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% | RICE | Repast Is Consumed Everywhere |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | RICKI LAKE | Revealing Information Concerning Kinky Interludes - Lackadaisical Audience Kept Entertained. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | RICKI LAKE (2) | Rampant Infidelity - Colloquially 'Kickin' It' - Lesbian Adulteresses & Kooks Everywhere. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 90% | RICKI LAKE (3) | Routine Investigations Concerning Kids' Initiators... Lie-detectors And Karyotype Examinations. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | RICO (2) | Rich In Calorific Overindulgence |
Angela Brett Names:You Are What You Eat Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 100% | RICO LEFFANTA | Readily Invents Copious, Often Lusty Expansions - Frighteningly Fast Acronymising Now Tailing Angela |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| 77% | RIEMANN SUM | Rewrite (as) Integral (for) Exact Measurement of Area. New Notation Spawns Unerring Method. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | RIFLE | Right In Firing Line... Eeeek! |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons Military:Weapons |
| 86% | RIGHTS | Regardless of Innocence / Guilt, Humane Treatment's Sure. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | RIP-OFF | Really Isn't Percentage Of Fat Free |
Angela Brett (see FAT FREE) Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | RIPON | Review Is Plagiarism Of Novel |
Angela Brett (Ripon is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, '(Of literary critics.) To include all the best jokes from the book in the review to make it look as if the critic thought of them.' Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 100% | RISK MANAGEMENT | Real Investors Should Know Millions Are Not Always Gained... Ensure Money's Entirety's Not Together |
Angela Brett, thinking of 'spreading the risk' Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | RISK MANAGEMENT (2) | Remembering I Should Keep My Ample Nuggets Apart - Golden Eggs Maybe Empty Nest Tomorrow. |
Angela Brett, thinking of not putting all of one's golden eggs in one basket. Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | ROAD RAGE | Rulers Of Automobiles Don't Remember About General Etiquette |
Angela Brett Transport Transport |
| 100% | ROAD TRIP (2) | Result Of A Desire To Retch In Public? |
Angela Brett, thinking about carsickness Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Transport Transport |
| 100% | ROAST PORK | Rotated On A Spit, The Pig Overtly Ruins Kosher |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | ROBE | Resolution Of Blasted Education |
Angela Brett, just after graduating. Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| 100% | ROB RIX (2) | Represents OS By Roman Inscription 'X' |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | ROB RIX (3) | Retains Objects By Rapidly Instructing X |
Angela Brett, since Rob programs for Mac OS X, which involves retaining objects. Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | ROHYPNOL | Rapists Often Have Your Phone Number - Over Later! |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett. (Rohypnol is a tranquiliser which has been linked with date rapes.) Drugs Drugs |
| 100% | ROHYPNOL (2) | Randy Old Hack Yields Pharmaceuticals Numbing Obstinate Ladies |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Drugs Drugs |
| 100% | ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING | Rolling Over Laughing Loudly, It's Not Good Over Night To Happily Exude Frenzied Laughter On One's Rug, Loud And Uncontrollable Good Humour Irritates Neighbouring Grandma. |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Laughter Laughter |
| 87% | ROLLING STONES | Romps Of Late-night Loving In Night Gowns, Sexy Tights, Or Naked. Expectations of Sex. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | RON AND JANE | Remember Our Names, All Net Denizens... Joint Acronymic Notoriety Everywhere |
Angela Brett, who doesn't know who Ron and Jane are, but speculates that the Ron and Jane who searched for that on the website were just hoping that someone would see their names on the unsuccessful searches page and expand them, so that they'd be 'famous' by being on a web site. Names Names |
| 100% | RON'S SECOND WIFE | "Ready Or Not," She Said, "Everyone's Celebrating Our Nuptials. Don't Wallow In First's Extinction." |
