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ALAS!Advantage Lost! Abashed! Surprise! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
APLENTYA Plethora; Loads; Excesses Not Tested Yet Rob Rix
BITE MEBlonde's Invited To Eat My Epidermis Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Phrases
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BUMMERBig Unpleasantness Makes Me Extremely Regretful Lawrence D'Oliveiro
DEFAULTDesigner Encapsulated 'Favourite' As Usual Look / Theme Tony McCoy O'Grady who feels that not all default settings are the most logical, therefore they are probably the favourite of the makers
DROWSYDozily Reposed On Waking, Stretched, Yawned. Angela Brett
EACH (2)Every Available Choice Heard Jan Morgan
ET CETERAEchoing Thoughts Create Endless, Termless Expressions, Repeating Aimlessly Melanie Merswolke
HEREWITHHave Eventuated Resulting Enclosure Which I Tender Hopefully Tony McCoy O'Grady
HUHHardly Understood Her Angela Brett
INCREASINGIs Not Contained Really Easily As Size Is Now Growing Tony McCoy O'Grady
IS (2)Inexplicably So Jeff Anonymous, when he capitalised IS in 'This one IS Tony'.
KRISTINEKnows Reading Is Shared, Teaching Ideas, Necessary Enlightenment Jan Morgan
MAY (6)Merely Asking, Yes? Tony McCoy O'Grady (on the 'May I do...' meaning of may.)
MAY (7)Means Achievement Yielded. Tony McCoy O'Grady (on the 'It may happen that...' meaning of may.)
OHOutraged Horror Tony McCoy O'Grady
OH (2)Optimistic Happiness Tony McCoy O'Grady, just to confuse those who think he means Outraged Horror! :-)
PSHAWPathetic Sarcasm Hasn't Actually Worked Tony McCoy O'Grady
QUITEQuantitatively Unspecific, It's Tentatively Extensive. Angela Brett
SOSoon & Often Angela Brett, when Jeff said, after reading 'The Meaning of Liff', 'I am SO going to acronymize some of these.'
SO (2)Spiritedly, Overenthusiastically Angela Brett (see SO)
SO (3)Some Othertime Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SO)
SOMESubset Of Mentioned Entirety Angela Brett
STRATINOSomeone Transforms Rubber And Tries Inventing New Operation Tony McCoy O'Grady, when someone searched for stratino on HTTP://ACRONYMS.CO.NZ>. He didn't know what it is but found a reference to it (as a brand-name?) in a web-search under the heading 'Rubber and Plastic Transformation'
þÿTAThanks Announced Tony McCoy O'Grady
TABTotal A Bill Tony McCoy O'Grady
TAB (2)Taking A Bill Jan Morgan
TABBYThey Are Banded, Braceleted Yowlers Patricia Rix
TABLESTruth Arrays... Boolean Logic Explicitly Stated Angela Brett, referring to truth tables.
TABLE TENNISTake Any Ball, Lob Everywhere, Then Enjoy Nefarious Negotiations In Sequence Rico Leffanta
TABLOIDTits And Bums Laden - Only Interests Dummies Tony McCoy O'Grady
TACO BELLTummy Aches Common - Obliterating & Burning Esophagus Lining, Largely. Jeff Anonymous, who suggests PEPCID to solve the stomach acid troubles caused by eating Mexican.
TAFFYThat's Another Freaky Foodstuff, Y'know/Yes? Gavin Lambert
TAHITITrying Any Hula Increases Temperatures Immediately Rico Leffanta
TAKACHSINTrailblazing Adolescent Kindles Abilities Choosing His Skills, Informs Novices Jan Morgan - Delaware Indian Language means leader - and is a leadership training camp
TAKING IT TO THE TOPTerrible Argument - Keep It Nicely Glowing - Is Then Turned Over To Highest Executive - Their Opinion's Permanent! TMcCO'G
TALBOTTrustworthy Army Leader Besieges Opponent's Towns Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI
TALENTThough 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.
