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100% PINCHINGPain Is Now Caused, Help - It's Not Gentle TMcCO'G
Assorted Verbs
100% PINCHYPennypinchy, I'd Name Crustacean! He's Yummy. Angela Brett (Pinchy was the lobster which Homer bought small and then raised into a fully-grown lobster in order to save money.)
Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons
100% PINEPuts Irritating Needles Everywhere TMcCO'G
Science:Biology:Plants:Trees
100% PINGProbably Instigating No Good. Steve Keate, while wondering while people online were pinging him.
Computers:Internet
100% PINKPersonally, I'm Not Kinky Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
100% PINK (2)Perfectly Irresistible Neckline/Newlywed/Negligee, Knockout Jan Morgan
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
Household Objects:Clothing
100% PINK BITSPain Is Nude Knockers Burnt In The Sunshine Angela Brett
Science:Biology
88% PIONEERPersecuted Individuals On New Environmental Expedition (for) Relief Jan Morgan - for relief from religious persecution or relief of better place to live and work
People & Relationships
100% PIPPINPeering Into Palantir Produces Intense Nightmare Patricia Rix
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings
100% PIRACYPernicious Individuals Rob And Cheat You Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Law & Order
75% PIRATEPeople's Individual Rights Association [for] Trading E-files Imaginary association formed to preserve rights of internet music file swappers.
Computers
Entertainment:Music
100% PISAPrecariously Inclined Structure, Alarmingly Eric Bridgstock
Places:Towns & Cities
100% PISCESPseudo-Intelligent Science Commands Extra Scepticism Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion:Astrology
86% PISCES (2)Personality Is Sympathetic, Causing Eventually Self-pity Jan Morgan
Religion:Astrology
100% PISMOPowerBook Is Superlative Mobile Office. Angela Brett, referring to the last PowerBook G3 model, code-named 'Pismo.'
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Names:Code Names:Apple
100% PISSEDPeed In Side Street... Eww! Disgusting! Angela Brett
Assorted Verbs
100% PISSED (2)Priests In Seminaries Shouldn't Ever Drink Angela Brett
Religion
Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic
100% PISSED (3)Perhaps I Shoulda Stopped Excessive Drinking! Patricia Rix
Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic
100% PISSED (4)Perhaps I Swilled Some Extra Diuretic Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Verbs
100% PISSENLITPeeing In Sleepwear Seems Extremely Nasty, Lessening Its Thermodynamics Patricia Rix (pissenlit is French for DANDELION... see DANDELION (2))
Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs
100% PISS OFFPeabrain, I Suggest Silence! Odious Fatuous Fool! Tony McCoy O'Grady, still trying to annoy Angela
Words & Wordplay:Rudeness
100% PISSOFFProfessional In Some Sort Of Financial Field John Richard Jones
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations:Humorous Job Titles
100% PISS OFF (2)Party In-Store... Sale On Freaky Fashions! Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF)
Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans
100% PISTOLPetty, Insolent, Small Time Oafish Lout Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry IV
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry IV
86% PISTOL (2)Plot Involves Soldier's Trickery Over Love-letters Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Merry Wives of Windsor
100% PITCHFORKPlease Insert Tines Carefully Hay Fever Often Reveals Kissers Rico Leffanta
Assorted Nouns
100% PITHParticularly Interesting Tropical Helmet Tony McCoy O'Grady
Household Objects:Clothing
100% PITH (2)Peel's Interior Tastes Horrible Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
100% PI TIMES THREE IPerchance If Thou Inexplicably Mutters Expandable Shoutings, Thou Hasto Really Expand 'Em Immediately! Jeff Anonymous ('Immediately' suggested by Tony McCoy O'Grady) rationalizing semi-imaginary rule pi*3i, which states that all things rendered in capitals on the Acronyms fora must be acronymised.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Communication:Acronyms Forums
100% PI TIMES THREE I (2)People Ignoring To Immediately Make Expansions Should Try Harder - Rendering Expansions Educates Individuals. Tony McCoy O'Grady (see PI TIMES THREE I)
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Communication:Acronyms Forums
100% PITSLIGOPeople In Tube Straphang - 'Look, I'm Gently Oozing!' Tony McCoy O'Grady (Pitsligo is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Part of traditional mating rite. During the first hot day of spring, all the men in the tube start giving up their seats to ladies and staphanging. The purpose of pitsligo is for them to demonstrate their manhood by displaying the wet patches under their arms.')
