Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something
|
|
|
|
| purity | |||
| 100% | TLA | Three-Letter Acronym |
Jeff Kelley, who was, at the time of authorship, employed as a research scientist at a company whose name was, itself, a TLA. Note: Some sticklers would use the variation: Three Letter Abbreviation since it's kind of hard to pronounce the "word" TLA (though you CAN do it if you've had enough coffee). Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | TOAST | Two On A Standard Toaster |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 0% | TOAST (2) | Took Off And Stranded Termagant |
Patricia Rix (toast is what you would be if you did that) People & Relationships |
| 100% | TOBACCO | Toxic Orally Breathed Abomination Creates Cancerous Odor |
On the school bus I saw some jerk puffing a cigarette right before he got on, and I started thinking acronyms. Drugs:Tobacco |
| 0% | TO BE OR NOT TO BE | The Option's Between Enduring One's Repetitive Nightmare, Or To Terminate One's Breathing Existence |
TMcCO'G referring to Hamlet's famous soliloquy musing on suicide. Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | TODAYS | "That's" Out-Dated After Yesterday's Sunset |
TMcCO'G Time |
| 0% | TODAYS (2) | Time's Onceness Declares Against Your Structure |
TMcCO'G - I accept that one can have more than one "yesterday" and also more than one "tomorrow", but surely there can be only one 'today", as it is a 'now' thing and therefore a 'once-only offer'. (There used to be a TV programme called "All Our Yesterdays", and Shakespeare wrote "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow".) Time |
| 0% | TODAY WE CELEBRATE | The Orwellian Doom About Year Went... Enlightened Computing Employees Left Electric Blue/Brother's Regime And Turned Easeward. |
Angela Brett, while watching the famous '1984' Macintosh ad on its 20th anniversary. The ad begins with 'Today we celebrate...' which, although referring to something completely different in the ad, is true as we celebrate the Mac's 20th birthday. 'Electric Blue' or 'Electric Brother' refers to Big Blue (IBM) which plays the part of Big Brother in the ad. 'Easeward' means 'toward ease'. I decided that with the similarity to Eastward it sounded almost good enough to be a real word. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Time:Special Occasions |
| 0% | TOE-NIPPING CRAB | The Oceanic Experience Nobody Invites, People Panic... It's Not Grave (but) Crustacean Rips Apart Bunions. |
Angela Brett/Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | TOES | Ten Occupy Everyday Shoes. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | TOFU | Type Of Food? Ugh! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 0% | TOFU (2) | Teeth Often Feel Unpleasant |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | TOILED | Tired Operative. I Laboured Endlessly Daily |
TMcCO'G Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | TOILET | Trousers Off, I Leave Excreta There |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 0% | TOILET (2) | This Odd Invention Likes Eating Turds |
Apronymous Anonymous Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | TOKYO | Tantalizing Orient, Kimonos You Obviously |
Jan Morgan -- most people who go to Japan usually buy a kimino for a souvenir thus the idea kimonos you obviously. Places:Towns & Cities |
| 100% | TOM | Twin, Often Male |
Angela Brett (Thomas means 'twin') Names:First names:Male |
| 0% | TOM (2) | Totally Observant Man |
Jan Morgan -- someone I know Names:First names:Male |
| 0% | TOM HANKS | This Oscar Man Has Another Near Knockout Showing |
Rico Leffanta Names:Famous people:Actors & Actresses |
| 100% | TOMMIE | Trooper, Or Military Man, In England |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Ranks |
| 60% | TON | Totally Overweight, N'est-ce pas? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 0% | TON (2) | Two Over Ninetyeight |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TONSIL | Tissue Or New Son-In-Law |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Body Parts People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | TONY | Terribly Ornery Nutter, Yes? |
Jeff Anonymous Names:Acronymists |
| 0% | TONY (2) | Talker Of Nonsensical Yammerings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male Names:Acronymists |
| 0% | TONY (3) | This One's Not Young |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| 0% | TONY (4) | Thousand Of 'Nyms Yielded |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett Names:Acronymists |
| 0% | TONY (5) | Tubs Of Natural Yoghurt |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 0% | TONY (6) | Testicles Of Neutered Yak! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (apparently 'sweetbreads' are considered a delicacy) Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 0% | TONY (7) | Tasted One Nut Yesterday |