TALENT (2)The Ability's Latent Evidently, Not Tutored. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TALENT (3)Tony & Angela List Expansions - 'Nyms Terrific! Instant Ninja
TALIBANThe Afghani Leadership Is Biased Against Nonmales Tony McCoy O'Grady
TALIBAN (2)Thugs And Louts In Bourkhas - America's Nemesis Tony McCoy O'Grady
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)
TALKERSTrue Apronymists Listen! Keenly Enhance, Regenerate Skills! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
TALK TO THE HANDTrying 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
TALLTowering Above Lesser Lumps Tony McCoy O'Grady
TALL STORYTelling A Little Lie Sometimes To Ornament Rich Yarn Tony McCoy O'Grady
TALLY HOToward Any Lethal Limb Your Horse Opts Rico Leffanta
TAMBOURINEThere's A Million Backingsingers Operating Useless Rattling Instruments - None Excel! Tony McCoy O'Grady
TAMMYTrilled About Marital Mishaps, Yodelling TMcCO'G (referring to Tammy Wynette) who thinks almost all 'country' songs seem to be about unhappy marriages
TAMORATragically Authors Murderous Ordeal Revenging Alarbus Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
TAMPAX (2)These Aren't Men's Products Apparently - Xtraordinary! TMcCO'G
TANGERINE IMACThis Apple's No Good! Even RAM Is Not Edible. I'm Making A Complaint! Angela Brett
TANGITears Are Not Good Indications Angela Brett (Tangi is the Maori word for cry, and also for a funeral)
TANYATrying A New You, Actually Jan Morgan
TANZANIATanganyika And Nearby Zanzibar Are Now In Association. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TARATara! 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.
TARA (2)They Are Rich Atlantans. Roger Williams -- Gone With the Wind.
TARBELLTold 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)
TARGETTaking 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!)
TAROTTheir Accuracy's Rotten - Or Treacherous TMcCO'G
TAROT (2)They're A Roguish Operator's Tools TMcCO'G
TARQUINIUS SUPERBUSTiber's Aftermost Rex, Quit Under Impugnment (Nefarious, Inappropriately Used Sexuality) Sculpted Unprincipled Plans, Expertly Raped Beautiful Unwed Skirt Robert Tunney -- 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.
TARRYTry A Risque Romance Yourself Rico Leffanta
TARTTaste A Rhubarb Today! Rico Leffanta
TARZAN OF THE APES Thought A Rare Zoological Abnormality, Newly Orphaned Foundling That Had Evidently Adopted Primates' Environmental Skills TMcCO'G
TASTERTakes A Sip Then Ejects Residue Rico Leffanta
TAUTiny 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.)
TAUONTried At Uniformity Of Notation Angela Brett (Tauon is another name for the TAU particle, with the familiar -on suffix of other particles.)
TAURUSThey Are Uniquely Raising Umpteen Suspicions Tony McCoy O'Grady
TAURUS (2)Trusting Attribute, Unswervingly Responsible, Usually Steadfast Jan Morgan
TAXTariffs Are Xcessive. Roger Williams
TAXITravel Avoiding Xenophobic Interaction Eric Bridgstock
T-BAGThe 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)
TCHAIKOVSKYThis Composer Has Achieved Intense Kudos, Overtures' (& Variations') Subtleties Kindle Yearnings TMcCO'G
TCP/IPTo Connect Properly, Install Properly Tony McCoy O'Grady (TCP/IP usually stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
T'DAYThe Day After Yesterday Angela Brett
TEATaken Every Afternoon Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEA (2)The English Aphrodysiac TMcCO'G
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.)
TEACHTake Each Advantage, Cautiously Heard Jan Morgan - Listen attentively to all lessons, it is to your own advantage.
TEACHERTo Educate Any Child Have Erasers Ready Rico Leffanta
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!
TEACHER (3)Transcriptionists Educate! Arithmetic Convey! Humanely Encourage Reading/'Riting/'Rithmetic! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. My SECOND TEACHER!
TEACHER (4)Trained Ears Above Confusion! Humanely Encourage Reading! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. My THIRD TEACHER!
TEAMThey Embody A Morale Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEAM (2)They Expect A Match Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEAM (3)Totally Enthused And Motivated Phil Stollery
TEAM NAMESTop 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.
TEAMWORKThe Ends Are Met When Organisation Really 'Knits' Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEAMWORK (2)Trust Effective/Energetic Altruistic Management! Work: Organized Relevant Keen! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
TEAMWORK (3)Thesaurus Expands/Effects Apronym Making! Word Organisation Requires Knowledge! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
TEAPOTTo Each Apportion Perhaps One Teaspoonful Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEASETo Exaggerate Any Small Eccentricities Angela Brett
TEA THINGSTo Enjoy Afternoon Tea, Have In Nice - Good Service Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEA TOWELThis Erases Any Trace Of Wetness Every Lunchtime Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEA TREE OILTo Ease Ailments, This Rather Especial Essence Often Is LIked Tony McCoy O'Grady
TECHNOSAURUSTexas 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)
TEDDYThis Entertains (Daily) Delighted Youth Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEDIOUSTo Endlessley Do It Often Unceasingly Slowly Sean Lamb (who's been typing too many lines of CPPUNIT_ASSERT code lately for unit testing)
TEDIUMTrying Everything Dumb In Useless Monotony Rico Leffanta
TEE-HEETitter Easily Extracted, Hilarity Ended Eventually Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEENSThey're Expensive - Ever 'Needing' Stuff Angela Brett
TEENS (2)They Eat, & Endlessly Need Sleep Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEETHTerrible Event Engages Traumatic Hesitation Jan Morgan
TELECASTERTelevision's Earliest Linkmen Established "Celebrity" Announcing Sports' Teams Endeavours & Results TMcCO'G
TELEGRAPHThin Electric Lines Encircling Globe. Relays And Poles Help. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TELEPHONETalk Endlessly, Letting Every Private Home On Network Eavesdrop Tony McCoy O'Grady, thinking of the 'party line' telephones of days gone by.
