A Punster Reworks Old Names - You May Smile
Angela has not had time to update this website recently, because she is also a mathematician by training, programmer by trade, physicist by association and writer by Sunday midnight. She would like to remind people that anyone who submits an acronym to this website may send a short blurb like this one to go on their page of acronyms.
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| 100% | PIZZA FACE | Primo In Zit-Zapping... Acnekleen Foams And Cleanses Epidermis. |
Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| 100% | PLACARDS | Public Labels Announce Community's Assumptions, Rapidly Diffusing Stereotypes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | PLAGUE | People Lying About Grotesquely... Uncountable Expiries. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 78% | PLAGUES | Pass-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 |
| 90% | PLAINTALK | PCs 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% | PLAIT | Part Lock Approximately Into Thirds |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 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% | PLANETS (2) | Perceptually Lazy At Nighttime Exclaim They're Stars |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy:Planets |
| 100% | PLASMA | Pyrolysis 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% | PLATO | Perhaps 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 |
| 90% | PLAY CARDS | Perennially 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 |
| 100% | PLEA BARGAINS | Protagonist's Lawyer Expects A Bad Answer, Reasons Guilty Announcement Induces Nicer Sentence |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | PLONK | Purchaser'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% | PLUME | Peahen Looks Upon Mate's Exhibit |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 100% | PLUS | Positively 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% | POEM | Piece Of Enlightening Material |
Angela Brett Art & Literature |
| 100% | POET | Pretentious, Or Extremely Talented? |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | POETS | Pinnacles Of Eloquence, They Say |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | POINT OF VIEW | Personal 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% | POKE BALL | Point 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% | POKEMON | Professor Oak Knows Everything Masters Ought to Need |
Angela Brett, who is thinking of acronymising all 151 pokemon Computers:Games |
| 100% | POLAR | Position's Obvious... Length, Angle Required. |
Angela Brett, referring to polar coordinates. Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | POLICE (3) | Pursuit Of Lowlifes Into Criminal Endeavours |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | POLICE (5) | Protectors Of Law In Continuous Endeavour |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | POLICE STATION | Place 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 CORRECT | Possible Offense Lies In This, I'll Carefully Avoid Language Lest You Complain, Or Race Relations Executives Concern Themselves |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Politics |
| 100% | POLITICIANS (8) | Perk Overuse Leaves Incredible Tips In Chauffeur Industry, Augments National Spending. |
Angela Brett Politics |
| 100% | POLIWAG | Prefers Oceans... Legs Infantile & Weak, Aren't Groundworthy. |
Angela Brett (Poliwag is Pokemon #60) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | POLL | Public Opinion's Leanings Logged |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics |
| 100% | POM | Prince 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 |
| 100% | POND | Paddling Of New Ducklings |
Angela Brett Places:Waterways |
| 100% | PONGS | Putrid Odour - Nappy-Gas Stinks. |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | POON | Piece Of Orient's Nature |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants |
| 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% | POPSICLE | Pretty Often, People Suck Ice-Cold Lollies Eagerly. |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 91% | PORNO MOVIE | Prerecorded Orgy of Recreational Nudity On My Overhead Viewer. It's Exciting! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady/Angela Brett Entertainment:Movies People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PORNOTGRAPHIC | Pictures Of Really Normal Objects That Get Responses As People Hear Interesting Captions |
Angela Brett -- 'Pornotgraphy' hints at being pornography, but is not. See http://macintosh.geek.nz/pron.html (I was tempted to invent 'Innuendic' for the I-word but I don't want to get too many demerit points on my creative license.) See also INNUENDON'T Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 94% | POSITIVE ATTITUDE | People Often Say It's The Internal Values Engineering All... That Their Influence's Thoroughly Underestimated [in] Determining Environment. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | POSITRON | Part Of Smarts, In The Realm Of Novels |
Angela Brett, referring to the 'positronic brain' conceived by writer Isaac Asimov. Art & Literature Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | POST A MESSAGE | Please Omit Sexual Transmissions. "Adult" Messages: Eww! Stay Sane And Good, Eh? |
Jeff Anonymous (with a little help from Angela Brett), pleading for continued decency on the ACRONYMS forum, not that it's ever breached or anything. Communication:Acronyms Forums:Page Titles |
| 100% | POSTERS | Pictures Of Swanky Technological Equipment, Ridiculously Sized. |
Angela Brett (referring to Apple posters of course... what other kinds of poster are there?) Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | POST GRADUATE | Professors Often Seem To Get 'Research Assistants' Doing Undervalued And Tedious Experiments. |
Angela Brett Education |
