A Perfectly Reasonable Option? No, You Mangy Sonafabitch!
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% | ST GOAR | Somewhere To Get Off And Rest |
Angela Brett (My Contiki tour stopped there for a night, I think it was only because we couldn't get to Munich that day) Places:Towns & Cities |
| 100% | ST GOAR (2) | Somewhere To Go On A Roadtrip |
Angela Brett (My Contiki tour stopped there for a night, I think it was only because we couldn't get to Munich that day) Places:Towns & Cities |
| 100% | STICK 'EM UP | See This? It Could Kill Everybody. Make Unarms Prominent! |
Angela Brett ('unarms' are arms without arms, that is, unarmed arms. An alternative ending is 'Money Upfront, Please!') People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | STICKY END | Saying That I Could Kill You Evoked Nasty Death |
Angela Brett -- don't threaten people, they might be armed with glue guns or worse. People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | STIX | Something Timberlike Is Xyloid. |
Angela Brett, after discovering the word Xyloid (meaning woodlike or pertaining to wood) and thought that since it was a real X word and not an eX word then it ought to be included in an acronym just so there'd be another X that hadn't been cheated on... unfortunately she had to cheat on the acronym anyway to get an X into it. But hey, it explains the word nicely, doncha think? Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | ST JOHN'S WORT | Supposed To Jolt Our Happiness; No Salesman/Scientist Would Openly Refute This. |
Angela Brett, who has heard that St. John's Wort is good for depression. Choose the S word based on your scepticism level. Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | STOATS | Steal The Ova And Threaten Species |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | STOCKASTIC | Sales That Oscillate Chaotically Keep Any Stockpiling Tendencies In Check. |
Angela Brett, after reading a paper which mentioned stochastic sales, and thinking that perhaps 'stockastic' would be a better term. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Commerce |
| 100% | STOMACH | Somewhere To 'Organicise' Meals Amid Concentrated HCl. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | STONED | Smoke/Sniff/Shoot This, Or Never Experience Delirium |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| 100% | STONED (2) | Supposedly Typical Of Non-Educated Dopes |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| 100% | STOP THE ABUSING | Strive To Over-Power The Hurt - Every Avengement Brings Unnecessary Suffering. It's Not Good! |
Angela Brett, when someone searched for 'stop the abuse'. I couldn't find a good E word. People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Abuse |
| 100% | 1ST PLACE | Somebody That's Perfect Loves A Competitive Event |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | STRANGE QUARK | Seems To Reveal A Name Game, Exaggerating Queerness Understood Amongst Really Knowledgeable |
Angela Brett ('Strange' is one of the six types of QUARK... along with UP QUARK, DOWN QUARK, CHARM QUARK, TOP QUARK and BOTTOM QUARK.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | STRAWBERRY IMAC | Started To Retch, And Wondered 'Bout Edibility. Really Really Yucky, Its Main Aftertaste's Copper. |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat:iMac Fruit Salad |
| 100% | STRING | Slipped Tying Ribbons? I'm Not Glossy. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| 100% | STRONG (2) | Stick Together: Rivet On? No, Gluon! |
Angela Brett (A gluon is a 'particle' of the strong force, which holds QUARKS together.) Science:Physics |
| 100% | STRONG FORCE | Sticks Together -- Reverse Of Nearness Gives Ferocity Of Reaction; Cannot Escape |
Angela Brett (The strong force gets stronger the further away the particles are, making it impossible for single quark to escape from its grouping of two or three.) Science:Physics |
| 100% | STUART | Short Tails Usually Aren't Rat's Tails |
Angela Brett, thinking about the movie Stuart Little, which features a mouse named Stuart. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | STUART LITTLE | Supposedly Totally Usual, Adopting Rodents To Live In The Two-Leggeds' Environment |
Angela Brett, referring to the film in which a family adopts a mouse... the adoption of a mouse is shown as being a normal occurrence, although still apparently worth making a movie about. Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | STUD | Stable's The Usual Dwelling |
Angela Brett, after passing a stud farm during a bus trip. Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | STUDENT IN DEBT | Sent The University Dollars, Education Never Turned Into New Desired Employment -- Blast Them! |
Angela Brett Education People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | STUDY | Solo Teaching Usually Done Yourself |
Angela Brett, after her mother suggested that she just sat under her computer acronymising and didn't know the meaning of study. I'm not sure sure which viewpoint this proves. ;) Education |
| 100% | STUPID FAT UGLY SLAG | Somebody That's Unpleasant Pushes Insults Down Flab-Affected's Throat. Unlikely Good-Looking Yet Shoots Lip At Girl |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | STUPIDITY | Some Thickos Unsuccessfully Pretend Intelligence... Does It Trouble You? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | STYLUS | Stop Typing... You'll Love Using Scribbles. |
Angela Brett Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | SUBMISSION GUIDELINES | Send Uncommon (But Meaningfully Initialled) 'Spansions. Show It's Original - Nothing Gathered Using Internet Databases. Explicit Lewdness Is Not Encouraged - Subdue! |
Angela Brett, summarising to the Submission Guidelines page at http://acronyms.co.nz/guidelines.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | SUBROUTINE | Second Use Brings Reduction Of Unnecessary Typing, Integrity, Name's Explanatory |
Angela Brett, meaning that reusing a subroutine brings integrity, not a reduction of it. Computers:Programming |
| 83% | SUCCESSFUL | Several Unreal C-words Confirm Extended Storage Space Functions Unerringly - at Last! |
