A Pertinent Re-interpretation Of Normality Yielding More Sense
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| ACCIDENTS | Are Caused - Chiefly Involving Derelict Events, Normally Through Stupidity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| APOCALYPSE | Awesome Propounding Of Cataclysm Awaiting Lets You Ponder Supreme Eternity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| CRISIS RESPONSE | Can't Remember If SOS Is Spelt Right... Everyone Stop Panicking Or Nobody'll Survive Emergency! |
Angela Brett |
| DANGER (2) | Disasterous Activities Nervously Gives Everyone Reflection |
Jan Morgan |
| DEBRIS | Deafening Explosions Bring Residual Incendiary Sediment |
Sean Lamb (debris is always left over after an explosion, so...) |
| DEBRIS (2) | Destroying Everything Brings Rubble Into Sight |
Sean Lamb |
| DESPERATION | Dire Extreme Situation - Prompt Emergency Rescue And Treatment Is Obviously Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| DISASTER | Do Infernos Stop After Several Tsunamis Enter Region? |
Angela Brett Science |
| DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT | Digital Operator Taps Distress Out To Direct Operations Towards Diverting All Shipping. Help During A Squall / Hurricane - Dispatch A Search Helicopter & Deploy Operative To Dangle Over Those Distressed Or Terrified |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who protested that the SOS acronyms are not reexpansions of an existing acronym, nor is SOS a word as it is always pronounced as a series of three letters ESS-OH-ESS. Angela replied that it still is in the dictionary and has a meaning, so is eligible for expansion - and it's 'pronounced' ..._ _ _... |
| EARTHQUAKES | Epicenter Assaults Residents Turf Homes, Quick Unusual Activity Keeps Everyone Shaking |
Jan Morgan Science:Geology |
| 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. |
| ESS-OH-ESS | Encoded Scream Starts Off Harbourmaster's/Hero's Emergency Safety Strategy |
Angela Brett (see DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT) |
| FIREMEN | Flame Is Rising - Emergency Manpower Evidently Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| GONE WRONG | Generating Overly Nasty Error Wreaks Ruin - Obviously Not Good |
Typo McCoy O'Grady |
| LIFEBOAT | Lucky Indeed For Everyone's Brought Onboard After Tragedy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| NASA (4) | Not Another Shuttle Accident! |
Angela Brett, after the space shuttle Columbia broke up in re-entry. Science:Astronomy |
| OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE | Officially, Firefighters Fail In Containing Engulfing Orange Flames; Especially Major Events. Research Gathered Explains, "Near Catastrophes, Yelling Produces Reduced Efficiency." Primarily, And Regarding Extreme Disasters, Normally Everyone Suffers Sprains And Nausea During Real Emergency Situations. Police Offer Needed Security Everywhere. |
Kenny Roy |
| PEBBLE | Pedestrian Evidently Bashed Boot, Limping Erratically |
Tony McCoy O'Graaaaaady |
| RABHADH | Read And Beware, Here Are Dire Hazards |
Angela Brett, who noticed this word on a train as the Irish translation of 'warning'. Transport:Trains |
| SIREN | Startlingly Immediate Rousing Emergency Noise |
Eric Bridgstock Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| SIREN (2) | Sound Indicating Rapid Evacuation Necessary |
Eric Bridgstock Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| SKIN OF YOUR TEETH | Striving Keenly In Nasty Occasion - Finally Yielding One's Utmost Resolution - To Eventually Escape The Horror |
TMcCO'G Assorted Phrases |
| SOS | Side Open, Sinking |
Steve Keate |
| SOS (2) | Some Obscure Signal |
Steve Keate |
| SOS (3) | Several Obituaries Soon |
Steve Keate |
| SOS (4) | Signal Of Stress |
Steve Keate |
| SOS (5) | Sea Opened, Swallowed |
Steve Keate |
| SOS (6) | Stupid Ocean Swells! |
Angela Brett |
| SOS (7) | Several Overboard Seamen |
Angela Brett |
| SOS (8) | Sending Out Screams |
Angela Brett |
| SOS (9) | Splitting Our Seams |
Angela Brett |
| SOS (10) | Stay Out, Sea! |
Angela Brett |
| SOS (11) | Stop Our Suffering! |
Angela Brett |
| SOS (12) | Sh*tting Our Selves! |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate |
| TITANIC (2) | Total Indifference Triggered A Needless Iceberg Collision. |
Roger Williams Transport History |
| TITANIC | The Iceberg That, Amazingly, Nudged Into Cruiser. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport History |
| VOLCANOES | Volumes Of Lava Come After Numerous Orgasmic Earthquakes. Scram! |
Roger Williams Places Science:Geology |
| WHEN SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG | We Have Emergency Notes: Scream! Or, Muff Ears 'Til Hell Is Nearly Gone, Have A Short Game Of 'Nobody Expose Wimpiness' & Resume Our Normal Grind. |
Angela Brett |