Words & Wordplay:Liffs
100% PIZZAPalatable In Zesty Zeal Appetizing Jan Morgan
Food & Drink
100% PIZZA FACEPrimo In Zit-Zapping... Acnekleen Foams And Cleanses Epidermis. Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF)
Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans
100% PLACARDPagan Libidos Are Cocked And Readily Discharged Rico Leffanta, who explains that placards are public labels; just as black men are placarded as having oversized organs, pagans are placarded as having overactive libidos.
People & Relationships
100% PLACARDSPublic Labels Announce Community's Assumptions, Rapidly Diffusing Stereotypes. Angela Brett
People & Relationships
100% PLACEPosition Located And Correctly Established Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places
100% PLAGUEPeople Lying About Grotesquely... Uncountable Expiries. Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
78% PLAGUESPass-over Loyal's Abodes... Goatsblood Used to Exempt Sons. Angela Brett, who isn't sure if she remembers correctly... but didn't God tell the Israelitees to put goatsblood somewhere outside their houses so their firstborn sons wouldn't be killed?
Religion
100% PLAID CYMRUParliamentary Leaders Allowed Inside Daily Commissioning Your Mothers Requests Upstairs John Richard Jones
Politics:Parties
90% PLAINTALKPCs Lack Any Inexpensive Natural Talking Applications Low in Kilobytes. Angela Brett, after hearing her information systems lecturer (a windoze user) comment on the expensiveness of speech recognition software. (Plaintalk is the free speech recognition software from Apple, at http://speech.apple.com/ptk)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software
100% PLAITPart Lock Approximately Into Thirds Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene
100% PLANPrepare, Launch, And Notarize Patricia Rix
Assorted Verbs
100% PLANETARY ALIGNMENT Pulling Language Across Network Employs Tidal Astroillogical Reinforcements... Your-Anus Lies In Gemini? Nothing Moves Electronically, No Traffic. Angela Brett (Planetary alignment is a more likely cause of the Apronyms site loading slowly than it sounds... the server which the site is hosted on is called Uranus, and is often the 'butt' of 'Your-Anus' jokes.)
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Excuses for Slow Loading
100% PLANETSProbably Lifeless Aggregations Now Encircling The Sun Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Astronomy:Planets
100% PLANETS (2)Perceptually Lazy At Nighttime Exclaim They're Stars Angela Brett
Science:Astronomy:Planets
100% PLANTARS WARTPainful Lesion Attacks Nascent Terrible Arch Region, Sponsors Worry As Reason, Tension Jan Morgan
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PLASMAPyrolysis Looms As Spacecraft Meets Atmosphere Angela Brett, who hopes that the term 'pyrolysis' can apply to the separation of atoms into ions and electrons in plasma.
Science:Astronomy
Science:Physics
100% PLATINUMPricey Ladies' Adornment. Typically Inert, Not Usually Magnetic. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
100% PLATOPerhaps Letters Are Totally Opinion Angela Brett, since the letters from which most of our knowledge of Plato come might not actually have been written by Plato, as is claimed.
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
100% PLAYPointing Love At Yourself Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
90% PLAY CARDSPerennially Likeable - And Your Computer Allows Replaying a Deal Sometimes. Angela Brett, who would (WARNING, plug coming up) like to point out that her card game, Once in a Lifetime (at http://acronyms.co.nz/software/OIAL.html), does allow replaying of deals.
