Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| 100% | TAB | Total A Bill |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| 100% | TAB (2) | Taking A Bill |
Jan Morgan Commerce |
| 100% | TABBY | They Are Banded, Braceleted Yowlers |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | TABLES | Truth Arrays... Boolean Logic Explicitly Stated |
Angela Brett, referring to truth tables. Science:Mathematics Science:Electronics |
| 89% | TABLE SAW | Tackle A Block Lengthwise, Enabling Someone (to) Attack Wood |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects |
| 100% | TABLE TENNIS | Take Any Ball, Lob Everywhere, Then Enjoy Nefarious Negotiations In Sequence |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TABLOID | Tits And Bums Laden - Only Interests Dummies |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Periodicals |
| 100% | TACO BELL | Tummy Aches Common - Obliterating & Burning Esophagus Lining, Largely. |
Jeff Anonymous, who suggests PEPCID to solve the stomach acid troubles caused by eating Mexican. Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | TAFFY | That's Another Freaky Foodstuff, Y'know/Yes? |
Gavin Lambert Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 100% | TAHITI | Trying Any Hula Increases Temperatures Immediately |
Rico Leffanta Places:Countries |
| 86% | TAILOR | Tradesman Alters Ill-fitting Longjohns Or Robes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 86% | TAIWAN | The Administration Is With Anti-communist Nationalists. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | TAKACHSIN | Trailblazing Adolescent Kindles Abilities Choosing His Skills, Informs Novices |
Jan Morgan - Delaware Indian Language means leader - and is a leadership training camp Education Sports & Recreation |
| 93% | TAKEN DOWN A PEG | The All-Knowing Egoist Needs Deflation? One Who Needs A Put-down's Evidently Grandiloquent! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see FAILURE) Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | TAKING IT TO THE TOP | Terrible Argument - Keep It Nicely Glowing - Is Then Turned Over To Highest Executive - Their Opinion's Permanent! |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | TALBOT | Trustworthy Army Leader Besieges Opponent's Towns |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry VI |
| 100% | TALENT | Though Ability's Lovely, Everyone Needs Training. |
Angela Brett, since people are often urged not to rely on talent but to train/practise to reach their full potential. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | TALENT (2) | The Ability's Latent Evidently, Not Tutored. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | TALENT (3) | Tony & Angela List Expansions - 'Nyms Terrific! |
Instant Ninja Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | TALIBAN | The Afghani Leadership Is Biased Against Nonmales |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics |
| 100% | TALIBAN (2) | Thugs And Louts In Bourkhas - America's Nemesis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics |
| 100% | TALIBAN (3) | They Abandoned Learning Islam - Began Attacking Neighbours. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (This is in reference to the origins of the Taliban, religious students who went to fight the Russian invaders) Politics |
| 100% | TALKERS | True Apronymists Listen! Keenly Enhance, Regenerate Skills! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Communication:Talking |
| 100% | TALK TO THE HAND | Trying Achieves Little, Kills Talking Obviously Totally Hampering Ends Hearing, Avoids Natural Decency |
Jan Morgan -- expression -- in other words, I don't want to hear it People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | TALL | Towering Above Lesser Lumps |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | TALL STORY | Telling A Little Lie Sometimes To Ornament Rich Yarn |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | TALLY HO | Toward Any Lethal Limb Your Horse Opts |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Phrases Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TAMBOURINE | There's A Million Backingsingers Operating Useless Rattling Instruments - None Excel! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | TAMMY | Trilled About Marital Mishaps, Yodelling |
TMcCO'G (referring to Tammy Wynette) who thinks almost all 'country' songs seem to be about unhappy marriages Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | TAMORA | Tragically Authors Murderous Ordeal Revenging Alarbus |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Titus Andronicus |
| 86% | TAMPAX | Tampons Assist Menstruation, Particularly After X-rays |
Chris Kjelgaard Household Objects |
| 100% | TAMPAX (2) | These Aren't Men's Products Apparently - Xtraordinary! |
TMcCO'G Household Objects |