Angela Brett, expanding an unsuccessful search, wondering if this mysterious Ron got married again soon after his first wife's funeral. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE, I THINK I'VE MADE AN ACRONYM LONGER THAN YOU. DAFFODILS ARE YELLOW, CARNATIONS ARE WHITE, I'LL RECLAIM MY LAURELS, I'M THE CHAMPION ALRIGHT! HEATHER IS PURPLE, IVY IS GREEN, THIS IS THE LONGEST AN ACRONYM'S BEEN! | Really! One Should Expect - Sometimes - Anthony's Reaction. Experts Rarely Eschew 'Dares' Very Intense - Often Late Evening - Thinking Sessions Are Required. Electrified Brain Lights Up. Encouraged - I Try Harder! I Now Know It's Very Easy Making Acronyms. Dictionaries Enhance Abilities Now Allowing Champion Recover Original Notoriety. You May Look Over Newly Generated Extravaganza Regretting Thy Hasty Announcement. Now You're Overthrown, Unfortunately. Dearest Angela Fancied Fame Of Dethroning Irishman's Longest Spelt Acronym. Record Eventually Yours Evidently Lacked 'Legs' Oh Worthy Claimant! Alas! Regretfully Now Anthony Triumphs In One New Shootout And Restores Equilibrium. (What Height Is Tony's Everest?) It Looks Like Renewed Effort Could Land Angela Into Masterclass, Maybe - Yes? Laughing, Angela Unleashes Retaliatory Effort, Looking Searchingly Into Modern Thesaurus - Hopefully, Expectantly Challenging His Authority May Prove Impossible - Or Not A Lasting Record - It Goads Him Terribly. Having Easily Achieved The Heroic-Extent Record I Should Probably Unhurriedly Remain Patient - Length-Extending Is Vaguely Yawnful. I Suspect Getting Rico Energised Even Now Though Has Imperceptibly Started. I Suppose That He Envies Longest Ovation. Now Generating Eighty-Seven Term Acronym's Nearly Accomplished. Can Rico Offer Naughty Young Man's Supreme Best Effort Even Now? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, a few weeks after Angela's 'BEHOLD, THE AMAZING ANGELA...' Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms |
| 100% | ROTE | Repeat One Thing Exhaustingly |
Angela Brett Education Education |
| 100% | ROTORUA | Rotten Ova, The Olfactory Receptors Usually Assume |
Angela Brett (Rotorua smells like rotten eggs because of the sulphur in the air due to geothermal activity.) Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| 100% | ROUTERS | Rhymes Outers? Uters? The Easiest Route's Silence. |
Angela Brett, as geeks sometimes argue about the pronunciation of the word router. Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | ROVER | Remotely Operated Vehicle - Elevated Reconnaissance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: You know the remote-controlled aircraft used to spy over unfriendly territory? Well I don't know what they are called but they could be called ROVER. (Angela added that they're called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs) Military Military |
| 100% | RSVP | Reply Soon Via Phone/Post |
Angela Brett (RSVP usually stands for Respondez S'il Vous Plait) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Communication Communication |
| 100% | RTFM | Reflects 'Teaching Fishing' Metaphor |
Angela Brett, when there was a discussion on the Cocoa-dev mailing list about whether RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual) responses are productive. Some people argued that it's better to show people where to look to find information rather than just giving the information, and one mentioned the saying, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.' Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| 100% | RUBBISH | Repeatedly Uttering 'Blah Blah' Is So Humdrum. |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 100% | RUBY | Relationship Untouched By Years |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the ruby (40th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | RUBY (2) | Resistant Unity Began Yesteryear |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | RUNTIME SYSTEM | Rarely Used, Not That I Mind... Everything's So Yucky & Slow That Engineers Murder! |
Angela Brett, who actually loves things like HyperTalk and Objective-C for their runtime systems. 'Rarely Used, Not That I Mind' was just too good to resist. Slowness is about the only possible criticism of runtime systems, and I don't notice that. (Perhaps Mope would be a better M word, but I don't agree with the expansion anyway.) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 83% | RURAL | Reject Urban Rat-race - Alternative Lifestyle. |
Angela Brett Places Places |
| 100% | SADDAM HUSSEIN (3) | Should A Dictator Die At My Hands? United States Soldiers Entertain Idea Now. |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people:Politicians Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| 100% | SAFARI (2) | Small And Fast And Relatively Incorrect |
Angela Brett, when Steve said, 'Chimera is small, fast and correct. Safari is smaller, faster and incorrect.' Computers:Internet:Web browsers Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 92% | SAFETY PHIRST | Superhero Application Form Ensures That You're Protected by Honest Individuals Respecting Superhero Tradition. |
Angela Brett. This is the sign above Commissioner Steve's door, as he processes the Superhero Application Forms. (See the ADVENTUREs of MacGirl and KEYBOARD, episode #1) MacGirl & KeyBoard MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| 100% | SAILOR | Seasickness Affects Inlanders... Lean Overboard Retching |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Transport:Drivers Transport:Drivers |
| 100% | SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY | Someone At Institution Needed To 'Cleverize' Lettering Of University, Didn't Say The Apronym's Topic... Expansion's Unfortunately Not Interesting. Valid Expansion Regardless... Searcher, I'll Teach You! |