Entertainment:Games
86% PLAYERPerson Limbers-up And, Yes, Endures Recreation Tony McCoy O'Grady
Sports & Recreation
92% PLAYING CARDSPoor Loser Are You? It's No Good Cheating As Revolting Deceitfulness is Sinful Tony McCoy O'Grady
Entertainment:Games
92% PLAYSTATIONPathetic "Life"-less Adults - You Spend Time At This Idiotic Oriental Nonsense Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Games
100% PLEA BARGAINS Protagonist's Lawyer Expects A Bad Answer, Reasons Guilty Announcement Induces Nicer Sentence Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Law & Order
86% P-L-E-A-S-EPerhaps Liz (will) Email Anthony, Screen Enumerators Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela's sister Liz did not answer him when he asked how large her screen is.
Assorted Phrases
100% PLEASEDPretty Limpid Eyes And Smiles Express Delight LaughingBoy McCoy
People & Relationships:Emotions
100% PLEELEYPickled Lush's Elaborately Endeavours Looking Endearing - Yuk! Tony McCoy O'Grady (Pleeley is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'Descriptive of a drunk person's attempt to be endearing.')
Words & Wordplay:Liffs
100% PLETHORAPretty Ladies Eating Their Hearts Out Reconnoitring Abbeys Rico Leffanta
Assorted Nouns
100% PLIERSPerhaps Lying In Elecrician's Rumpled Satchel. TMcCO'G who has noticed that Plumbers usually carry a sturdy toolbox, but Electricians often use an old leather carryall.
Household Objects
100% PLIERS (2)Possibly Lost Items Easily Retrieved... Sometimes Roger Williams
Household Objects
100% PLONKPurchaser's Likely Of No Knowledge Angela Brett
Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic
100% PLONK (2)Perfectly Literal Onomatopoeia, Near Kerplunk Angela Brett
Assorted Nouns:Noises
100% PLOWPatrolboat Lurches Over Waves TMcCO'G
Transport
100% PLOW (2)Pull! Lusty Oxen Will. Roger Williams
Assorted Verbs
100% PLUGPush Lightly Until Grounded Matthew Oram
Household Objects
100% PLUMEPeahen Looks Upon Mate's Exhibit Angela Brett
Science:Biology
100% PLUME (2)Pen Lacking Usual Metallic Element Patricia Rix
Communication
100% PLURALPainfully Loud Ululating, Repeated A Lot! Tony McCoy O'Grady, explaining that the 'Aaaaaarrrrggghh' in his ANTHRAX (2) is the plural of 'Aarrghh', an official Scrabble word.
Words & Wordplay
Assorted Nouns:Noises
100% PLUSPositively Lonely Unary's Superfluous Angela Brett, as it is not usually necessary to indicate that a number is positive with a plus sign.
Science:Mathematics
100% PLUTOPlanetary Location Universally Thought Outermost Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Astronomy:Planets
82% PLUTONIUMPopularly Linked (with) Uranium To Operate Nuclear Industry's Unleashing of Megatons. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
100% PLYMOUTHPilgrims Left Your Moorings - Opposed Unto The Heirarchy Tony McCoy O'Grady
History
Places:Towns & Cities:USA
60% PMSPutting up with Mens Shit wishes, referring to Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PMS (2)Pardon My Snippiness Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PMS (3)Pleasantness's Mighty Scarce Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
75% PMS (4)Pregnancy May Stop it Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PMS (5)Pugnaciousness's My Speciality Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PMS (6)Pretty Mean Sir! wishes, in response to Tony's PMS (2) and others.
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
100% POEMPiece Of Enlightening Material Angela Brett
Art & Literature
100% POETPretentious, Or Extremely Talented? Angela Brett
Art & Literature:Writers
100% POETSPinnacles Of Eloquence, They Say Angela Brett
Art & Literature:Writers
100% POINT OF VIEWPersonal Opinion Is Not The Only Form... Vectors In Electronic Worlds. Angela Brett (many 3D computer games allow changing your point of view.)
