Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| BREEZE | Beautifully Refreshing Emanation. Enjoy Zephyr's Effects |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CLOUD | Comes Low Over Us, Downpour |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CLOUD (2) | Condensation Lumps Often Unleash Downpours. |
Angela Brett, while flying above the clouds in a FAIRCHILD. |
| CLOUDY | Causes Low Overcast, Using Dusty Yuckiness |
Jan Morgan |
| CORIOLIS | Control Of Rotation In One's Loo's Incredibly Slight! |
Angela Brett (see http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html) People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions |
| DROUGHT | Dry Riverbed Or Unwatered Ground; Hard Terrain. |
Eric Bridgstock, after it was asked if anyone would like to acronymise DROUGHT during an acronym shortage. |
| DROUGHT (2) | Doesn't Rain Often, Usually Ghastly Hot Temperature |
Eric Bridgstock |
| FOG | Floating Otherworldly Gas |
Roger Williams |
| FOG (2) | Freezing Of Groundair |
TMcCO'G |
| HAIL | Has Aerial Ice Landed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| HAIL (2) | Hard - And Icy - Lumps |
TMcCO'G |
| HAIL (3) | Hops As It Lands |
TMcCO'G |
| IT IS HOT OUT | I Think It's So Hot Out That Our Underwear's Tropical |
Sean Lamb (I am reminded of the scene in "Good Morning Viet Nam" where Robin Williams is telling his radio listeners how hot it was that day) |
| LIGHTNING | Little Ions Get Humming Then... Nailed! It's Not Good |
Roger Williams |
| MIST | Moisture Is Somewhat Tenuous |
TMcCO'G |
| MISTY | Mostly Impossible Seeing Two Yards |
Angela Brett |
| NIMBUS | Now I Must Bring Umbrella - Shoot! |
Angela Brett |
| RAIN | Runs Along Inside Neckline |
TMcCO'G |
| RAINBOW (2) | Rain Ahead, Illumination Near Behind... Oh, Wow! |
Angela Brett |
| RAINBOW (3) | Red And Indigo, No Black Or White |
Eric Bridgstock |
| RAINBOW (4) | Really Amazing Image. Nicely Bends Over World |
Eric Bridgstock |
| RAINBOW (5) | Rainy Arc. It Never Breaks Or Wavers |
Eric Bridgstock |
| RAINBOW (6) | Refraction Acts In Natural Breakup Of White. |
Angela Brett |
| SLEET | Sheet Lightning Expected... Even Thunder! |
Angela Brett, when someone on IRC called Sleet wanted to be acronymised after seeing the PIMASTER acronym. |
| SLUSH | Snow's Largely Unpopular Sideeffect's Horrid |
TMcCO'G Assorted Nouns |
| SLUSH (2) | Solid(ish) Liquid - Usually Snow's Heritage |
TMcCO'G Assorted Nouns |
| SNOW | Santa's Not Overly Weatherproof |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| SNOW (2) | Smoothness Noticed Over Winter |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SNOW (3) | Soft Notation Of Winter |
Roger Williams |
| SNOW (4) | Somewheres, Not Only Winter |
TMcCO'G - refuting SNOW (3) :-) Somewheres is a construction on the same lines as sometimes - meaning several undefined locations. |
| SNOW (5) | Smooth Newness Of Whiteness |
TMcCO'G - A covering of snow makes familiar landscapes seem strange and new. |
| SNOWFLAKE | Spectacular Natural Ornamental Wintertime Feature; Little Abbreviated Kaleidoscopic Experience. |
Roger Williams |
| THUNDER (3) | Thundering High. Uncontrolled Noisily Discharges Electricity Radiantly! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| THUNDER (2) | The Heavens Unusually Noisy. Dramatic Energy Released. |
Edwin Hermann |
| THUNDER | Terrifying Heavy Unpleasant Noise, Deep, Echoing & Reverberating |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TEMPERATURE | Thermometer Emulating Masculine Peg Exercise Recoils After The Unit Reaches Ebullition |
Rico Leffanta Science:Physics |
| WEATHER | Wet Expectations - A Thunderstorm, Hail, Especially Rain! |
Angela Brett |
| WINDY | Wet, Icky, Not Drinkable... Yuck! |
Angela Brett, after a gust of wind knocked her iced coffee into her lap. Food & Drink:Drinks |
| ZZV | Zanesville's Zlichified Viewrange |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the Zanesville, OH, airport code and Zero-Zero Visibility) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |