Apronyms
Apronyms => Apronym Discussion => Topic started by: Angela Brett on July 27, 2001, 08:37:34 PM
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Hi,
I've had a lot of people send acronyms which are not suitable for this site, mostly because they are commonly used acronyms or mnemonics which either don't spell words or the words aren't related to the expansions. However, I've also had some acronyms sent to me which are the right kind of acronym, but they're reasonably well known and nobody knows who thought of them.
I don't really want to include these on the site, because then I'd feel like I'd have to add all the anonymous acronyms out there, and people might get the idea they can just scour other acronym sites and send me their finds. These could soon begin to dominate over the acronyms which were sent in by their authors, and the people who actually deliberately contributed to this website/stack would fade into the background. I also prefer it if the acronymist knows about this site, although that's not such an issue with acronyms which nobody knows the origin of. I'm fine if the creator of the acronym wishes to be marked as Anonymous, as long as the acronym(s) are still submitted by whoever thought of them. I want this website to be more about creation than collection.
However, some of the acronyms are quite good. Rather than cluttering the main site with anonymous contributions, there could be a forum thread (this one!) where people can post well known/anonymous acronyms which they particularly like. Of course, these would only be acronyms which otherwise fit roughly inside the submission guidelines - the acronym would have to fit the expansion, and they'd be deliberately created as this form of wordplay rather than just a bunch of letters like JABOL.
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Angela, you now have to expand JABOL. A matter of honor, it is. :)
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Look carefully - I already did!
>>> On 27 July 2001 17:36:53 UTC, Jeff wrote:
Angela, you now have to expand JABOL. A matter of honor, it is. :)
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I see...Just A Bunch Of Letters. You had it concealed.
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Here are some of the acronyms I've been sent, which were heard in conversation:
BITCH--
1) Beautiful, Intelligent, Talented, Charming and Helpful
2) Beautiful, Intelligent, Talented, Charming and Horny
3) Bill's in Trouble, call Hillary
4) Boys, I'm taking charge here
I've also seen a few on a website - BASIC=Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control, and the wholly incorrect MACINTOSH=Most Applications Crash, If Not, The Operating System Hangs.
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Most Applications Crash, If Not, The Operating System Hangs.
Why does that sound so much like my computer on a bad day?
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I was sent these acronyms, which are anonymous in more ways than one! They are, according to the person who sent them to me, from the community of
recovering persons (12 Step programs ranging from substances to behaviors)
A A - Adventurers Anonymous.
A A - Altered Attitudes
A A - Altruistic Action
A A - Attitude Adjustment
A C T I O N - Any Change To Improve Our Natures
A F G O - Another Freaking Growth Opportunity
A N O N Y M O U S - Actions, Not Our Names, Yield Maintenance Of Unity
and Service.
A N G E R - Any No-Good Energy Rising.
A S A P - Always Say A Prayer.
B A T H - Behavior, Attitude, Thinking, and Habits.
B E S T - Been Enjoying Sobriety (Serenity) Today?
B I G B O O K - Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
B O G G L E - Bad Or Good, God Loves Everyone
C A L M - Can Anger Leave Me.
C A R D S - Call your sponsor, Ask for help from your Higher Power, Read
the Big Book, Do the Twelve Steps, Stay active in your group.
C A R E - Comforting And Reassuring Each Other
C H A N G E - Can Help Attract New Gifts and Energy.
C H A N G E - Child Having Another Growth Experience
C H A N G E - Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday
C H A O S = Can't Handle Another Overwhelming Situation
D E A D - Don't Ever Admit Defeat
D E A D - Drinking Ends All Dreams.
D E N I A L - Didn't Even Know I Always Lied
D R Y - Doing Recovery Yourself.
E G O - Edging God Out
F A I L U R E - Fearful, Arrogant, Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain,
Resentful, Empty.
F A I T H - Facing All In Trusting Him
F A I T H - Fantastic Adventures In Trusting Him.
F A I T H - Fear Ain't In This House.
F A I T H - Finding Answers In The Heart
F A I T H - For All I Trust Him
F E A R - Face Everything And Recover
F E A R - False Events Appearing Real
F E A R - Fighting Ego Against Reality.
F E A R - Fools Every Alcoholic Repeatedly
F E A R - Forever Escaping And Retreating
F E A R - Forgetting Everything's All Right
F E A R - Frantic Efforts to Appear Recovered.
F E A R - F... Everything And Run (before recovery)
F E E L - Feel, Experience, Express, Let go.
F I N E - Free, Independent, New and Energetic
F I T - Faith, Intuition, Trust.
G I F T - God Is Forever There
G I F T S - Getting It From The Steps
G O D - Gifts Offered Daily
G O D - Give Others Dignity
G O D - Good Orderly Direction
G R A C E - Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations.
H A L T - Honestly, Actively, Lovingly, Tolerant.
H A L T - Hope, Acceptance, Love, Tolerance
H A L T - Hungry, Angry Lonely, Tired
H E A R T - Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together
H E L P - His Ever-Loving Presence
H E L P - Hope, Encouragement, Love and Patience
H O P E - Hang On, Pray Everyday
H O P E - Happy Our Program Exists
H O P E - Hearing Other Peoples' Experience
H O PE - Heart Open; Please Enter
H O P E - Helping Other People Everyday
H O P E - Help Open People's Eyes
H O W - Honest, Open, and Willing
H O P E - Hang On; Pray Every day.
H O P E - Hope Overcomes Petty Emotion.
LET GO - Leave Everything To God, Okay?
L O V E - Living Our Valuable Experiences.
I S M - Insecure, Selfish, Me
N U T S - Not Using The Steps
O D A A T - One Day At A Time
P A C E - Positive Attitudes Change Everything.
P E A C E - Providing Experienced Attitude Changes Every day.
P R I D E - Pretty Ridiculous Individual Directing Everything.
P R O G R A M - People Relying On God Relay A Message
P U S H - Pray Until Something Happens
P U T - Patience, Understanding, Tolerance.
R E L A T I O N S H I P - Real Exciting Love Affair Turns Into
Outrageous Nightmare, Sobriety (Serenity) Hangs In Peril
S I T - Stay In Today
S I T D O W N - Stay In Today, Do Only What's Necessary
S L I P - Sobriety Loses Its Priority
S O B E R - Simply Observe Bill's Exemplary Recovery
S O B E R - Son of a Bitch, Everything's Real
S O B E R - Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
S O B E R - Spirituality Over Booze Equals Recovery.
S P O N S O R - Sober Person Offering Newcomer Support Of Recovery.
S T E P S - Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety
S W A T - Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, and Trust
T E A M - Together Everyone Achieves More
T H I N K - The Happiness I Never Knew
T I M E - Things I Must Earn
T R U S T - Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions
T R U S T - Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions
W H O M E? - Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness, Must Exist.
Y A N A - You Are Not Alone.
Y E T - You're Eligible Too
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Melanie had these forwarded from her brother-in-law. Like Angela, I do not agree with the MacIntosh acronym, but it takes all kinds:
PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
APPLE - Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
SCSI - System Can't See It
DOS - Defective Operating System
BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM - I Blame Microsoft
DEC - Do Expect Cuts
CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too.
WWW - World Wide Wait
MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
PENTIUM - Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of
Mathematics
COBOL - Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
AMIGA - A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction
LISP - Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis
MIPS - Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
WINDOWS - Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
GIRO - Garbage In Rubbish Out
MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers
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STUPID: Surely The Ultimate Person I Desire
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Neeraj wrote:
> STUPID: Surely The Ultimate Person I Desire
NITWIT
Nobody, I Think, Whom I'd Treasure
THICKO
They Have Intellect Completely Kicked Out
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FORD - Found On Road Dead
- First On Race Day
- Fix Or Repair Daily
- Frigin Old Recycled Dodge
DELTA - Dont Even Leave The Airport
PONTIAC - Poor Old Niceguy Thinks Its A Caddilac
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MOTORCARS
Millions Of Them Overload Roadways, Causing A Right Snarl-up
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Is that really an 'Acronymous Anonymous' acronym?
>>> On 08 March 2003 13:06:15 UTC, Tony wrote:
MOTORCARS
Millions Of Them Overload Roadways, Causing A Right Snarl-up
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Angela wrote:
Is that really an 'Acronymous Anonymous' acronym?
No, it was a follow-up to Rob S's message ragarding Pontiacs and other names
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FOB=Fresh Off Boat
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Rachel Park wrote:
FOB=Fresh Off Boat
Welcome, Raqchel.
Could you tell us what you're thinking of here.... what is 'fresh'... imported produce or 'innocent' new arrivals in town.
This sounds to me like it could be quite an old expression, possibly dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century and the times of mass migration.
Does the 'hyper' part of your email address have any relation to HyperCard?
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Hey, the forum(s) is/are working again!
Does anyone think these Acronymous Anonymous apronyms should be added to the main site? I'm starting to
rethink my initial objections. While I still don't want to be spending time scouring the internet for
anonymous apronyms, it might seem kind of petty that the largest apronym website does not have the ones
which are most commonly known. Maybe I should start accepting any such apronyms which are submitted,
instead of directing the submitters to this thread.
At least then all these apronyms will be associated with the term 'apronym' and not just acronym or
backronym.
What do you think?
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Angela wrote:
> Does anyone think these Acronymous Anonymous apronyms should be added to the main site? I'm starting to rethink my initial objections.
> While I still don't want to be spending time scouring the internet for anonymous apronyms, it might seem kind of petty that the largest apronym website does not have the ones which are most commonly known.
> Maybe I should start accepting any such apronyms which are submitted, instead of directing the submitters to this thread.
> At least then all these apronyms will be associated with the term 'apronym' and not just acronym or backronym.
> What do you think?
Quantity versus Quality - I don't know, I suppose I can see both points of view. We don't want just any old rubbish but then I dislike censorship :-(
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>>> On 08 July 2003 05:37:07 UTC, Tony wrote:
Quantity versus Quality - I don't know, I suppose I can see both points of view. We don't want just any old rubbish but then I dislike censorship :-(
It wouldn't be 'any old rubbish' in that it would only extend to common/anonymous apronyms, not ordinary acronyms or initialisms.
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This one was submitted for TEAM:
Together Everyone Achieves More
It has more than 6000 Google results so I'm guessing it's not by the person who submitted it.
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Angela wrote:
> This one was submitted for TEAM:
> Together Everyone Achieves More
> It has more than 6000 Google results so I'm guessing it's not by the person who submitted it.
They're Emulating A Master?
Do you Google-check all entries, or just the ones that seem too good to be new/true
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>>> On 27 July 2003 06:23:34 UTC, TeamOfNymists? Yes! wrote:
Do you Google-check all entries, or just the ones that seem too good to be new/true
I check most apronyms by new contributors (i.e, people who might not realise that such apronyms won't be accepted.) Also any which seem familiar -- I've seen the car- and computer-related ones a lot.
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Here's one I heard last week...
BUFFET - Bunch of Ugly Fat Fellows Eating Together.