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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| 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 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 Art & Literature Science:Physics:Particles 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 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 Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | POST GRADUATE | Professors Often Seem To Get 'Research Assistants' Doing Undervalued And Tedious Experiments. |
Angela Brett Education 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 Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 88% | POSTMAN | Person Offering to Send The Mail Across Nations |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Communication Communication |
| 100% | POSTMAN (2) | Parcel Operative - Scrunches The Mail Ad Nauseam |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, describing his POSTMAN as being somewhat different from Angela's. People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Communication Communication |
| 100% | POT | Police Often Take |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate Drugs:Cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POT (3) | Preferred Over Tobacco |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POT (5) | Particularly Overpriced Tickler |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POT (6) | Peers Often Tempt |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | POTATO | Properties Of Thermochemistry Are Too Obscure! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Angela had said that she likes refrigerated cooked potatoes because they have a similar texture, or at least temperature, to cold hardboiled eggs. Tony pointed out that the texture would vary according to the type of potato, so Angela replied that the temperature would still be similar no matter what kind of potato was used. Tony then said "I don't intend to get into a discussion about the heat-retention properties of various varieties of potato," and presented this acronym to back up his position. Food & Drink Food & Drink Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 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 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 Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | POWERBOOK (2) | Power Outlet Wanted, Energy Recharges Battery Of One's Kneetop |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware 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 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 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 Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | POWER SOURCE | Potatoes, Oils, Wind, Eels, Rain, Sunshine Or Uranium Reactions Create Electricity |
Angela Brett Science:Physics 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 Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | PPC (2) | Performance-Per-Cycle |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware 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 Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | PPC (4) | Petite Power Consumption |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware 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 People & Relationships |
| 89% | PR AGENTS | Paid Representatives Are Generating Exposure (in) Newspapers & Television Shows |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela suggested he should get paid by ALISON HOLST's PR agents, since now she's mentioned in this stack she will be known by a lot more people worldwide. People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | PRATTLE | Person Rambles And Talks To Little Effect. |
Angela Brett Communication:Talking Communication:Talking |
| 100% | PRESENT | PowerBook Requested's Ever So Expensive... Nice Try! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PRESENTATIONS | Please Remember Electronic Slideshows Enhance Nothing That's Already Terrible Information. Only Note Success! |
Angela Brett Communication:Presentations Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | PRESERVE | Protect Religiously Every Species; End Rare Varieties' Extinctions. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 100% | PRICK | Penis Rests In Coloured Knickers |
Mary Carr/Angela Brett, while Mary was watching some pricks on television. People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | PRIDE | Please Remember, I Did Everything! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | PRIEST (3) | Proclaims Religion In Each Sabbath Teaching |
Angela Brett Religion:Religious Occupations 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 Names:Famous people:Politicians People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | PRINCESS | Public Relations Is Nearly Choking Elegant Stately Symbol. |
Angela Brett Politics:Royalty 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 People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | PRINCIPLE (3) | Pareto's Ratio Idea Nearly Conveys Inversely Proportional Labour & Effect |
Angela Brett (see PRINCIPLE (2)) People & Relationships:Thoughts 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 Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | PRIZES (2) | Primary Reward Is Zealous Enjoyment / Stimulation |
Angela Brett (see PRIZES) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | PROBABILITY | Predict Randomness Only By Assuming Bias Isn't Long In Term, Yes? |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics 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 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 Computers:Programming Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | PROGRAMMING | People Require One Good Reference, Alphabetically Making Most Instructions Nimbly Graspable. |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming 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 Education |
| 100% | PROMISE | Proclamation's Read Only Memory... It Shall Endure. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships 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 Entertainment:Music:Songs |
| 100% | PROMPT | Print Request On Monitor - Please Type! |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 100% | PROPRIOCEPTION | People Rely On Perfect Representations Internally Of Carnal Extremities. Perceiving This Is Only Natural. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | PROSTITUTE | People Requesting Oral Sex Think It's Too Uneconomical To Enjoy? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | PROTECTION | People Really Ought To Ensure Care's Taken If Outside Nocturnally |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns 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 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 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 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 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 Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | PTOLEMY | Postulated That Otherworlds Looped Earth & Moon Yearly. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | PUBIC HAIRS | Prickles Upsurge By Intimate Crevices, Heralding Adulthood & Insulating Reproduction Sites. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts 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 Transport |
| 100% | PUKE | Partially Undigested Kilojoules Ejected |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | PUNLESS | Polite Unadorned Natural Laughter Expresses Simplicity Sometimes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela said he was SLIPPING Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | PUNS (2) | Paronomasia Unearths Natural Silliness |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | PUPPIES | People Usually Prefer Pets If Extra Small |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals 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 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 Assorted Nouns People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 86% | PURPLE | Prussian-blue Underneath Red Paint... & Lavender's Engineered! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 88% | PURPPLE | Pinnk, Umbber, Redd, Peeach, Pearrl, Lemmon and Euccalyptus |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela pointed out that he'd put an extra P word in the expansion of PURPLE in the 'ROSES ARE RED...' acronym. He explained that purpple is a particularly strong colour made up of those listed in the expansion. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Assorted Adjectives:Colours 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 People & Relationships:Advice Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | PVC | Pretty Vulgar Clothing |
Angela Brett (PVC usually stands for Poly-Vinyl Chloride) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | PYTHAGORAS | Predict Your Triangle's Hypotenuse... Assuming Geometrically Orthogonal - Right-Angled - Sides. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 91% | PYTHAGORAS (2) | Prove Your Theorem - Hypotenuses Arranged & Geometry Obviates Relative Areas of Squares. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians 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 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 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 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 Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 91% | QUADRATRIX | Quite Useful in Answering Dilemma... Round's Area To Rectangle Impossibility Xamined. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | QUAGGA | Quippers Usually Are Going, 'Great Ass!' |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | QUALIFY | Quiet Undergraduate Achieves Learning In Fruitful Yield |
Angela Brett Education 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 People & Relationships:Advice |
| 88% | QUANTUM | Quite Unusually, Angela's Nephew has This Unconventional Moniker! |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Male 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 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 Science:Physics |
| 100% | QUARK (2) | Quantum Uncertainty Always Restricts Knowledge |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | QUARKS | Questionably Useful As Reality Keeps Surprising |
Angela Brett (or perhaps '...As Reality Kids Scientists.') Science:Physics:Particles Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | QUARREL | Querulous, Unwanted Argument Rowdily Raiding English Language |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela mentioned that we hadn't yet come up with any acronyms beginning with 'Q.' People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | QUARREL (2) | Quashes Usual Amicable Relationship, Retorts Ever Louder |
Angela Brett People & Relationships 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 Science:Linguistics |
| 83% | QUEER | Quite Unlikely Ever to Easily Reproduce |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Homosexuality People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Homosexuality |
| 71% | QUERY | Question to Understand Enigmatic Response of Yours |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 83% | QUIET (3) | Quiescent Uvular Is Easier to Tolerate. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | QUIFF | Quim Users Invest For Fun |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | QUINTUPLE | Quadruple's Understood... Increment, Now, To Use Penta-Like Enumerator. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | QUITE | Quantitatively Unspecific, It's Tentatively Extensive. |
Angela Brett Main Main |
| 100% | QUITTER | Questioning Unhealthy Inclination Toward Tobacco - Eventually Rewarded. |
Angela Brett Drugs:Tobacco 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 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 People & Relationships:Disaster Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | RACE | Regard All Colours Equally |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | RACE (4) | Run A Course Energetically |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation 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 Religion Entertainment Entertainment Communication Communication |
| 100% | RADIO NEWS | Regular Audio Dispatches Interrupt Other Noisy Entertainment With Stories. |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 86% | RADIUM | Radio-Active Decay Is Used in Medicine. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | RADIUS | Rip A Diameter Into Uniform Sections |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | RAINBOW (2) | Rain Ahead, Illumination Near Behind... Oh, Wow! |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (6) | Refraction Acts In Natural Breakup Of White. |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology 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 Commerce:Money Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
| 90% | RAMANUJAN | Read Advanced Mathematics And Nimbly Understood - Juvenescent Aptitude Non-surpassed. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | RAMBLING | Ranting About Marginally Bearable Little Insights - Nothing Great. |
Angela Brett, who is an expert on rambling. Communication Communication |
| 100% | RANSOM | Recovery Attempt Needs Shooters Or Money |
Eric Bridgstock, after Angela's laptop was held to ransom. People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 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 Communication |
| 100% | RAP | Repetitive Annoying Percussion |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | RAPE (2) | Readily Aborted Pregnancy Eventuates. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order 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 Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | RASH | Reaction Allergics Sometimes Have |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | RATER | Remember, A Ten's Extremely Rare. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations 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 Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | RAT RACE | Rodents Are The Runners, Apparently Craving Escape. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin 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 Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | REACHING YOUR LIMITS | Remember, Even A Champion's Human. Invincibility's Not Given You, Only Use Responsible Low-Impact Machines If Training's Starting. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 57% | REAL | Really Entertaining Acronym List (like this one!) |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | REAL TIME ACQUISITION SOFTWARE | Retrieves (Electronically) A Library. The Information Must Enter A Conduit Quickly, Use Ideal-Speed Internet To Integrate Our Nous So Our Fellow Thinkers Will Always Research Efficiently |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 100% | REAL TIME INTEGRATED SOFTWARE | Render Everything As 'Live' Then (If My Ethernet Is Not Too Erratic) Get Reactions As Things Emerge. Don't Sit Otiosely, Forced To Wait As Report's Edited |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 100% | REBECCA | Raises Every Boy's Excitement, C-Cups Advertised |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | RECAP | Repeated Explanation Clarifies A Point. |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 100% | RECENT ACRONYM | Reflects Everyone Constantly Expanding New Terms, All Carefully Recorded Online. 'Ncludes Yours, Maybe! |
Angela Brett, who thought she'd better acronymise the headings of the tour of recently added acronyms at http://acronyms.co.nz/tours/recent/recent1.html since they're in capitals. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | RECRUITING | Remember Employers Can Reject Unskilled Individuals - That Includes New Graduates |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | RECTUM | Regular Egestion Causing Trouble? Use Metamucil! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | RECURSIVE | RECURSIVE Expansion Continually Unfolds Reflecting Successive Interations, Virtually Endless |
Angela Brett (expand the first word in this expansion for hours of fun. Don't forget to eat.) Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 75% | RED | Reminder of Everpresent Danger |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | REDMOND, START YOUR PHOTOCOPIERS | Remember, Everyone, Don't Mention Our Nemesis Directly, Since They're Always Ready To Yell Objections Using Representatives Paid Hundreds Of Thousands. Obvious Clone Of Product Is Expected Relatively Soon. |
Angela Brett, referring to a banner at WWDC unveiled after the announcement of Mac OS X 10.4 code-named TIGER. It's quite clear which company the banner is referring to without it being spelled out. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | REEBOK | Really Expensive, Exceeds Budget Of Kids. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | REHASHED | Rejected Essay He Again Submitted, Having Edited Document. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | RELIGION | Reaches Every Life, If God Is Or Not |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | RE-LOL | Really Excited, Lots Of Laughing |
re-LOL typed by Angela to mean 'LOL again,' acronym suggested by Tony McCoy O'Grady. Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | REPORTS | Regular Evaluation Procedure Often Reveals Torporific Staff |
Angela Brett Communication Communication People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | RESERVOIR DOGS | Rampant Excitement, Supposedly. Extremely Rare Violent Occurrences, It's Really Dull - Oh God, Stop! |
Angela Brett, after watching all she could stand of the movie 'Reservoir Dogs.' The video cover pretty much admitted there was no plot, but promised an explosive, break-neck speed spree of violence - that wasn't there either which left the movie somewhat empty. Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | RETARD | Really Exhausting To Attempt Reading Dictionary. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 86% | RETINA | Residing in Eye, This Is Never Amputated! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | RETIRE | Rich Elders Trade-In Relentless Employment |
Angela Brett Time:Age Time:Age |
| 100% | REVELATION (3) | Reads Each Virtual Electronic Life Agent, Translating Into Original Notation |
Gavin Lambert, Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 88% | REVENGE | Receiving Extreme Violence Entitles Nobody to Genocidal Extermination |
Angela Brett Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| 90% | REVOLTING | Recharging Electrical Voltage Over Lithium Terminals when Ions Need Generating |
Angela Brett, when Tony suggested that a battery charger could be said to be re-volt-ing. Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| 100% | REVOLTING (2) | Reproducing Erotica Via Open-Line Talkback Is Not Good! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | REVOLTING (3) | Retailing Emasculated Vagina On Local Toilets Is Normally Grotesque. |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 67% | REWARD | Recognising Employees Who: (pick one) Augment Reputation/Record of Department |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program |
| 86% | REWARD (2) | Recognising Employees Who Achieve Respect of Department |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program |
| 86% | REWARD (3) | Recognising Employees Who Achieve Relative to Department |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program |
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