Angela Brett, when somebody searched for this phrase on the site, but didn't leave any information on what sort of apronym was wanted. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Education:Schools Education:Schools |
| 100% | SALAMANDER | Sever A Limb, And Miraculously A Near-Duplicate Emerges. Radical! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | SALES GOALS | Shamelessly A Lad Expounds Spurious Gobbledygook On Acme's Latest System |
Angela Brett Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | SALT | Staple Additive Lends Taste |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | SALT (2) | Sprinkle A Little Taste |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | SALT (3) | Something A Lexicographer Takes? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela said 'No lexicographer worth his salt would say that apronym is not in use!' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | SALT CAN KILL | Sodium's A Lethal Toxin, Chlorine's Also Noxious, Keep Ingestion Levels Low! |
Angela Brett, recalling that sodium and chlorine are each lethal on their own but combine to form table salt which is mostly harmless. Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | SAND DRAG | Stop And Not Derail Delinquent Railcars... A Godsend! |
Angela Brett (according to http://www.glue-it.com/trains/general-information/glossary/glossary/frames.htm a Sand Drag is a short length of railway track buried in sand, and running from a set of catch points. It is designed to bring runaway vehicles to a halt rather than derailing them.) Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | SANDSHREW | Stays Around Near Desert, So He's Rarely Ever Wet |
Angela Brett (Sandshrew is Pokemon #27) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | SANDSLASH | Sand-Attack Never Damages, Simply Lowers Accuracy, Stopping Hits. |
Angela Brett (Sandslash is Pokemon #28) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | SAN FRANCISCO (2) | Saw Alex, Nearly Fainted, Ran Away... Nah, Clearly I'm Saying Complete Offal. |
Angela Brett (I met my internet friend Alex in San Francisco... he's not really that scary.) Places:Towns & Cities:USA Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | SAN FRANCISCO (3) | Saw Apple's/ NeXT's Founder Reveal All-New Cocoa Interface Stuff -- Crowd Overjoyed/Overawed |
Angela Brett, who went to San Francisco for WWDC 2004. Computers:Programming Computers:Programming Places:Towns & Cities:USA Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | SAN FRANCISCO (4) | Seeing Apple News For Real, After No Confirmed Internet Spoilers Came Out |
Angela Brett, who went to San Francisco for WWDC 2004. I usually watch a keynote like that a few hours after it happens, after I've already read the announcements on Apple's website. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton Places:Towns & Cities:USA Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | SAN FRANCISCO (5) | Such A Nerd, Found Rambling About Nirvana (Campus In Sunny Cupertino) Online |
Angela Brett (At the WWDC Apple Campus Bash I went online and told my friends where I was.) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton Places:Towns & Cities:USA Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | SAN FRANCISCO (6) | Several Awesome New Friends, Reports About New Computer Ideas, Software (Confidential Offering!) |
Angela Brett, who went to WWDC 2004 in San Francisco -- Confidential Offering refers to the developer preview of Tiger all attendees got. Places Places Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | SANTA (5) | Spreading Acronymania Northward To Axis |
Angela Brett (see SANTA) Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | SANTA CLAUS (2) | Stack Allows Names To Accrue Credit - Left Anonymous = Un-Sung. |
Angela Brett, reminding SANTA why it's a good idea to post using your real name. Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | SANTA CLAUS (3) | So... Assuming Now That Angela Can List Acronyms Under 'Santa'? |
Angela Brett (see ACCRUE) Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | SANTA CLAUS (4) | Sleeping As New Toys Arrive, Children Love An Unstinting Stocking |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | SAPPHIRE | Solid And Predictable Partnership Having Intimate Romantic Embraces |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the sapphire (45th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | SARAH | She's Always Royal At Heart |
Angela Brett (Sarah means 'Princess') Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | SARCASTIC | Sometimes Ambiguous Reverse Comments Aren't Sensed, Triggering Incorrect Conclusion. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives Communication Communication |
| 100% | SARCASTIC (2) | Should Always Remain Calm - Anything Said's Tongue-In-Cheek. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives Communication Communication |
| 100% | SARS (3) | Stop Agent's Rapid Spread! |