| 100% | POSTING TWICE | Pressed Once & Slipped! Two Identical Notices Got Through. Worried, I Cry, 'Edwin!' |
Angela Brett, when she accidentally doubleclicked on the button to post a message on the forums, and needed Edwin to delete the duplicate post. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 88% | POSTMAN | Person Offering to Send The Mail Across Nations |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Communication |
| 100% | POT | Police Often Take |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POT (3) | Preferred Over Tobacco |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POT (5) | Particularly Overpriced Tickler |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POT (6) | Peers Often Tempt |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POTTERY | People Often Try To Extend Relationship's Years. |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the pottery (9th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 75% | POWERBOOK | People in Outdoor Work Environment Require Battery or Outlet to Output Kilobytes. |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | POWERBOOK (2) | Power Outlet Wanted, Energy Recharges Battery Of One's Kneetop |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | POWERBOOK (3) | Plenty Of Width, Evading Reddish Blush Of Older Kneetop |
Angela Brett, who will be buying a PowerBook shortly before her hardware discount expires on February 26th 2005. My iBook's screen is decidedly pinkish until it's been on for a while, and I'm also looking forward to have a widescreen PowerBook after about six years of 800x600 resolution. It's okay for most things but using the developer tools requires a lot of shuffling around of windows, more than ever on Tiger. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | POWERBOOK 1400CS | Proud Owner Worried Extremely - Ransom! But Out Of Kindness, Computer's Succeeded. |
Angela Brett, referring to what happened to her PowerBook 1400cs - see http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/differentthought or http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/myBook/clippings.html Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| 83% | POWERBOOK G4 | Portable, One-inch-thick, Widescreen, Efficiently Running Battery... Offers Owner Kneetop Gigaflops! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | POWER SOURCE | Potatoes, Oils, Wind, Eels, Rain, Sunshine Or Uranium Reactions Create Electricity |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| 100% | PPC | Productive Processor Cycles |
Angela Brett, because PowerPCs and other RISC chips are generally faster per MHz than CISC chips. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | PPC (2) | Performance-Per-Cycle |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 75% | PPC (3) | Pre-eminent Portable Chip |
Angela Brett (PowerPC processors are good for portable computers because of their PPC (4)) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | PPC (4) | Petite Power Consumption |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 93% | PRACTICAL JOKES | Prankish, Risky Activity Comically Torturing Innocent Cat's-paw, And Leaving Jovial Onlookers Keenly Expressing Sniggers. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | PRATTLE | Person Rambles And Talks To Little Effect. |
Angela Brett Communication:Talking |
| 100% | PRESENT | PowerBook Requested's Ever So Expensive... Nice Try! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PRESENTATIONS | Please Remember Electronic Slideshows Enhance Nothing That's Already Terrible Information. Only Note Success! |
Angela Brett Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | PRESERVE | Protect Religiously Every Species; End Rare Varieties' Extinctions. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Environment |
| 100% | PRICK | Penis Rests In Coloured Knickers |
Mary Carr/Angela Brett, while Mary was watching some pricks on television. People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | PRIDE | Please Remember, I Did Everything! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | PRIEST (3) | Proclaims Religion In Each Sabbath Teaching |
Angela Brett Religion:Religious Occupations |
| 100% | PRIME MINISTER | Please Remember I'm Merely Empowered Mortal, I'm Not Infallible - So Try Empathetic Reactions. |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people:Politicians People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | PRINCESS | Public Relations Is Nearly Choking Elegant Stately Symbol. |
Angela Brett Politics:Royalty |
| 100% | PRINCIPLE (2) | Pareto Ratio Idea Nearly Covers It... Percentage Law's Everywhere! |
Angela Brett (The PARETO PRINCIPLE, also known as the 80/20 rule, states that you can get 80 percent of the result with 20 percent of the effort) People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | PRINCIPLE (3) | Pareto's Ratio Idea Nearly Conveys Inversely Proportional Labour & Effect |
Angela Brett (see PRINCIPLE (2)) People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | PRIZES | Payment Received Is Zero$ Each Submission. |
Angela Brett - Acronyms.co.nz does not offer prizes for acronyms as no money is made from the site... but you could still boast about being on the hall of fame (http://acronyms.co.nz/halloffame.html) or honours list (http://acronyms.co.nz/honours.html) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | PRIZES (2) | Primary Reward Is Zealous Enjoyment / Stimulation |
Angela Brett (see PRIZES) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | PROBABILITY | Predict Randomness Only By Assuming Bias Isn't Long In Term, Yes? |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics |
| 100% | PROBLEM SOLVING TIPS | Pansophic Regime Of Book-Learning Engages Memory Skills; Of Larger Value Is Neatly Gathering Thoughts Into Pliant Structures |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT | Please Remember Ordinary Daily Users. Code Tuning Isn't Much Prized - Regardless Of Velocity, Exasperation Makes Everything Need Time. |