Patricia Rix Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR | Tired Of Nation's Yelling, British Leader Attacks Iraq Regardless |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (2) | Thinking Of New York, Bush Lapdog Accepts Inferior's Role |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (3) | Tony Out? Not Yet - Bush Lackey Acts Innocent, Regretful |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (4) | Tony's Office Nervous, Yellow - Blair's Louts Accuse Irresponsible Reporters |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (5) | Tony's On Next - Yet Blair Lies At Inquiry's Review? |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (6) | Tony's Opponents Nod Yes, Britain Lacked Accurate Intelligence Reports |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (7) | Tony's Office Not Yielding - Britain Leery About Iraqi Rockets |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (8) | Threat Over? No. Young Blair Left Afearing Iraq's Revenge |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (9) | Theatre Operations Now Yore, Britain's Large Army Is Relieved |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (10) | Tony's Office Now Yearns Broadcaster's Libels Aren't Indeed Right |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (11) | Tony's Office Now Yokes Broadcaster, Lambasts All Its Reporters |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (12) | Tony's Out, Now Yeomanry Believes Lied About Iraq's Rockets |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (13) | Turn-Over Next Year? Blair Left Assessing Iraq Regrets |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (14) | Turn-Over Next Year? Britain Leans Appreciably, Implacably Right |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (15) | Tough On Nasty Yobs But Lacking Assurance In Responsibility |
John Richard Jones Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY BLAIR (16) | Thoughtless Overconfident Narcissistic Yuppie Behaving Like An Idiot Reformed |
John Richard Jones Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 0% | TONY MCCOY O'GRADY | This Old - Not Young! (sorry) - Man Can Churn Out Your Omnitopical & Greatly Revered Acronyms... Difficult? Youbetcha! |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing. Names:Acronymists |
| 0% | TONY MCCOY O'GRADY (2) | The Only Name. Ya May Call [him] Crazy Openly, Yessir, Over Gruel. Really A Dandy Youth. |
Jeff Anonymous Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | TONYNESS | This Once! (Noting Your Nous Earned Several Similarly.) |
Angela Brett, in response to ANGELANESS. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 0% | TONY'S BIRTHDAY (AGAIN!) | Think One New Year Should Be Important? Really, There're Heaps Done Already. You're Aging Gradually, Another Increment's Nothing! |
Angela Brett, hoping Tony's birthday was more interesting than the apronym implies. Alternative wording could be '...You're Approaching Geriatricity...' Time:Special Occasions |
| 0% | TOO GOOD FOR EDWIN | That's Outrageous! Obviously Goodness Of Others Doesn't Force One's Rejection. Everyone Deserves Win, Inferiority's Nonexistant. |
Angela Brett, when Edwin said on the forum that we're too good for him. People & Relationships |
| 100% | TOOK | The Opposite Of Koha |
Edwin Hermann (Koha is a Maori word for gift) Assorted Verbs |
| 0% | TOO LATE | The Opening's Over - Like All Things Eventually |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time |
| 0% | TOO SIMPLE | This Overly Ordinary Study Isn't Mathematically Pleasing... Lecture is Elementary. |
Angela Brett, during a boring first-year algebra lecture. Education:Slow Teaching |
| 0% | TOO SLOW FOR ME | This is Obvious! Omit Such Long Orations... Why Furnish Observations (with) Ridiculously Meticulous Explanations? |
Angela Brett, when the lecturer spent at least twenty minutes explaining that when you add a multiple of a number to another number, say x, then x will still have the same remainder as before when divided by that number. Education:Slow Teaching |
| 100% | TOOTHBRUSH | To Osculate Odourlessly, This Has Been Religiously Used. Scrub Hard! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 0% | TOOTH FAIRY | Takes Old & Overused Teeth... Has Frequently Adduced Insignificant Rewards to Youngsters. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| 91% | TOOTHPASTE | This Ointment Often Tastes Horrible... Puts Angela off Spearmint Treats, Even. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 100% | TOOTSIE | This 'Outing' Of Transvestite Scheme Is Entertaining |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| 0% | TOPLESS BAR | Take Out Penis Let Everyone See Size Before Arrest Results |
Rico Leffanta Places:Buildings |
| 0% | TOPLESS BARS | Touch Omnivorous Pussy Let Everyone See Sighs Before Audience Responds Senselessly |
Rico Leffanta Places:Buildings |
| 0% | TOP QUARK | Truly Obese Particle! Qrious? Use A Recent Kit. |
