Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| 100% | A CLEAN JOKE | A Charming Laugh Ensues After Novel Jester Omits Kinky Elements |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| 100% | ACME | A Company Manufacturing Encouragement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after he suggested that Angela's ENCOURAGEMENT probably came from the ACME people the coyote always got his stuff from. Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | ACME (2) | Abuse Case Management Expertise |
Tony (no connection to any Wile E Coyote purchases!) People & Relationships:Abuse:Sexually Abusive Youth Program |
| 100% | ACNE | Adolescents Can Not Escape |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | ACQUISITION SOFTWARE | Anyone Can Quickly Understand Its Significance... It Trawls Information On Networks Searching Only For The Worthwhile And Relevant Essays |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 82% | ACROBLOCK | Anomalous Condition Resulting (in) Outrageous, Blinding Loss Of Creative Know-how |
Melanie Merswolke Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRO FORTHCOMING | A Crazy Rendition Of Frazes. Openly Readable Text, Hyper Card On Macintosh. I'm No Goofball ;) |
Jeff Anonymous Assorted Phrases |
| 88% | ACRONIM | American Committee for Repression Of Nonsensical Institutional Monograms |
Peter W. Sloss, who explains: ACRONIM was founded in 1979 six weeks after my business cards had been printed and my government agency then went through not one but two close-spaced name changes. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 88% | ACRONYM | Abbreviated Craziness - Reading it Obviously Numbs Your Mind |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 88% | ACRONYM (2) | Abbreviated Craziness - Reduction Of Noise in Your Message |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM (3) | Apple Computers Rather Obviously Need Your Money |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Macintosh & Newton Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 88% | ACRONYM (4) | Apple Computers React Outrageously with New Young Minds |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Macintosh & Newton Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM (5) | All Concealed, Revealed Only Now You Meditate |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM (6) | Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning |
Acronymous Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM (7) | A Condensed Representation Outlining Neatly Your Meaning |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM (8) | Amazing, Cacophonous Riot Of Nonsensical Yokel's Mutterings |
Glenn Byers Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM (9) | Almost Concealed. Remnant Only Nudges Your Memory. |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Inspired by Gavin's ACRONYM (5) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMANIA | A Crazed Response Or Neurosis You May Acquire, Naturally, Inventing Acronyms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMANIAC | Alphabetically Creative Ranter's Overactive Noodle Yields Many Acronymic Niceties. It's Absolutely Crazy! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM CHECKER | Angela's Cocoa Resource, Only Not Yet Made Complete. Has Extra Capabilites (Keenly Expected) Reserved |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see http://cocoa.co.nz/acronymchecker.html) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications |
| 100% | ACRONYM CHECKER (2) | Angela's Cocoa Resource (Obviously Not Yet Made Correctly) Helps Everyone Count & Keep Expansions Right |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - cheekily suggesting that he has minor quibbles with Angela's creation. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications |
| 100% | ACRONYMISE | Anyone Can Rejuvenate Old Nuances. You Must Investigate Synonyms Extensively. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMISING TIPS | Acronym Creators - Read Our Notes. Your Mentor Is Superlative, Inspiring Nym-Generator... Tony Imparts Precious Suggestions |
Angela Brett, referring to the Acronymising Tips page at http://acronyms.co.nz/tips.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ACRONYMIST ALL OF FAME | Advice: Click Rodent On Names, You May Instantly See Their Acronyms' Links Listed. On Further For Any Mentioned Expansion. |
Angela Brett, referring to the list of all acronym contributors (called the 'Acronymist All of Fame') at http://acronyms.co.nz/allcontributors.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 95% | ACRONYMIST HALL OF FAME | A Celebration Relying On Numbers, You Might Instead Say They're Highscores. A Limited List Of Figures Features Acronymaniacs [with] Most Entries |
Angela Brett, referring to the Acronymist Hall of Fame at http://acronyms.co.nz/halloffame.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ACRONYMIST HONOURS LIST | Awards Concerning Record Ordering, Numbers, Years (Millennium's Initial 'Spansion's There) Here Our Niche Of Unparalleled 'Riters Shines - Literature Is Superlatively Terrific! |
Angela Brett, referring to the Acronymist Honours List at http://acronyms.co.nz/honours.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 92% | ACRONYMISTS | All Crazy, Raunchy, Oxygen-blowing Nutters Yip Madly In Some Terrible Situations. |