Angela Brett (Most everyday software doesn't really benefit from code-tuning to make each operation run as quickly as possible... productivity really increases when the software is made easier to use.) Computers:Programming Commerce |
| 100% | PROGRAMMING | People Require One Good Reference, Alphabetically Making Most Instructions Nimbly Graspable. |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming |
| 100% | PROJECT | Please Review Our Job Especially Compassionately. Thanks. |
Angela Brett, after a meeting with her group for an INFORMATION SYSTEMS project. Education |
| 100% | PROMISE | Proclamation's Read Only Memory... It Shall Endure. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 89% | PROMISES | Prior to Release, On Mp3 I Sampled Emerging Single. |
Angela Brett, after downloading and listening to an mp3 of the Cranberries' new song, Promises, before it was released as a single. Entertainment:Music:Songs |
| 100% | PROMPT | Print Request On Monitor - Please Type! |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | PROPRIOCEPTION | People Rely On Perfect Representations Internally Of Carnal Extremities. Perceiving This Is Only Natural. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 100% | PROSTITUTE | People Requesting Oral Sex Think It's Too Uneconomical To Enjoy? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | PROTECTION | People Really Ought To Ensure Care's Taken If Outside Nocturnally |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PROTECTION (2) | People Really Ought To Ensure Care's Taken If Orgasming Nowadays |
Angela Brett, as a modification of PROTECTION People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PROTON (2) | Part Removed Of The Other Nucleon |
Angela Brett, since a neutron can react with an electron neutrino to form a proton and an electron, giving the impression that a neutron is an electron plus a proton. Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | PROTON (3) | Particle Reputedly Of Three, One Negative. |
Angela Brett - protons are thought to be made up of two positive UP QUARKs and one negative DOWN QUARK. Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | PROTO-POLYNESIAN | Prehistoric Relative Of Today's Oceanic People's Oral Language. You'd Never Expect Such Interesting Ancestral Notes. |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | PSYDUCK | Psychokinetic Superpowers You Don't Understand Could Kill! |
Angela Brett (Psyduck is Pokemon #54... and they don't really kill, they could just make your pokemon faint.) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | PTOLEMY | Postulated That Otherworlds Looped Earth & Moon Yearly. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | PUBIC HAIRS | Prickles Upsurge By Intimate Crevices, Heralding Adulthood & Insulating Reproduction Sites. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | PUBLIC TRANSPORT | People Using Busses Locked In Commuter Traffic Repent, At Next Stop Purchase One Rail Ticket. |
Angela Brett Transport |
| 100% | PUKE | Partially Undigested Kilojoules Ejected |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | PUNS (2) | Paronomasia Unearths Natural Silliness |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | PUPPIES | People Usually Prefer Pets If Extra Small |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | PURE METHAMPHETAMINE | Popularly Used Rage Excuse, Maybe Everyone That Has Any May Plead Helplessness Even Though A Murder Is Never Excusable. |
Angela Brett, after 'P' was blamed for a murder (it seems to be blamed for everything these days.) Drugs |
| 100% | PURITY | Penises Usually Relegate It To Yesterday |
Angela Brett, after (CHAP (2)) was given a 100% purity rating by the acronym submission form. Assorted Nouns People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 86% | PURPLE | Prussian-blue Underneath Red Paint... & Lavender's Engineered! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | PUT A SOCK ON IT | Pen Up Thermal Activity So Outside Cold Keeps Out... Nice Insulated Toes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | PVC | Pretty Vulgar Clothing |
Angela Brett (PVC usually stands for Poly-Vinyl Chloride) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | PYTHAGORAS | Predict Your Triangle's Hypotenuse... Assuming Geometrically Orthogonal - Right-Angled - Sides. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 91% | PYTHAGORAS (2) | Prove Your Theorem - Hypotenuses Arranged & Geometry Obviates Relative Areas of Squares. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | PYTHAGORAS (3) | Perhaps You Think He Achieved Greatness Of Reputation Alone... Sorry! |
Angela Brett, because much of the mathematics attributed to Pythagoras was actually by other members of the Pythagorean sect. Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | QA (4) | Quick Approval |
Angela Brett, who thinks that the Quality Assurance people might occasionally not bother to run thorough tests. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 67% | QUADRA | Quite Unheard-of... Available in Dramatic Range of Abilities! |
Angela Brett, on discovering that there are Quadras which are anything from 16 to 200 Megehertz. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 89% | QUADRANT | Quarter Used As Dentists Refer to Around Nine Teeth |
Angela Brett (there's usually only eight teeth per quadrant but supernumerary teeth are not uncommon.) Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 91% | QUADRATRIX | Quite Useful in Answering Dilemma... Round's Area To Rectangle Impossibility Xamined. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | QUAGGA | Quippers Usually Are Going, 'Great Ass!' |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | QUALIFY | Quiet Undergraduate Achieves Learning In Fruitful Yield |