Computers:Games
100% POISONPotion Once Ingested Surely Occasions Necrosis Roger Williams
Drugs
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% POKE BALLPoint Of Knockout Evaded By A Little Luck Angela Brett (to capture a wild pokemon in a poke ball, you must weaken it but not enough to make it faint.)
Computers:Games
88% POKEMONProfessor Oak Knows Everything Masters Ought to Need Angela Brett, who is thinking of acronymising all 151 pokemon
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (2)Pricey, Omnipresent Kiddies Entertainment, Marketing Of Nintendo Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (3)Parents Of Kiddies Express Misery Over Nintendo Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (4)Plenty Of Kiddies Expend Money, Often, Needlessly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (5)Picks On Kids, Eventually Makes One Numb/Nervous Jan Morgan
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (6)Picks On Kids, Eventually Makes One Nostalgic Jan Morgan -- Memories of our own childhood?
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (7)Pastime Of Kids, Emerges Matches Of Nonsense Jan Morgan
Computers:Games
100% POKEMON (8)Pray Our Kids Expect More Of Nintendo/Networks! original, inspired by existing Pokemon apronyms
Computers:Games
100% POKEMONSPerhaps Our Kids Expend Money On Needless Sh*t Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Games
100% POKENYMSPokemon Original Kreations. Even Nicer, You Might Say. Jeff Anonymous, because some Pokemon acronyms might be more interesting than actual Pokemon.
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
Computers:Games
100% POLANDPlace Of Lech's Arising - Now Democratic Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
100% POLARPosition's Obvious... Length, Angle Required. Angela Brett, referring to polar coordinates.
Science:Mathematics
100% POLE STARPeople Oriented Looking Ever Skyward. The Astrolabe Resulted Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Astronomy
100% POLICEPatrolling Our Lives In Circus Environment Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE (2)Persecution Officers Like Intimidating Citizens Excessively Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE (3)Pursuit Of Lowlifes Into Criminal Endeavours Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE (4)Pigs On Lookout In Cars Everywhere Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE (5)Protectors Of Law In Continuous Endeavour Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE (6)Patrol Old Ladies Inspecting Casual Escorts Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE (7)People Organising Litigation Incarcerating Criminals Everywhere Mary Carr
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
100% POLICE PROTECTIONProbity Of Lieutenants Is Central, Ensuring Public Resources Operate To End Criminal Threats .... Intimidation's Outlawed Now Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Law & Order
100% POLICE STATIONPlace Of Lies, Injuries Coerce Explanation. Suddenly They Are Terminating Investigation - Oh No! Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Law & Order
Places:Buildings
100% POLITICALLY CORRECTPossible Offense Lies In This, I'll Carefully Avoid Language Lest You Complain, Or Race Relations Executives Concern Themselves Angela Brett
People & Relationships
Politics
100% POLITICIANPrejudiced Orotund Layabout Intending To Improve Career, In A Nutshell Leo Boyes
Politics
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
92% POLITICIANSPompous Oratory Lets Insufferable Two-faced Individuals Crawl Into A Nations Service Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (2)People Of Little Intellect Treat Intelligent Constituents Intolerably - A National Scourge! Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (3)People Of Large Intellectual Talents Into Current/ International Affairs & National Security Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (4)Parliaments Often Lack Integrity To Inspire Confidence In A Nation's Subjects Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (5)People Occasionally Lie In Their International Careers In Affairs Needing Subtlety Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (6)Parliament Offers Little Inducement To Intelligent Citizens - It's A Nasty Scenario Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (7)Pretty Obnoxious Lot In Total - Inveterate Chancers Into Abberrant Nonstandard Sexualities Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (8)Perk Overuse Leaves Incredible Tips In Chauffeur Industry, Augments National Spending. Angela Brett