Jeff Anonymous, who is perhaps alluding to the WTC and similar acronyms...or maybe he just expanded ACRONYMISTS at 10:40 PM. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMISTS' BLOCK | After Creativity Runs Off Needlessly, Your Mind Is Stuck. Take Some Books & Look Over Complex Knowledge. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying 'To cure you of the dreaded Acronymists Block, I suggest that you get out your Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia and browse at random until inpsiration strikes....' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 94% | ACRONYMISTS' BLOCK (2) | Acronym Creation Rundown. Overall, Nasty. Yikes. May I Suggest, "Terrible Sickness, Bad Like Obesity."? Christ, [it] Kills! |
Jeff Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 97% | ACRONYMISTS SHOULD BE HEARD AND NOT SEEN | A Crisis Resonates On Newsgroup, Yup. May I Suggest Trying Silence-Stopping Hellionism? Okay. "U, Listen, Dude!" Bark Evil Hellions, Excrutiatingly. Art Returneth [this] Day. Anyone Need Diversions? Nice Original Terrors Seep. Even En Nepal. |
Jeff Anonymous, when there hadn't been much activity on the Acronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | ACRONYM MACHINE | Angela's Cerebum Routinely Outputs New (Yes, Maybe Magnificent) Acronyms. Creative Helper Is Not Electronic! |
Angela Brett, when she tried to expand YOU DON'T WANT TO PANIC and ended up with YOU DON'T WANT TO DRINK THAT, and said that the acronym machine was malfunctioning. You can see pictures of the acronym machine at http://acronyms.co.nz/brain Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 80% | ACRONYMS | A Casual Round-up Of Novelties in Your Message System. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (2) | A Crazy Roundup Of Nonsense You Must See |
Edwin Hermann Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (3) | All Clever Rephrasings Of Notions, You Might Say. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (4) | Adroitly Created Representations Of Notions, You Might Say. |
PiMaster, as a modification of ACRONYMS (3) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (5) | A Causal Relationship Over Nonsensical Yabbering? Maybe So! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (6) | Abundant Crazy Ramblings, Openly Nice, Yippee! My Stars! |
Jeff Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (7) | Angela Can Reject Obvious Nonsense... You Make Sense! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (8) | A Cunning Rogue Offers Novel Yet Mirthful Spellings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 89% | ACRONYMS (9) | A Comedic Range Of Nutty, Yet Meaningful, Spellings-out |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (10) | Artistically Created 'Rrangements Of Nifty, Yet Mirthful Stuff |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (11) | Anyone Can Read Our Not-Yet-Mad Scribblings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (12) | A Collection, Realistically, Of Nutters. Youthful? Maybe So! |
Jeff Anonymous Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (13) | Any Contributors Really Ought Never Yell, 'Me Sane!' |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (14) | Absolutely Cuckoo -- Requirement Of Next Year's Morpheme-Splitters. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (15) | Alphabetically Challenged? Ready Or Not, You're Making Some. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (16) | Alphabet Casserole Rounds Off Nicely Your Metaphorical Supper. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (17) | Alternative Corny Readings Or Names You Must Submit |
Carl Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (18) | Any Casual Remark Or Name You May Shorten |
Angela Brett - this describes acronyms in general, but this stack/website is not about just any phrase you turn into an acronym... the acronym comes first, and then you think up an expansion to go with it. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (19) | Anyone Could Recite Oblivious Nonsense... You Make Sense! |
the little banner dude... Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (20) | Anyone Can Receive Our Newsletter, You May Subscribe |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (subscribe to THE ACRONYM TIMES by sending an email to acronymtimes@acronyms.co.nz and saying you want to subscribe. Voluntary subscription fee is one acronym per month.) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYMS (21) | Alphabetically Collated Record Of Nutty, Yet Meaningful, 'Spansions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ACRONYM SEARCH FORM | A Casual Reader Of Netborne Yarns Might Seek Expansions About Relatives... Creativity's Habit-Forming, One Reads More. |
Angela Brett, who thought she outhg to acronymise the title of the acronym search page at http://acronyms.co.nz/search.html since it's in capitals. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ACRONYM SEARCH RESULT | After Conveying Request Over Network, You Might See Expansions And Related Categories. However, Really Eccentric Searches Usually Lack Them. |
Angela Brett, when the acronym search result for 'acronym search result' was lacking. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ACRONYMS SO FAR | A Count Revealing Our Novel Yield... Measurement Shows Signs Our Futile Activity's Rampant! |