Angela Brett, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SARS (4) | Scientists Are Rapidly Strategising |
Angela Brett, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SATIRE (2) | Six Awesome Tiles In Rack? Excellent! |
Angela Brett - it's well known amongst Scrabble players that the letters in SATIRE plus almost any other alphabet letter can form at least one seven-letter word. Entertainment:Games Entertainment:Games |
| 100% | SAUSAGE | Sizzlers Are Usually Scrumptious, Always Good Eating |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | SAVE A SPECIES | Socially Acceptable Value Entrusted, And Some People Elsewhere Can Inhibit Extinction Somehow |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 93% | SAVING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS | Stopping Another Vexing Installation of National Grocery Network; Education Is Good, However [much] Buying Our Radishes Hurts! Our Overpriced Dairies Should Continue Having Oligopoly, Or Learning Suffers. |
Angela Brett, thinking of schools which might be destroyed to make way for a new supermarket. Education Education Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | SAVING SCHOOLS | Sometimes A Vacation Is Not Good... Small Children Have Outlet Of Learning Stoppered. |
Angela Brett Education Education |
| 100% | SAW | Split Apart Wood |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs Household Objects Household Objects |
| 100% | SAW (3) | Seen Around Workshops |
Angela Brett Household Objects Household Objects |
| 100% | SCANDAL | Sensationalism Creates A National Disaster - Away, Lewinsky! |
Angela Brett Politics Politics |
| 100% | SCANNER | Stupid Contraption Apparently Now Needs Extra RAM. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela, after having a lot of problems with her new scanner (see SCSI CHAIN) was told that she needed more RAM to run it. After new RAM was added and some software conflicts were supposedly fixed (see FIXED MY MAC) she still can't get it to scan. Her advice: Don't buy Microtek, they're as troublesome as that *other* Micro company. Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | SCANT (2) | Swimming Costumes Approach Nudity Today! |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | SCAPEGOAT (2) | Someone Can't Accept Personal Error, Gutlessly Outsources Aftermath-Tackling |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | SCARFIES - THE MOVIE | 'Shithole' Cottage A Real Find - It's Empty, Students Thought... Hardly Expecting Marijuana Oasis! Very Interesting Ending. |
Angela Brett. (Scarfies is a recently released New Zealand movie... it's great, go see it.) Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | SCENARIO ANALYSIS | Somebody Can Excessively Notate A Really Insignificant Occurrence, Adding Not A Lot You'd Say Is Sensible. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 86% | SCENIC | See Countryside En-route, Nestled Inside Coach |
Angela Brett Transport Transport |
| 100% | SCEPTICAL MAN | Sculley Created Essential Peruser, The Ideal Computer-Aided Learner Multiply Analyses Notions. |
Angela Brett, because in his book, 'Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple,' John Sculley says that the ideal reader is Sceptical Man... and that, 'Sceptical Man does not take ideas on faith; he uses a multiplicity of information to compare and contrast. The computer makes such information available easily and in great quantity.' MacGirl & KeyBoard:(Wannabe) Superheroes MacGirl & KeyBoard:(Wannabe) Superheroes |
| 100% | SCHNOZ | Sleeping, Causes Horrible Noise - Onomatopoeically 'Zizz' |
Angela Brett ('schnoz' being slang for nose) Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 88% | SCHWEPPES APPLE | Sweetened, Carbonated H2O With Effervescent Properties. Particularly Enjoyable Smell - Aroma Passes to People Like an Explosion. |
Angela Brett, describing one of her favourite soft drinks... as soon as the bottle is opened, everyone within a 2 metre radius is hit with the delicious smell of it. Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | SCIENTIFIC METHOD | Some Creationists Insist Even Now That Investigating Fossils Is Chicanery/Conspiracy. Ministers Explain The Heresy Of Dinosaurs. |
Angela Brett Science Science Religion Religion |
| 100% | SCISSORS | Snips Cardboard In Seconds - Slashing Others Requires Sharpening. |
Angela Brett Household Objects Household Objects |
| 100% | SCOFF | Scornfully Criticise Others For Fun |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | SCONE | Stale Clump Of Non-Edibility |
Angela Brett, when Steve tried to find some food at the UNIVERSITY cafeteria and found that the only vaguely edible thing they had was some stale scones. Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | SCROTUM | Sac Containing Reproductive Orbs, Tucked Underneath Manhood. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | SCSI CHAIN | Scanner Connection Sans Instructions Can Halt Angela's Imaging Nascency. |