Angela Brett Education |
| 100% | QUALITY LIFE | Quit Underachieving And Love It... Tomorrow You'll Lie In Fetid Earth |
Angela Brett, who wonders if there's a better word than Underachieving which means something like 'underenjoying' but sounds more like a real word. People & Relationships:Advice |
| 88% | QUANTUM | Quite Unusually, Angela's Nephew has This Unconventional Moniker! |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | QUANTUM MANAGEMENT DATABASE | Quickness Unquestionably Always Necessary... This Underaged Mischief-Maker Almost Needs A Gazillion Eyes (Mother's) Ever Noticing Those Dubious Activities That All Begin As Simple Exploration. |
Angela Brett, expanding an unsuccessful search, thinking of a database on how to manage her nephew QUANTUM. People & Relationships |
| 100% | QUANTUM PHYSICS | Question Unasked? Answer's Not There! Unless Measured, Particle Hasn't Yet Spin - In Concurrent States. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| 100% | QUARK (2) | Quantum Uncertainty Always Restricts Knowledge |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | QUARKS | Questionably Useful As Reality Keeps Surprising |
Angela Brett (or perhaps '...As Reality Kids Scientists.') Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | QUARREL (2) | Quashes Usual Amicable Relationship, Retorts Ever Louder |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | QUATORZAINS | Quills Used Again To Organise Rhyming Zeugmas As Iambi; New Sonnets! |
Angela Brett, while trying to encourage people to apronymise Q words. Science:Linguistics |
| 83% | QUEER | Quite Unlikely Ever to Easily Reproduce |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| 71% | QUERY | Question to Understand Enigmatic Response of Yours |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 83% | QUIET (3) | Quiescent Uvular Is Easier to Tolerate. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | QUIFF | Quim Users Invest For Fun |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | QUINTUPLE | Quadruple's Understood... Increment, Now, To Use Penta-Like Enumerator. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | QUITE | Quantitatively Unspecific, It's Tentatively Extensive. |
Angela Brett Main |
| 100% | QUITTER | Questioning Unhealthy Inclination Toward Tobacco - Eventually Rewarded. |
Angela Brett Drugs:Tobacco |
| 100% | QWERTY | "Quit Writing Everything Rapidly!" Typewriter Yells |
Angela Brett, since the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to stop typewriters from jamming, though not necessarily by slowing down typing. (See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_248.html and the linked article for an interesting discussion on this) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | RABHADH | Read And Beware, Here Are Dire Hazards |
Angela Brett, who noticed this word on a train as the Irish translation of 'warning'. People & Relationships:Disaster Transport:Trains |
| 100% | RACE | Regard All Colours Equally |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | RACE (4) | Run A Course Energetically |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | RADIO | Ranting About Deity Is Omnipresent |
Angela Brett, while on a long car trip when her brother pointed out that the only radio station you can rely on getting just about everywhere in the country is a religious station. Religion Entertainment Communication |
| 100% | RADIO NEWS | Regular Audio Dispatches Interrupt Other Noisy Entertainment With Stories. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 86% | RADIUM | Radio-Active Decay Is Used in Medicine. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | RADIUS | Rip A Diameter Into Uniform Sections |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | RAINBOW (2) | Rain Ahead, Illumination Near Behind... Oh, Wow! |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (6) | Refraction Acts In Natural Breakup Of White. |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology |
| 89% | RAINY DAY | Release Any Idle Nest-egg... You Deserve Ample Yield. |
Angela Brett, referring to money people save 'for a rainy day.' Commerce:Money Science:Meteorology |
| 90% | RAMANUJAN | Read Advanced Mathematics And Nimbly Understood - Juvenescent Aptitude Non-surpassed. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | RAMBLING | Ranting About Marginally Bearable Little Insights - Nothing Great. |
Angela Brett, who is an expert on rambling. Communication |
| 100% | RANTS | Read As Notes To Self |
Angela Brett, as many rants are more like outlets for the ranters feelings with little thought of the person being ranted at. Communication |
| 100% | RAP | Repetitive Annoying Percussion |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | RAPE (2) | Readily Aborted Pregnancy Eventuates. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | RAPIDASH | Races Anything... Pokemon Instinctively Dashes After Something Hasty |
Angela Brett (Rapidash is Pokemon #78) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | RASH | Reaction Allergics Sometimes Have |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | RATER | Remember, A Ten's Extremely Rare. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | RATIONAL NUMBERS | Representable As Two Integers... Ontop - Numerator... And Lower Numeral? Usually Multiplying By Entry's Reciprocal Suffices. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | RAT RACE | Rodents Are The Runners, Apparently Craving Escape. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 67% | RATS | Re-fixing Apple is Terribly Slow |
Angela Brett, when poor Macless Tony discovered that the recent repairs on his Mac's power supply had to be re-done, and he'd be Macless for Christmas. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
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