Angela Brett, who thought she ought to acronymise the heading at http://acronyms.co.nz/index.html since it was in capitals. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ACRONYMS TO USE IN CHAT ROOMS | A Casual Remark On Net You Must Shorten... They're Often Untrue Statements, Exaggerated - IRCers Not Chuckling Heartily, Although Typing 'ROFL' Or Other Meaningless Sequence. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Computers:Internet |
| 100% | ACRONYM TOURS | Are Considered Really Obsolete... Now You'll Migrate To Our (Updated Regularly) Subcategories |
Angela Brett, because the Acronym Tours at http://acronyms.co.nz/tours haven't been updated for ages, because the CATEGORY LISTINGs at http://acronyms.co.nz/catindex.html are a better way of finding list of acronyms on particular topics. They're update Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ACROPHOBIA | A Common Repulsion Or Paralysing Horror Of Becoming Intensely Acrofactive |
Tony McCoy O'Freud Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 91% | ACROPHOBIA (2) | A Crap-inducing Result Of Pisspoor Helixes Ordering Brain Into Agitation |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that sensory integration disfunction (a disability of the semicircular canals that causes easy nauseation) can cause the fear of heights. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | ACROSTIC | Argue Correct Reference, Or Study This Interesting Comparison. |
Angela Brett, who is thinking of adding to the ACRONYMS website with a discussion of the definitions of acronym and acrostic. Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | ACTINIUM | A Chemical That Is Not In Use Much |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who has almost singlehandedly acronymised the entire periodic table. Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | ACTIVE LISTENING | Attentiveness Can Turn Into Vocation (Ear 'Lent' In Silence), Therapist Ensures Noninterruption Into Narrative Gabbling |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (who has no idea was "active listening' is, but assumes it is Jargon from Psychotherapists) Communication |
| 100% | ACTON | A California Town Of Nickels |
Jan Morgan -- Rudolph E. Nickels is known as the father of the town Places:Towns & Cities |
| 100% | ACTS | As Christianity Then Spreads |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | ADAIR | Attempts Dousing An Inflamed Resource |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Red Adair puts out oil-well fires) Names:Famous people |
| 100% | ADAM | Apples, Damsons And Melons |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 91% | ADAM AND EVE | A Deity's Accident... Men Are Not Deliberately Evolved. Viva la Eva! |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ADAM AND EVE (2) | Apple Devoured. Absurd Mistake - Attempting Nugatory Deception. Edict: Vacate Eden! |
Roger Williams Names Religion |
| 100% | ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN | A Domain At Missouri, Of Natural Disappearance In Area, Has Monumental Anonymous Narrative |
Jan Morgan (in north Central Missouri - not far from Gallatin, was a place named by Joseph Smith in Honor of Adam and Eve) Places |
| 100% | ADAMS | AppleMaster Douglas Authored Muchloved Series |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | ADAMS (2) | Author Douglas Also Makes Software. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | ADAMS (3) | Aarrghh! Dead, Already! Missed Sadly. |
Angela Brett, when DOUGLAS ADAMS died of a heart attack at 49. Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | ADAPT | Amend Details And Plan Tactics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | ADDERS | Absolutely Dirty, Dust Eden Reptiles! Slither! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 86% | ADDICT | Acronym Developer Discovers Inability to Control Thoughts. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela suggested that he was addicted to creating acronyms. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ADDICT (2) | Acronym Developer Discovers Incessant Creation Tendancy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ADDICT (3) | Another Dopehead Does It Cold Turkey |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| 100% | ADDICTION | Alcohol & Drugs Dangerously Injure Cerebellum. Throw It Out, Now! |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| 100% | ADDITION | Arithmetic Device Drummed Into Tots... It's Only Natural. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | ADELARD | Al'Khwarizmi's Derivations Entered Latin, Also Royal Drilled. |
Angela Brett (Adelard of Bath was a mathematician who, among other things, translated work of Euclid and Al'Khwarizmi and taught King Henry II.) Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | AD HOC | All Designs Have Objective Course |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | ADIDAS | A Desirable Item Decorated And Striped |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | ADJECTIVES | Additional Details - Just Ensure Correctness. These Items Valuably Enhance Sentences |
TMcCO'G Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | ADMIN | A Desk Man Is Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | ADMINISTRATOR | A Dreadful Master Is Needed In Setting The Rules And Then Organising Routines |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | ADO | Acronyms Doubly Overloaded |