Angela Brett, when she couldn't get her scanner to work, due largely to the fact that it came with no instructions whatsoever regarding the setting up of a SCSI chain. Poor Angela actually had to resort to looking at her Mac's manual, and Mac users don't need manuals! See SCANNER Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | SCUBA | Suffocation Can Usually Be Avoided. |
Angela Brett (SCUBA actually stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SCUBA (2) | Seawater Can't Usually Be Aspirated |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SEARCH FOR ACRONYMS | Seeking Expansions? All Right, Come Here For Our Respected - And Cherished - Resource. Oh, Notify Your Mates Speedily |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying 'We need newcomers to spread the word! :-)' [Note from Angela: You can search for acronyms at http://acronyms.co.nz, or in the stack by clicking on a word in the expansion or credit, or option-clicking a word in the acronym list] Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | SEARCH HELP | Strongly Endorsed... A Reading Can (Hopefully) Help Explain Location Parameters. |
Angela Brett, referring to the Search Help page at http://acronyms.co.nz/searchhelp.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | SEARCH WARRANT | Since Everyone Assumes Real Criminal's Here, We Are Raiding Rooms And Not Tidying. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 82% | SECRETARY | Seduces Executives, Can't Resist Enjoying Torrid Affair in Response to Yearning. |
Angela Brett. (Tony responded that they're not all called Monica, you know!) People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | SEEING IS BELIEVING | Such Eye Enthusiasm Is Not Good - It Sometimes Blinds! Evidence Lies In Everything, Visibility Is Not Guaranteed. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases:Sayings Assorted Phrases:Sayings |
| 100% | SEEING IS BELIEVING (2) | Such Eye Enthusiasm Is Not Good - It Sometimes Blinds! Eyes 'Lie' (Illusions Etc.) Vision Is No Guarantee. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases:Sayings Assorted Phrases:Sayings |
| 100% | SEGWAYS | Scooters Employing Gyroscopes Will Assure Your Stability |
Angela Brett Transport Transport |
| 100% | SELF HARM | Somebody Evidently Looking For Hugs - A Real Masochist. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | SELF REFERENTIAL | Some Entries Lack Fully Relevant Expansions (Found Example? Rethink... Expect Now That It's A Lie.) |
Angela Brett (see if you can work out whether this apronym is self-referential. Don't forget to eat.) Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | SEMEN | Spermfilled Emission Men Ejaculate Naughtily |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 81% | SEND ME AN EMAIL | Sadly, Email is Now Dependent on Myself Expectantly Asking for New Electronic Messages. Alas, I'm Lonely! |
Angela Brett, when it seemed that none of her friends was emailing her. Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SENSE OF IT | Suitable Expansions Need Suitable Expressions Offered For Interesting Tony |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela challenged him to make SENSE OF IT and he said that "SENSE OF IT" doesn't make any sense of its own, so he'd play around with it. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | SEQUENCE | Some Expect Quite Unremarkable Ending - Numbers Converging Evenly. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | SEQUENCE (2) | Sometimes Especially Queer Unruly Entity Named Chaos Emerges. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | SETI | Spread Ears Toward Infinity |
Angela Brett (SETI usually stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SETI (2) | Some Expect Tiny Irishmen |
Angela Brett, referring to 'little green men' (see SETI) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SETI (3) | Spacemen Everywhere Tune In |
Angela Brett (see SETI) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SETI (4) | Sentience: Earthbound? The Investigation |
Angela Brett (see SETI) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SETI AT HOME | Supercomputers Everywhere Try Isolating Alien Technology's Hallmark - Obfuscated Mathematical Equations? |
Angela Brett Computers Computers Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SETUP | Something Easy To Understand, Please! |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 75% | SEXIST | Slagging Extra X-gene Implies Superiority of Testoserone? |
Angela Brett, after Tony came up with FEMININE People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL | Someone's Hungry, And Knows Exactly Required Aliments. Thickshake, Then Long Edible (And Newly Dead) Reptile On Little Loaf. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 82% | SHAREWARE | Software Having A Requirement of Expenditure Worth Access to Restricted Elements |
Angela Brett/Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers Computers |