| 100% | TANGERINE IMAC | This Apple's No Good! Even RAM Is Not Edible. I'm Making A Complaint! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat:iMac Fruit Salad |
| 100% | TANGI | Tears Are Not Good Indications |
Angela Brett (Tangi is the Maori word for cry, and also for a funeral) People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Death Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| 89% | TANTALUM | Thought-of As Niobium. Though A Largely Unmeltable Metal. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | TANYA | Trying A New You, Actually |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | TANZANIA | Tanganyika And Nearby Zanzibar Are Now In Association. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | TARA | Tara! Aack! Rrack! Aack! |
Rob Rix, explaining: Tara is rather icky. The buildings aren't nice the way most of Bruce County is, they're little ugly boxes (like PCs, sort of). The main street is positively depressing. The whole place makes you feel that it hasn't any air. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | TARA (2) | They Are Rich Atlantans. |
Roger Williams -- Gone With the Wind. Places |
| 100% | TARBELL | Told All, Rightly Blaming Evil Legal Loopholes |
Jeff Anonymous, answering a failed search evidently referring to muckraker Ida Tarbell (not sure if he was into loopholes or not, though) Names:Famous people |
| 100% | TARGET | Taking Aim, Raise Gun, Embrace Trigger |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (One is always advised to 'squeeeeze' a trigger slowly, rather like embracing a partner, and not jerk it!) Military Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TAROT | Their Accuracy's Rotten - Or Treacherous |
TMcCO'G Religion |
| 100% | TAROT (2) | They're A Roguish Operator's Tools |
TMcCO'G Religion |
| 100% | TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS | Tiber's Aftermost Rex, Quit Under Impugnment (Nefarious, Inappropriately Used Sexuality) Sculpted Unprincipled Plans, Expertly Raped Beautiful Unwed Skirt |
Robert Anonymous -- Tarquinius Superbus (otherwise known as sextus tarquinius) was rome's last king (the tiber being the river rome was founded upon) who was deposed because he raped Lucretia, a noble girl. Rex is latin for king, but dictionary.com says it is commonly used in English. Politics:Royalty:Royals |
| 100% | TARRY | Try A Risque Romance Yourself |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | TART | Taste A Rhubarb Today! |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink |
| 86% | TARZAN | Tree-dwelling Apeman, (Raised Zoophilously) Among Nature |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | TARZAN OF THE APES | Thought A Rare Zoological Abnormality, Newly Orphaned Foundling That Had Evidently Adopted Primates' Environmental Skills |
TMcCO'G Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | TASTER | Takes A Sip Then Ejects Residue |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 83% | TASTY | This is A Sincere Thank-You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | TAU | Tiny And Unstable |
Angela Brett (while the tau is the heaviest of the leptons, it's still tiny... and due to its mass is the most unstable lepton, lasting around 3*10^-13 seconds.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | TAUON | Tried At Uniformity Of Notation |
Angela Brett (Tauon is another name for the TAU particle, with the familiar -on suffix of other particles.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | TAURUS | They Are Uniquely Raising Umpteen Suspicions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Astrology |
| 100% | TAURUS (2) | Trusting Attribute, Unswervingly Responsible, Usually Steadfast |
Jan Morgan Religion:Astrology |
| 100% | TAX | Tariffs Are Xcessive. |
Roger Williams Politics Commerce:Money |
| 100% | TAXI | Travel Avoiding Xenophobic Interaction |
Eric Bridgstock Transport |
| 92% | TAXI DRIVERS | They Are Xtremely Incompetent Drivers Requiring Instruction for Virtually Every Route Specified. |
Steve Keate Transport:Drivers |
| 100% | T-BAG | The Baddie; Annoys Girls |
Angela Brett, referring to the title character of an 80s/90s children's TV series. (See http://members.tripod.co.uk/jrv94/ind.html for more information on the series) Entertainment:TV shows Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | TCHAIKOVSKY | This Composer Has Achieved Intense Kudos, Overtures' (& Variations') Subtleties Kindle Yearnings |
TMcCO'G Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | TCP/IP | To Connect Properly, Install Properly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (TCP/IP usually stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| 100% | T'DAY | The Day After Yesterday |
Angela Brett Time |