Angela Brett, who apologises for the Qrious cheat, but it's better than yet another 'Quite'. ('Top' is the heaviest of the six types of QUARK... along with UP QUARK, DOWN QUARK, STRANGE QUARK,CHARM QUARK and BOTTOM QUARK. Because of the immense amount of energy needed to create a top quark, it was not possible until recently.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 0% | TOPS AND TAILS | Tony Out-Performs Stunningly! Are New Devisings The Apogee, Indicating Lasting Success? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after creating near-unbeatable first and last acronyms for each letter. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 0% | TORCH SINGER | They Only Render Choral Harmonies Suggesting Infatuations Never Get Explicitly Requited. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | TORN | Two Offer; Ruin Night |
Angela Brett (being torn between two offers can ruin an indecisive person's night) People & Relationships |
| 100% | TORONTO | Too Obviously Rates Oneself Near Top Outlook |
Patricia Rix Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 0% | TORONTO (2) | The Ornithological Residents Often Need Thawing Out |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 0% | TORONTO, CANADA | The Ontario Residence Of Nearly Tenth Of Country, And Near America! Don't Ask. |
Angela Brett (It seems odd that something like 6% of the population lives in a city so near AMERICA) Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | TORPEDO | They Often Roamed Pacific Exploding Destroyers Overhead |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Weapons |
| 100% | TORT | Twist Out Revenue Tidily |
Jeff Anonymous, since 'tort' comes from the Latin 'torquere' 'to twist' People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | TOTAL | The Opposite To A Little |
Edwin Hermann Assorted Nouns |
| 0% | TOTAL (2) | The Overall Tally And Lot |
Edwin Hermann Assorted Nouns |
| 80% | TOTE | Two-handed, Open-Top, Envelops |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Household Objects |
| 0% | TOTES LIFT RAPID RELIEF! | Totes Objective: Travel Easily, Swiftly! 1. Light/Lift/Left (Inside Fluid) 2. {Thesaurus, etc.: Rugged/Raise/Right} 3. Alas! Pace Increases! 4. Destination: Rugged/Relieve/Right 5. End: Light/Lower/Left. I Enjoy Fast/Freedom! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. A friend gave me 2 Great Totes! Left Tote = Light = (2 Quarts Great Bear Spring Water[in Nalgene Bottles = Narrow-Mouth = Loop Top]; etc.) Right Tote = Rugged = Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition); Webster's New Thesaurus of the English Language; etc. Assorted Phrases |
| 0% | TO THE ATTENTION OF | To Open This Heed Exact Address - Then Try Ensuring Next Toucher Is One Named Only - Finished |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who thinks the person who sought this may have been looking for "For the atten..." Communication |
| 0% | TO THE MAC LAB! | This is Often The Hearty Exclamation of MacGirl As Conundrums Lurk Around Baddies. |
Angela Brett MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| 100% | TOTODILE | Trainer Of This Ought Dodge Its Labial Embrace |
Angela Brett (Totodile is Pokemon #158) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 0% | TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL | Thankful Of Unusual Cherubs Helping Everyones Dreams, Best Yearnings Actually Notices Accompaniment Nurturing Gets Endearing Lessons |
Jan Morgan -- A television show about angels who solve people's problems, answer prayers, accompany people and teach lessons Religion Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TOUCHSTONE | The Outwardly Urbane Clown - His Sylvan Tryst Opens New Emotions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It |
| 0% | TOWEL DAY | The Occasion When Everybody Loves Douglas Adams. Yay! |
Angela Brett (International Towel Day, in honour of the late Douglas ADAMS and the superlatively useful towel, is on May 25th - see http://towelday.org for details.) Time:Special Occasions Household Objects:Towels |
| 100% | TOWELS | Take Off Watery Excess / Liquid Surplus |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, on TOWEL DAY Household Objects:Towels |
| 100% | TOWNIE | This One Will Never Investigate Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | TOY | This Occupies Youngsters |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Toys |
| 0% | TOY (2) | To Occupy Youth |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Toys |
| 100% | TOYOTA | Thrown Out - You're On The Asphalt |
Angela Brett Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | TRACKSTAR | To Run Around Circles, Kick Sydney To Australia Repetitiously |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TRACY | Travels Rarely, Activities Ceased Yesterday |
Jan Morgan Names:First names |
| 0% | TRACY (2) | Treacherous Raunchy Adult Controls Yob |
Jan Morgan Names:First names |
| 0% | TRACY (3) | Tackled Real Addiction Carefully Yesterday |
Jan Morgan - someone I know Names:First names |
| 100% | TRAFFIC | The Roads Are Full - Frustration Is Common. |
Angela Brett Transport |
| 0% | TRAFFIC (2) | Tyrants Rushing Around Feeling Ferocious Inside Cars |