| 100% | SHAREWARE (2) | Some Hardworking Authors Rightly Earned Whatever Amount Registration Entails. |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 100% | SHAUN | Somebody Has An Unremarkable Name |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Male Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | SHEEP | Sexually Harassed - Evidently Entertaining People. |
Angela Brett, who saw lots and lots of sheep on her bus trips from Auckland to Palmerston North and back. Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | SHEEP (2) | Stupid, Helpless, Edible. Eat Pasture. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | SHEEP (3) | Shearers Help Extract Everyday Product |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | SHEEP (4) | Sexually Harassed, Evidently Enthralling Perverts |
An anonymous alteration of Angela's SHEEP Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | SHIVER | Surrender Heat In Vibrating Extremities Rapidly |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | SHOES | Socks Have Often Emitted Stink. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | SHOOK | Spatial Harmonies Out Of Kilter |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| 93% | SHOP CATEGORIES | Shopkeepers Have Obviously Planned to Call Attention To Each Grouping - Order Related Items Easily, Shoppers! |
Angela Brett Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | SHORTS | Summer's Half-Outfit... Remember T-Shirt! |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 86% | SHORTS (2) | Southern Hemisphere's October - Roll-up Trousers Slightly |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | SHOVE IT | Some Have Overly Violent Extremes In Temper |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Rudeness Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| 100% | SHOWER | Singing Horribly Over Water's Everpresent Roar. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 88% | SHOWERS | She Has One Weekly to Eliminate Repulsive Smells. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 88% | SHOW OFF | Such Haughty One-upmanship Will Often Fall Flat |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | SHUTTLE | Spacemen Have Used This To Leave Earth |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy Transport Transport |
| 100% | SHUT UP (2) | Shop Here Using The Ultimate Plastic |
Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| 89% | SICK BABY | So Ill... Can't Kiss it Better. Another Belching Yawn. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SICNON | Simplified Inquiry-Created Necessity, Once Nameless |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela wondered what to call the category at http://apronyms.com/category.php?ID=1985058, explaining: "Yesno" doesn't sound spiffy, so let's try some foreign variants...."JANEIN"? "Sicnon"? "Daniet"? Communication:Yesses And Noes Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | SIGH | Slow, Inverted Gasp - Haaaaa... |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| 90% | SIGNATURE | Sufficient Identification? Greatly Needing A Totally Unforgeable Replacement or Extension. |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 100% | SIGNATURE (2) | Smallprint Is Giving Nobody A Total Understanding... Refrain/Retract Endorsement. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | SILENCE | Somehow It's Like Expensive, Nicely-Coloured Element. |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 100% | SILK | Stability In Loving Kisses |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the silk (12th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | SILK (3) | Sustenance? It Lacks Kilojoules! |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | SILVER (2) | Still In Love - Very Enduring Relationship |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the silver (25th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | SILVERBERG | Some Intriguing Literary Volumes, Except Readers Begin Espying Repetition, Gradually. |
Angela Brett, whose favourite author about four years ago was Robert Silverberg, and who has recently found some previously unread books of his to read. His books have some very interesting ideas in them and he likes (or liked... I have no idea if he's even still alive!) to introduce obscure words to his readers' vocabularies, but some themes tend to recur in many of his stories. Art & Literature:Writers Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | SILVER MEDAL | Seven Important Life/Leadership Values, Expressed Reliably, Means Employee Deserves A Laurelling |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program |
| 100% | SIMIAN SIM | Seems Intelligent Monkey Is Acronymising - Not Some Irish Mastermind! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela mentioned, "It's so obvious that even a poorly programmed monkey simulator running on Windows 95 could have thought of it" as a possible interpretation of her compliment of another of Tony's acronyms. Computers Computers Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | SIMON | Sole Instructor - Mustn't Obey Nameless |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Games Entertainment:Games |
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