| 100% | TEA | Taken Every Afternoon |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | TEA (2) | The English Aphrodysiac |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Love & Lust Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | TEA (3) | The Ecclesiastical/Exalted/Excited/Exhausted Adults. |
Angela Brett (see BREAD... If the adults get together for refreshments after mass, that group could be called TEA.) |
| 100% | TEACH | Take Each Advantage, Cautiously Heard |
Jan Morgan - Listen attentively to all lessons, it is to your own advantage. Education |
| 100% | TEACHER | To Educate Any Child Have Erasers Ready |
Rico Leffanta Education:Occupations |
| 100% | TEACHER (2) | Talented! Educates, Affirms Children! Higher Education Results! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. My FIRST TEACHER! is freeing ME from the PUN!-ISH!-MEANT! of APRONYMS OBSESSION! Education:Occupations |
| 100% | TEACHER (3) | Transcriptionists Educate! Arithmetic Convey! Humanely Encourage Reading/'Riting/'Rithmetic! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. My SECOND TEACHER! Education:Occupations |
| 100% | TEACHER (4) | Trained Ears Above Confusion! Humanely Encourage Reading! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. My THIRD TEACHER! Education:Occupations |
| 100% | TEAM | They Embody A Morale |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | TEAM (2) | They Expect A Match |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | TEAM (3) | Totally Enthused And Motivated |
Phil Stollery People & Relationships |
| 100% | TEAM NAMES | Top Echelon Athletes May Need A 'Moniker' Explaining Source |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Most team names give a little insight into the origins of the team. Names Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TEAMWORK | The Ends Are Met When Organisation Really 'Knits' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | TEAMWORK (2) | Trust Effective/Energetic Altruistic Management! Work: Organized Relevant Keen! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. People & Relationships |
| 100% | TEAMWORK (3) | Thesaurus Expands/Effects Apronym Making! Word Organisation Requires Knowledge! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | TEAPOT | To Each Apportion Perhaps One Teaspoonful |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| 100% | TEASE | To Exaggerate Any Small Eccentricities |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | TEA THINGS | To Enjoy Afternoon Tea, Have In Nice - Good Service |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| 100% | TEA TOWEL | This Erases Any Trace Of Wetness Every Lunchtime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Towels |
| 100% | TEA TREE OIL | To Ease Ailments, This Rather Especial Essence Often Is LIked |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 91% | TECHNETIUM | The Earliest Creation of Humans. Name Evoking, Translationally, Its Unnatural Manufacture. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | TECHNOSAURUS | Texas Excavation Creates Hoopla. New Ornithischian Sauropod Artifacts Uncovered Right Under Sand |
Sean Lamb (Technosaurus was discovered near Lubbock, Texas, and is classed as an Ornithischian) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | TEDDY | This Entertains (Daily) Delighted Youth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Toys |
| 100% | TEDIOUS | To Endlessley Do It Often Unceasingly Slowly |
Sean Lamb (who's been typing too many lines of CPPUNIT_ASSERT code lately for unit testing) Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | TEDIUM | Trying Everything Dumb In Useless Monotony |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | TEE-HEE | Titter Easily Extracted, Hilarity Ended Eventually |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| 100% | TEENAGER | Totally Emotional Ego, Not A Good Early Riser |
Jan Morgan - isn't it true Time:Age |
| 90% | TEEN MALES | They Eat, Entertain Nonsense, Moan, And Lust with Explosive Sexualities |
Robert Anonymous People & Relationships:Love & Lust Time:Age |
| 100% | TEENS | They're Expensive - Ever 'Needing' Stuff |
Angela Brett Time:Age |
| 100% | TEENS (2) | They Eat, & Endlessly Need Sleep |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
| 100% | TEETH | Terrible Event Engages Traumatic Hesitation |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 78% | TEH TYPO | To Err is Human - Throughout Your Proofreading it's Obvious! |
Angela Brett Art & Literature |
| 100% | TELECASTER | Television's Earliest Linkmen Established "Celebrity" Announcing Sports' Teams Endeavours & Results |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Sports & Recreation Communication |
| 89% | TELECOMMUNICATION | This Evidently Lets Everyone Chat Over Many Miles. Unfortunately Now It Can't, And Techie's Inspecting Out-of-order Network. |
Angela Brett, when she was supposed to be having lunch with Steve but ended up in the PABX room of TVNZ while he fixed routers or somesuch. Communication |