ADO = Active Data Object (Microsoft) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | ADOBE | American Desert-Originated-Brick Edifice |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| 100% | ADOLF HITLER | Austria's Demented Ogre Looked For Heaven, Instead Totally Lost Euthenical Reich. |
Rico Leffanta Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | ADOPTED | Angel Dancing On Pin Turning Either Direction |
Rico Leffanta, referring to that very Catholic question: "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" If you are adopted (and are, one presumes, angelic) you must dance according to the direction of your new parents - whatever direction that may be, or fall from the only thing stable in your life... Religion People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | ADRIANA | Annoyance Deepens Regarding Identities - Anger Narrowly Averted |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Comedy Of Errors |
| 100% | ADS | Anticompetitiveness Doesn't Sell |
ADS = Active Directory Service (Microsoft) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| 100% | ADULTERY | Adults Doing Unlawful, Lustful Things - Exploring Repressed Yearnings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | ADULTERY (2) | Absolute Denial, Undermining Love Trust, Explicit Reprehensible Yarns |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | ADVENTURE | A Dastardly Villain Enters Niceguy Territory - Usually Really Exciting! |
Angela Brett, while pondering the ADVENTUREs of MacGirl and KEYBOARD. MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| 100% | ADVICE | Avoid Dreadful Violence In Caring Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We are forming a new community group to end abuse, we are looking for a catchy acronym using the A for abuse. We don't want to limit ourselves to only family violence, or child abuse. Our purpose is to educate and raise awareness. People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Abuse |
| 100% | AERATE ME | An Explanation Required As This Eludes Me, Elucidate! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, wondering about the meaning of 'coolies.' Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | AFAIK | Accept Free Advice, I'm Knowledgeable!!! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (AFAIK usually stands for 'As Far As I Know') Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| 100% | A FAST | All Feasts Are Stopped Today |
Jan Morgan - see FASTING Religion Food & Drink |
| 100% | AFFCOT | A Frightful Fart Cuts Off Talking. |
Angela Brett (Affcot is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'The sort of fart you hope people will talk after.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 92% | AFGHANISTAN | A Foreign Government Had Attacked - Now Islam Succeeds. Taliban-run Asian Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | AFGHANISTAN (2) | Already-Forgotten Guerrillas Happy As New Invasion Supersedes Taliban As News |
Chris Kjelgaard Places:Countries |
| 100% | AFGHANISTAN (3) | Armed Fundamentalists Generate Havoc As Naive Infidels See Taliban Again Nascent |
Chris Kjelgaard Places:Countries |
| 100% | AFGHANISTAN (4) | American Forces Get Hurt As, Newly, Insurgents Start Terrorism Against Nation |
Chris Kjelgaard Places:Countries |
| 100% | AFGHANISTAN (5) | Armed Fundamentalist Groups Harassed After Noisily Insisting Supremacy, Terrorizing American Nation |
Chris Kjelgaard Places:Countries |
| 100% | AFGHANISTAN (6) | After Fighting, Grievously Harmed Asian Nation Impotently Struggles, Torn Apart Nightly |
Chris Kjelgaard Places:Countries |
| 100% | AFRAID | Anxious For Reassurance, And In Distress |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | AFRAID (2) | Anxious For Reassurance About Imminent Danger |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | AFRICAN AMERICAN | A Famous Race (It Came Across North Atlantic) Many Enduring Rigours / Intense Cruelty And Nastiness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | AFTERSHOCK | A Fellowship To Explain Redemption & Share Happiness Of Christian Knowledge |
Tony Religion:Men's Ministry |
| 100% | AGAINST THE GRAIN | All Genetic Alterations In Natural Seeds Taint The Horticultural Environment. God's Rapeseeds Adequately Impart Nourishment. |
Angela Brett, considering a possible name for an anti-GE organisation. Science:Biology Politics Science:Environment |
| 100% | AGAMEMNON | A Greek Aggressor Making Empty (Mainly Noble Oratory) Noises |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Troilus and Cressida |
| 100% | AGE | Annually Gets Elevated |
Angela Brett Time:Age |
| 80% | AGED | Arthritic, Geriatric, Elderly and Deaf |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
| 100% | AGES | Aeons, Generations, Epochs & Such? |
Angela Brett, after Edwin mentioned on the forums that he hadn't submitted an acronym for AGES and should be punished. I figured I'd better submit an acronym for AGES before anyone punished me! Time |
| 100% | AGES (2) | Approaching Geriatricity Every Second! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time |
| 100% | AGES (3) | A Geriatric's Emailing Session! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after returning from a trip and finding that the backlog of emails took ages to download. Time |