Politics
92% POLITICIANS (9)Poor Old Lollygaggers In Time Ingeniously (be)-Come Ignorami... Actually Nice Sorts. Jeff Anonymous
Politics
100% POLITICIANS (10)Professionals Of Low Integrity Targeting Innocent Citizens In A Nationwide Scam John Richard Jones
Politics
100% POLITICSParties Only Lack Incentive: Taxes Instigate Countless Squabbles Patricia Rix
Politics
100% POLITICS (2)Promptly One Learns Important Tactic Is Cheating Serially Chris Kjelgaard
Politics
100% POLITICS (3)Profession Of Liars, Incompetents, Thieves, Idiots, Cheats, Scrapings Chris Kjelgaard
Politics
100% POLITICS (4)People Only Listen If They Identify Congress's Sins. Roger Williams
Politics
100% POLIWAGPrefers Oceans... Legs Infantile & Weak, Aren't Groundworthy. Angela Brett (Poliwag is Pokemon #60)
Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon
100% POLLPublic Opinion's Leanings Logged Angela Brett
Science:Statistics
100% POLOPony Owners Labour Outdoors Tony McCoy O'Grady
Sports & Recreation
73% POLONIUMPierre Originally Located Occurrences - Nobel-winning-work In Union (with) Marie. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
80% POLONIUSPatrician Official Listening Out-of-sight Needlessly Is Unsuspectingly Stabbed Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
100% POLYFILLAPerhaps One's Lunchbox, You'll Find, Is Lately Lacking Appeal Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS)
Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement
100% POLYFILLA (2)Packet Of Lovely Yummy Fare Is Luscious & Largely Appetising Tony McCoy O'Grady, to balance out POLYFILLA
Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement
100% POLYGAMYPlural Offensive Love, Yesterdays Gatherer At Multiple Yokes Jan Morgan - too many wives, old biblical practice of a man wanting to have multiple bonds (yokes) of marriage at the same time. No longer practiced.
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
100% POMPrince Of Moaning Angela Brett (I have no opinions on the issue myself, but I've often heard people refer to 'whining poms')
People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races
86% POMPEYPours Out Mistress's Pints (for) Eager Youths Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Measure for Measure
100% PONDPaddling Of New Ducklings Angela Brett
Places:Waterways
100% PONGSPutrid Odour - Nappy-Gas Stinks. Angela Brett
Assorted Verbs
100% PONTIACPeople Of Note Travel In A Car Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport:Car Makes & Models
100% PONTYPRIDDProvision Of New Trials You Practice Regularly If Done Daily John Richard Jones
Places:Towns & Cities:UK
100% POONPiece Of Orient's Nature Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Plants
100% POON (2)Plenty Of Oriental Nookie Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Plants
100% POOPEDPassed Out, One's Partially Expired, Dearest Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives
100% POOPHOLEP*ss Off, Offensive People... Hardly One Lecherous Expansion Steve Keate, when someone searched acronyms.co.nz for 'poophole' and some ruder words.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
100% POOR MANPeople Ordinary Opulent Retaining Mana And Nous Mary Carr
People & Relationships
Commerce
100% POPPorn's Offered Plentifully Tony McCoy O'Grady, of Post Office Protocol. (I get more junk mail than stuff I want to read)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Internet
100% POP (2)Prolong One's Penis Angela Brett, in response to POP, as many spam offers to do just that.
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Internet
100% POPCASTLEPiece Of Precocious Child's Artwork - Say "That Looks Excellent!" Tony McCoy O'Grady (Popcastle is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Something drawn or modelled by a small child which you are supposed to know wait it is.')
Words & Wordplay:Liffs
100% POPCORNPieces Of Puffed Cereal, Often Repeatedly Nibbled Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
100% POPCORN (2)Picturehouse's Own Popular Confection Offers Rotten Nutrition Tony McCoy O'Grady
Entertainment:Movies
Food & Drink
100% POPEPrelate Other Prelates Elected Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion:Religious Occupations
100% POPE (2)Pastoral Official Pretending Euphoria Mary Carr
Religion:Religious Occupations

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