TELEPHONE (3)Talk Endlessly, Leisurely, Enjoying Personal Hobnobbing Over Neverending Expanses Roger Williams
TELESCOPEThis Enhances Longsightedness - Even See Cosmic Objects Parsecs Extrasolar. Angela Brett
TELEVISIONSThey Essentially Leave Each Viewer In Stupor... Intelligence Often Not Stimulated. Angela Brett
TELLING LIESTo Every Lying Liar, It's Not Generating Lies, It's Exaggerating Stories Sean Lamb
TELLURIUMThis Element Looks Little Unusual, Really Is Ultra Mundane. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TELNET (2)The Easy Lane - Not Even Tricky Jeff Anonymous (Reflecting on the lack in Telnet of the encryption found in SSH)
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.
TEMPERATUREThermometer Emulating Masculine Peg Exercise Recoils After The Unit Reaches Ebullition Rico Leffanta
TEMPER TEMPERTry Empathising More Please, Exercise Restraint, To Enrage Means Producing Exasperate Reactions Tony McCoy O'Grady
TEMPLETruths Enlightened, Marriages Promise Love Eternal Jan Morgan - a beautiful sacred building dedicated to learning eternal truths
TEMPLETONTackles Eating, Mouse Primarily Large, Exciting Tale Of Nature Jan Morgan, referring to the rat in Charlotte's Web
TEMPOTackles Emotive Motion, Pacing Opportunity Jan Morgan
TEMPUS FUGITTime's Ever Moving (Picking Up Speed?) Fill Underused Gaps In Time! TMcCO'G
TENThis Exceeds Nine. Angela Brett
TENACIOUSTrying Everything, Never Acceding. Carrying Instructions Out Until Satisfied Tony McCoy O'Grady
TENDERFOOTTry Every New Duty Expected Ranking For Own Order Trusted Jan Morgan -- Boy Scout rank
TENNESSEETourist Encounters National Notorieties, Elvis' Songs, Sights Engaged Embattlements Jan Morgan - Civil War Conflicts
TENORSThey Emit Notes Of Rare Sweetness Tony McCoy O'Grady
TENSTwenty = Eleven + Nine. Score! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
TENS (2)Thirty = Eleven + Nineteen. September! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Thirty days in September. 3 TENS!
TENTTrampers Erect Neat Tarpaulin Angela Brett
TEQUILATaking Excessive Quantities Usually Induces Lasting Addiction Tony McCoy O'Grady
TERBIUMThis Exhibits Rare Behaviour - It's Unusual, Magnetically. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TERMINATETerrible Ending Reaches Massive Inferiority/Insensitivity/Incompatibility, Never Again To Engage Jan Morgan
TERMINATORThinks Every Republican Mind: If Now Austrian Takes Office - Rapture! Chris Kjelgaard
TERMINATOR (2)True Election Reporting Media Ignores - Naturally, Actor's Talks Overly Recorded! Chris Kjelgaard
TERMITESThese Entities Readily Munch It 'Til Everything's Sawdust Roger Williams
TERMS AND CONDITIONSThey Explicitly Restrict Mature Signers' Actions. Never Disobey Commands, Or No Deal! In Truth, Individuals Often Nonchalantly Skim. Angela Brett
TERRYTowelling - Envelope Robe Round Yourself Tony McCoy O'Grady
TERTIARYTrained Educators Resolve To Inform Arrogant & Resentful Youths Tony McCoy O'Grady, remarking that the same resentful youths go through the entire educational process ;-)
TESSA JOWELLTelling Everyone's Sob Story And Just Off With External Leader's Lolly John Richard Jones
TESTTopical Examination - Scoring Time! Angela Brett, inspired by one of her lecturers calling tests 'opportunities to score.'
TEST (2)This Expansion Submitter's Terrible! Angela Brett, testing the Acronym Submission form at http://acronyms.co.nz/cgi-bin/submit - there were a few bugs but it's all fixed now! If you don't believe me, submit a whole lot of acronyms and see if it breaks.
TEST (3)Trial Every Single Thing Angela Brett, while testing the submission form.
TEST (4)Tune Expansions! Subdue Trials! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
TESTESTickle 'Em Sexily & They'll Eject Sperm Tony McCoy O'Grady

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