| 100% | AGES (4) | A Game (Ensemble Series) |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to the "Age of Empires" series by Ensemble Studios, published by Microsoft (but available for Mac) and also as a response to the thread in the Acronyms forums which produced AGES. Computers:Games |
| 100% | AGITATE | Always Get In The Action To Excite |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | AGNOSTIC | A God's Not Observable, So Truth Isn't Certain |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | AGNOSTIC (2) | As God's Not Obviously Shown, This Individual's Cynical |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| 100% | AGONY | Affair Going On Near You |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | AHA | Aaah, He's Admitted! |
Angela Brett, when Tony finally admitted to being the mysterious acronymaniac known as TRICKERTREAT. Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | AHMED IBN YUSUF | Arab-Hatched Mathematician, Expanded & Discussed Important Book. Nodoubt, Yusuf's Usual Studies Used Fractions. |
Angela Brett (Ahmed ibn Yusuf wrote on ratio and proportion, and expanded on/discussed book 5 of Euclid's 'Elements') Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 83% | AHMES | Apparently Handwrote Mathematics as Egyptian Scribe |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | AID | Annual Income Decrement |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Tax Assessment. Commerce:Money |
| 100% | AIDAN | An Individual, Dandy Adult, Newlywed |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | AIMEE | Affectionate Is Meaning, Entreating European |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | AIR | Allows Instant Resuscitation. |
Roger Williams Science:Chemistry Science:Biology |
| 100% | AIR (2) | Almost Infuriating Redhat |
Sean Lamb (Air was the codename for Mandrake Linux 7.0) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | AIR (3) | Animals Inhale Regularly |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry Science:Biology |
| 100% | AIR (4) | Aids In Respiration |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry Science:Biology |
| 100% | AIR FORCE | Armed Individuals Regularly Fly On Reconnaissance (Covert) Exercises |
Top-Gun McCoy O'Grady Military |
| 88% | AIRHEAD | Artificially Intelligent Robot, Hatched & Enhanced by Apple Developers |
Angela Brett MacGirl & KeyBoard:Other Characters |
| 100% | AIRLINES | Aviation Industry Regularly Leaves Individuals Needing Extra Space |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | AIRPLANE | Aerial Innovation Rising Perpendicular, Lifts Achieving Necessary Elevation |
Jan Morgan Transport |
| 100% | AIRPORT | Abounding In Runways, Plenty Of Recreational Travellers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| 0% | AIRPORT* | Apple's iBook Receives & Projects On Radio Transmissions! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | AIRPORT (2) | Alimentary Intake's Restricted, Proffer One Roxio Toast! |
Tony Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 92% | A IS FOR ANGELA | An Inspiration - Surely - For Our Recreational Amusement. New-zealand Girl Especially Loves Acronyms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | A IS FOR APPLE | Another Instructive Sentence Forming Opinions Regarding Alphabetic Pedagogy... Please Learn Earnestly. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 94% | A KNOWN ACRONYMIST | Angela Knows No-One Who New Arrival Could Represent? Off-duty Now, Yes Maybe I'm Santa. Truly |
? (see GIFTS OF ACRONYMS) Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | ALABAMA | A Large Aeronautics, Based At Madison Area |
Jan Morgan - Madison County, Alabama, is where Huntsville is located and Huntsville has an aeronautics space camp for kids. Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | ALABAMA (2) | Americas Largest Active Battleship Alabama, Mobile Area |
Jan Morgan - Can Be toured here it saw action in WWII and was the largest ever built Military Transport Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | ALADDIN | Adding Lavish Animation, Disney Does It Now |
Sean Lamb Entertainment:Movies Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | ALAN | A Leader, Able Navigator |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | ALAN GUTH | Attended Lecture About 'Negative' Gravity -- Universe Triggered How? |
Angela Brett, after attending Guth's colloquium 'From Special Relativity to Cosmic Inflation' -- for more information, or to download the video, visit http://agenda.cern.ch/fullAgenda.php?ida=a054002 Names:Famous people Science:Physics |
| 100% | ALAN GUTH (2) | Astrophysicists Love A New Grand Unified Theory Hypothesis |
Angela Brett -- ALAN GUTH may be the expert on rapid expansion in cosmological terms, but an astrophysicist wth the letters GUT in his name is just asking for rapid expansion of a different kind. Perhaps the N word should be changed to 'Nice' or 'Neat' since I'm sure not all GUTs are welcomed, but 'New' flows better. Names:Famous people Science:Physics |
| 100% | ALAN TURING | At Large Across Net Terminals Unlawfully. Really Is No Good |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, hypothesing about Turing's descendants becoming supercriminals. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:When good scientists go bad |
| 100% | ALARM | A Loud Appliance Ringing Madly |
Edwin Hermann People & Relationships:Law & Order Science:Electronics Assorted Nouns:Noises |
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