian Rywalt (I've contributed a couple of other apronyms a long time ago). The first two letters were easy to imagine, the rest was sculpted from the dictionary and thesaurus, with an intent to force a suitable exit strategy. The apronym could alternatively be written as "Extreme Situation Catapults Anxious Permanent Exit", but I like the plural form better. People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | ESCAPISM | Everyone Should Create A Paradise Inside Stultified Mind |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships |
| 100% | ESCARGOT | Escaping Snail Craps And Regurgitates Garlic On Throat |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Insects:Edible(?) |
| 89% | ESCARGOT (2) | Eww! Snails! Carry Away Right-now! Gimme Other Things! |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Biology:Insects:Edible(?) |
| 100% | ESCHER | Escher Sketches Cunningly Harness Expressive Recursion |
omnicronos (Note the deliberate recursion :-) Names:Famous people Art & Literature |
| 100% | ESCOFFIER | Especially Successful Chef Offered French Food In European Restaurants |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 100% | ESOPHAGUS | Exhaust So Offal Passes Heart And Goes Under Scrotum |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 86% | ESPEON | Evidently Some Pokemon's Evolved, Or Newly-reincarnated |
TMcCO'G Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ESPN | Eighty Seminole Points - Nil. |
Angela Brett, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We have a game coming up with our rival school, the Florida Gators. We are the Florida State Seminoles. and we want an Acronym for ESPN with something clever about us winning. If anyone could help that would be great. Sports & Recreation:Florida State Seminoles |
| 100% | ESPN (2) | Extraordinary Sports People, Natives |
Angela Brett, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We have a game coming up with our rival school, the Florida Gators. We are the Florida State Seminoles. and we want an Acronym for ESPN with something clever about us winning. If anyone could help that would be great. Sports & Recreation:Florida State Seminoles |
| 80% | ESPN (3) | Every Schools' Playing-field Nemesis |
Tony (see ESPN) Sports & Recreation:Florida State Seminoles |
| 100% | ESPN (4) | Energetic Sports Played Nastily |
Tony (see ESPN) Sports & Recreation:Florida State Seminoles |
| 100% | ESPN (5) | Expect Some Personal Naughtiness |
Tony (see ESPN) Sports & Recreation:Florida State Seminoles |
| 100% | ESSEX | English Slags Selling Erotic 'Xperiences |
TMcCO'G - "Essex Girl" is a wellknown expression in England. People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | ESS-OH-ESS | Encoded Scream Starts Off Harbourmaster's/Hero's Emergency Safety Strategy |
Angela Brett (see DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT) People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | ESTHER | Evidently She Treated Her Existence Religiously |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| 97% | ESTIMATING AND COMPARING CAPACITY | Essential Skill Today Is Measuring Approximately - That Is, Nearest-Guess About Next Drink's Content Of Methanol-like Poison. Alcoholics Reason, 'If New Glass Contains A Paltry Amount, Cheers, I'll Take Yours.' |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | ESTIMATION | Experience Sole Teacher In Murky Art, There Is Often None. |
Angela Brett, after somebody at work said that estimation is a black art and the only way you can get better at it is with experience. Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | ESTONIA | Eventually Soviets Thrown Out, National Independence Attained. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | ET CETERA | Echoing Thoughts Create Endless, Termless Expressions, Repeating Aimlessly |
Melanie Merswolke Main |
| 100% | ETERNAL | Everlasting Truth, Eternally Right, Nuptials Always Lasting |
Jan Morgan Time People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | ETHIOPIA | Enduring The Heat Is Onerous, Poverty Is Apparent. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | ETHNICITY | Even Though Human Nature's In Common, Ideologies Throw You |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | EUCLID | 'E's Unclear... Can Lines Intersect Dually? |
Angela Brett, because Euclid's first postulate saying that a straight line can be drawn from any point to any point does not explicitly say that the line is unique. Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | EUDORA | Email Utility Demonstrates Over Reaching Achievement |
Gavin Lambert, who really likes it - most of the time! Computers:Internet |
| 100% | EUDORA (2) | Eponym's Unpronounceable. Dummies Only Rarely Accurate. |
Sean Lamb (who has heard too many users say "Endora" when they really mean "Eudora") Computers:Internet |
| 100% | EUGENE | Exemplary Unique Gentleman, Encourages Negotiations Energetically |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | EULA | Extremely Unappealing License Agreement |
EULA = End User License Agreement (Microsoft) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| 100% | EUNUCH | Eugenics Urges Neuter Up Choral Heights |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | EUREKA! | Epiphanic Understanding Reached - Exclaim Knowledge Aloud! |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | EUROPE | Encompasses Unique Regions, Own Purposes Emphasized |
Jan Morgan Places |
| 100% | EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY | Exalted University Researchers Orgainsed Project Emulating American (NASA) Space Programme - Albeit Cannot Expend Asmuch Gelt Each New Calendar Year |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| 89% | EUROPIUM | Evidently Ultra Reactive - Oxide's Phosphoresence Is Used (for) Magenta. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | EUTOCIUS | Essentially Updated The Others' Calculations - Inscribed Unoriginal Summaries. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | EVA GABOR | Eternal Virgin Always Going Around Breasting Other Romantics |