| 100% | TELEGRAPH | Thin Electric Lines Encircling Globe. Relays And Poles Help. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | TELEPHONE | Talk Endlessly, Letting Every Private Home On Network Eavesdrop |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, thinking of the 'party line' telephones of days gone by. Communication |
| 90% | TELEPHONE (2) | Taken Everywhere Lately (by) Eager People Having Only Nerdy Existence |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| 100% | TELEPHONE (3) | Talk Endlessly, Leisurely, Enjoying Personal Hobnobbing Over Neverending Expanses |
Roger Williams Communication |
| 100% | TELESCOPE | This Enhances Longsightedness - Even See Cosmic Objects Parsecs Extrasolar. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| 79% | TELETUBBIES | Terribly Excitable, Like Energetic Toddlers Under Blue-sky, Baby-sun, Interact with Electronic Servants |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 83% | TELEVISION | Transmitting Events Live for Electronic Viewing - Interactive Substitute Is On the Net! |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TELEVISIONS | They Essentially Leave Each Viewer In Stupor... Intelligence Often Not Stimulated. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TELLING LIES | To Every Lying Liar, It's Not Generating Lies, It's Exaggerating Stories |
Sean Lamb Communication |
| 100% | TELLURIUM | This Element Looks Little Unusual, Really Is Ultra Mundane. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 75% | TELNET | Transmitting Endorsements over Large Network Environments to Trespass |
Acronymous Anonymous Computers:Internet |
| 100% | TELNET (2) | The Easy Lane - Not Even Tricky |
Jeff Anonymous (Reflecting on the lack in Telnet of the encryption found in SSH) Computers:Internet |
| 100% | TELNET (3) | To Email, Learn Numbered, Esoteric Tetrads |
Angela Brett - I occasionally check my email using a telnet client, and many of the necessary POP commands have four letters and a message number. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | TEMPERATURE | Thermometer Emulating Masculine Peg Exercise Recoils After The Unit Reaches Ebullition |
Rico Leffanta Science:Meteorology Science:Physics |
| 100% | TEMPER TEMPER | Try Empathising More Please, Exercise Restraint, To Enrage Means Producing Exasperate Reactions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | TEMPLE | Truths Enlightened, Marriages Promise Love Eternal |
Jan Morgan - a beautiful sacred building dedicated to learning eternal truths Religion Places:Buildings People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | TEMPLETON | Tackles Eating, Mouse Primarily Large, Exciting Tale Of Nature |
Jan Morgan, referring to the rat in Charlotte's Web Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | TEMPO | Tackles Emotive Motion, Pacing Opportunity |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music |
| 86% | TEMPUS | This Evil Man Plans to Undo Superman! |
Angela Brett, referring to Tempus, a villain in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman who tried to go back in time and kill Superman as a baby. Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TEMPUS FUGIT | Time's Ever Moving (Picking Up Speed?) Fill Underused Gaps In Time! |
TMcCO'G Time |
| 100% | TEN | This Exceeds Nine. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | TENACIOUS | Trying Everything, Never Acceding. Carrying Instructions Out Until Satisfied |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | TENDERFOOT | Try Every New Duty Expected Ranking For Own Order Trusted |
Jan Morgan -- Boy Scout rank Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 100% | TENNESSEE | Tourist Encounters National Notorieties, Elvis' Songs, Sights Engaged Embattlements |
Jan Morgan - Civil War Conflicts Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | TENORS | They Emit Notes Of Rare Sweetness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | TENS | Twenty = Eleven + Nine. Score! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | TENS (2) | Thirty = Eleven + Nineteen. September! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Thirty days in September. 3 TENS! Time Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | TENT | Trampers Erect Neat Tarpaulin |
Angela Brett Places Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TEQUILA | Taking Excessive Quantities Usually Induces Lasting Addiction |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | TERBIUM | This Exhibits Rare Behaviour - It's Unusual, Magnetically. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | TERMINATE | Terrible Ending Reaches Massive Inferiority/Insensitivity/Incompatibility, Never Again To Engage |
Jan Morgan Assorted Verbs |
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