Charlie Transport |
| 0% | TRAFFIC JAM | Traffic-lights Remaining Amber Frustrate Fellows In Cars - Just A Mess |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRAFFIC LIGHTS | They're Red.... At 'Fast Forward' I Could Lickety-split Intersection- Getting Home Terribly Soon |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | TRAIN | Transporting Resources And Interconnecting Nations |
Sean Lamb Transport:Trains |
| 0% | TRAIN (2) | Two Rails Are Invariantly Near |
Angela Brett Transport:Trains |
| 100% | TRAINING | Thick Recruits And Inductees Need Instruction, Not Guesswork |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education |
| 0% | TRAINING (2) | Teaching Responsibility And Integrity, Necessities In Next Generation |
Angela Brett Education |
| 0% | TRAIN SERVICE | Tracks Run Around Island Nation, So Each Remote Village Is Connected Effectively |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Trains |
| 100% | TRAITS | Talk, Read, Apronymise, Improvise, Test, Select/Submit! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. TRAITS = Proper Subset of "Traits of Apronymist." Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | TRAJECTORY | The Rounded Arc Javelins Exhibit / Career Track Of Redundant Yuppie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Sports & Recreation Science:Physics |
| 100% | TRANIO | Trades Roles And Now Is Overlord |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Taming of the Shrew |
| 0% | TRANQUIL PLACE | This Room's A Nice Quiet Undisturbed Idyll. Lie Prone, Loosening As Calmness Embraces |
Angela Brett Places Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| 0% | TRANSIENT ERROR | Tried Reaching Acronym Network Site, Incurring Error Notice; Temporarily Excluding Rob Rix and Other 'Ronymisers |
Gavin Lambert (see SITE DOWN?) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | TRANSITION | Teach Recruits About New Software Incrementally, Try It Out Naturally. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 0% | TRANSITION (2) | To Reach A New Situation, I Think Interim's Obviously Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | TRANSPORT | To Recapture Anthony's Natural Supremacy, Propose One Registers TRANSPORT |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, along with 38 other TRANSPORT acronyms so that he'd recapture the honour of 'Most expansions of the same word/phrase.' Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (2) | Trains Running Across Nations Should Proceed On Rigid Tracks. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (3) | Tarred Roads Arranged Networkwise Speed Progress Or Rolling Tyres |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (4) | Those Regulating A National System, Perchance, Optimise Roads & Trains |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (5) | Tax Receipts Are Normally Subsidising Passengers On Rural Trains |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (6) | Tourists Regularly And Needlessly Squander Petrol On Recreational Travel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (7) | To Restrict A Nation's Silly Peregrinations Often Requires Taxation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (8) | To Ruin A Nation's Scenic Properties Organise Roads & Traintracks |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (9) | Toll Roads Are Not Something People Openly Respond To |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (10) | Traffic Requires A Nimble Spryness Pedestrians Often Resort To |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (11) | Those Running Airlines Never Supply Parachutes ... Or Rescue Training |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (12) | To Reach A Nippy Speed, Prime One's Rocket Thrusters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (13) | To Record A New Speed People Operate Rocket Technology |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (14) | Top Racers Are Now Safely Propelled On Rubber Tyres |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (15) | They Rumble Across Night Skies - Pockets Of Rolling Thunder |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (16) | Triple-Riggers Are Now Somewhat Passe Over Routes Traditional |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (17) | To Really Appreciate Nature, Silently Pedal Over Rugged Terrain |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (18) | To Reach Altitudes New - Set Perpendicular One Rocket's Trajectory |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (19) | Though Rollerblades Are New, Skates' Popularity Outdates Recent Technology |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (20) | Through Recklessly Abusing Narcotics Swimmers Pump Out Record Times |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 0% | TRANSPORT (21) | Thermals Rise, Allowing Navigators Soar Powerlessly Over Rolling Territory |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| previous apronyms beginning with T | more apronyms beginning with T |