Rico Leffanta Names:Famous people:Actors & Actresses |
| 100% | EVANGELIST | Expounds (Vehemently) A New Gospel, Explaining Life In Sacred Terms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Religious Occupations |
| 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 |
| 96% | EVERY ACRONYM UNDER THE SUN | Each Vocabulary Entry Reaches Your Acronymiser's Creative Resources. Only Not-Yet-Mastered, Uncommon Nouns Don't Expand Readily. The Hardest Expansions Sometimes Use Non-words. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | EVERY GIRL IN JERSEY | Even Virgins Envisage Raw Young Girls In Routine Life In New Jersey Enjoying Rough Sex Every Year |
Chris Kjelgaard People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | EVERY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | Every Victorious Effort Reveals Your Worth! One Really Difficult Interpretation Names Thee Hero! Eventually Even Nonsensical Gibberish Leaves Insiders Shouting "Hurray!" Lastly, Acronym Neurosis Grows Unchecked, Aggravating General Excitability |
Patricia Rix Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | EVERY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (2) | Extremely Valiant Effort - Regularly You Work On Reliable Dictionary; Incredibly, No Thesaurus Has Every Existing Nuance! Go Looking In Sundry Hackneyed Lexicons And Now Generate Universal Acronyms & Great Expansions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Patricia Rix Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | EVIDENCE | Evidence Vindicates Indictment. Defenders Explain Nothing 'Cept Embarrassment. |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | EVIL DEAD THREE | Extremely Vapid, Incredibly Ludicrous, Decidedly Eccentric, Absurd, Deriding-Type Horror's Really Easily Enjoyed |
Inev Entertainment:Movies |
| 92% | EVIL LAUGHTER | Evidence of Vile Intent. Laughing Like An Unpopular Gangster Has Terrible Eerie Results |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| 94% | EVIL TWIN BROTHER | Entirely Vile Intel-Loving Twit With Innovators' Name - Beige Remains On Top in His Evil Realm. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing, thinking of Dustan's gatanist friend Steve and wondering how he could share a name with Jobs and Wozniak, then deciding perhaps he is COMMISSIONER STEVE's evil twin brother. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 100% | EVOLUTION | Every Viable Organism Lives Under The Influence Of Nature |
Angela Brett, who isn't sure just how much sense this one makes but it flows well. Science:Biology |
| 100% | EVOLVED | Evolving View On Life Verily Excited Darwin |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| 100% | EXAMPLE | Edifying Xplanation Always Makes People Learn Earlier |
Patricia Rix Education |
| 100% | EXAMS | Every "X" Attenuates My Score. |
Timothy Chambers Education |
| 100% | EXCALIBUR | Eminent Xemplary Claymore, Arthur Lifted It, But Ultimately Returned |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| 100% | EXCEPT THAT ONE! | Explicit Xclusion Communicated Excitedly: Pressing That Toggle Has Adverse Thrust. One Never Engages! |
Gavin Lambert, when Angela reminded him to expand anything in capitals -- his email signature is 'Press any key - EXCEPT THAT ONE!!!' Computers |
| 90% | EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS | Everybody Xpects Executives Cannot Understand Things. It's Very Egregious And Secretaries Serve (as) Innocent Scapegoats, Taking All Nonsense (in) Their Stride |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | EXERCISE | Energetic Xertions Erase Rounded Curves, Instead Substituting Emaciation |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation |
| 0% | EXODUS* | Eventual eXit Of Descendants Out (of) Slavery |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| 82% | EXPANSION | Exposures to X-rays Probably Are Not Safe, If Occasionally Necessary |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Science:Biology |
| 100% | EXPENSE CONTROL | Ever Xpanding Purchasing Ensures No Savings Exist. Can One Not Try Regulating Outgoing Lolly? |
TMcCO'G Commerce |
| 100% | EXPENSE MANAGEMENT | Every Xebec Put Elsewhere Needs Some Explicit Meaning And Necessity. Accountants Gain Extra Money Eliminating Needless Tarriffs. |
Angela Brett Commerce |
| 88% | EXPLODE | Excessive X-particle Production? Lots Of Dust Everywhere! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| 94% | EXPLODE AND RELEASE | Excessive X-particle Production? Lots Of Dust Everywhere After Nuclear Detonation. Resultant Energies Leave Each Area Sterile Evermore |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | EXPOSE | Extricates Xerox PARC's Overlapping Screen Elements |
Paul Marshall (an allusion to the MacOSX 10.3 feature) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 100% | EXPULSION | Excited Xenophobic Pressures Usually Lead Surreptitious Illegal Overstayers Nowhere |
Leo Boyes People & Relationships |
| 100% | EYE | Espy Your Enemies |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 83% | EYRIE | Elevated Yet Remote, Inhabitation (of) Eagles |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| 100% | EYRY | Eagle Young's Restroom Yesterday |
Rico Leffanta Places |
| 100% | EZEKIEL | Extremely Zealous Ecstatic Keenly Inveighs Exile Loudly. |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | EZRA | Exiled Zion Returns Again |
Eric Bridgstock Religion:Bible books |
| previous apronyms beginning with E |