Angela Brett, after testing this stack's ability to use 'ESS' (Extended Storage Space - some scripts I wrote to get around the fact that HyperCard only allows 30,000 characters in each field) by adding 250 fake acronyms beginning with C. And surprisingly - for one would expect there to be at least one small probem - all of the tests were successful. Which means that, should all you acronymists out there send in more than about 260 average-length acronyms all beginning with the same letter, the stack will still function normally. Well, it's always good to be prepared for the future. Computers:Programming |
| 100% | SUCK | Skill Unborn Can Know |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | SUGAR (2) | Spoonful Urges Gulping A Remedy |
Angela Brett, because a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | SUGAR FREE | Some Users Get A Rush From Ready Extra Energy |
Angela Brett, while sipping a sugar free Red Bull energy drink and wondering why they took out the actual energy. (Marketers occasionally come around giving out Bull for free, and I am a loyal [experimental?] subject.) Food & Drink |
| 100% | SUICIDE (2) | Shameful, Usually - Intentional Cessation Initiates Disgraceful Exequy. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | SULTANA BRAN | Superbaddy Uses Lethal Tactics... Afflicted Needs A Bowel Relief, Arse Necroses. |
Angela Brett (don't eat too much bran... it's a cereal killer!) MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| 100% | SUPERMARKET (2) | Some Unethical Proprietors Even Retail Mouldy And Rancid Kai... Expect Tummyaches! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | SUPERNATURE | Science Used Progressively Entering Realms Nearly Always Thought Unscientific. Reasoning's Engaging. |
Angela Brett, referring to the book by Lyall Watson Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | SUPPLY CHAIN | Some Use Palmtop PCs/ Laptops - You Can Have Airbourne Information Network |
Angela Brett, thinking of recent TV ads showing the way a biscuit company makes use of tablet PCs with wireless internet to automate their 'supply chain'. Commerce |
| 70% | SURFACE TENSION | Sometimes, Unless Reasonable Force is Applied, it Can't Easily Trickle to Escape the Neatly Sealed Insides of an Old Numbercruncher. |
We were discussing a Mac Classic seen in a magazine which had been turned into a fishbowl (or Macquarium.) Tony suggested that perhaps the person had forgotten to seal the tiny hole next to the disk drive, and that the water could be leaking out. Angela Brett replied that it couldn't because of SURFACE TENSION. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Science:Physics |
| 100% | SURGE | Sudden Up-Rising Generates Energy |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | SUSE | Seems Useless - Stumps Everyone! |
Angela Brett, on hearing about SuSE Linux. Computers:Linux |
| 100% | SWAN | Swims With Arched Neck |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | SWAP (2) | Switch With A Peer's |
Angela Brett Commerce |
| 100% | SWAP (3) | Sleep With Another's Partner |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | SWATCH | Swiss Watches Aren't Too Costly Here |
Angela Brett (while most brands of Swiss watch are ridiculously expensive, Swatch makes watches that are more generally affordable, and sometimes even digital! Call me primitive but I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.) Time Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 90% | SWEAR WORD | Speak Without Expletives - Avoid Rude Words Often Regarded as Derogatory |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| 100% | SWEET | Sugar Will Eventually Emaciate Teeth. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 100% | SWEET PEE | Sugary Wees Equals Endocrine Trouble... Pancreas's Effectiveness Ebbing |
Angela Brett, when Tony apologised for mistyping an 'a' instead of an 'e' in his SWEET PEA expansion. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SWIFT | Steve Wozniak Is Fast Thinker |
Angela Brett, thinking that maybe FAST THINKER a.k.a Woz could help out MacGirl and Keyboard in a few episodes. MacGirl & KeyBoard:(Wannabe) Superheroes |
| 100% | SWIMMING | Some Water Is Missing - Maybe In Novice's Gullet |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SWISH | Sibilant Whooshing Is Sound Heard. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | SWISS FRANCS | Splendid With Intense Shades, Small Fortune Redeemable As Note (Correctly Singular) |
Angela Brett -- the things that struck me about Swiss Francs were the bright colours and the fact that they're available in such high denominations. I've only seen up to a 200 Franc note (which is already better than I've seen in any other currency) but apparently there are 1000 Franc notes which are the most valuable mass circulated notes in the world. Commerce:Money |
| 100% | SWITZERLAND (2) | Speak/ Write In Tongues, Zones Exhibiting Regional Languages Aren't Nation-Dividers. |
Angela Brett -- Switzerland has four official languages, German, French, Italian and Romansh. Places:Countries |
| 100% | SWORD (2) | Sharp Weapon Of Relentless Destruction |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons |
| 100% | SWORDS | Start Weeping... Our Regiment's Deadly Serious |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons |
| 100% | SYSTEMATISE | So You'll Switch To Efficient Method, And That'll Increase Sales Eventually. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | TABLES | Truth Arrays... Boolean Logic Explicitly Stated |
Angela Brett, referring to truth tables. Science:Mathematics Science:Electronics |
| 86% | TAILOR | Tradesman Alters Ill-fitting Longjohns Or Robes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | TALENT | Though Ability's Lovely, Everyone Needs Training. |
Angela Brett, since people are often urged not to rely on talent but to train/practise to reach their full potential. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | TANGERINE IMAC | This Apple's No Good! Even RAM Is Not Edible. I'm Making A Complaint! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat:iMac Fruit Salad |
| 100% | TANGI | Tears Are Not Good Indications |
Angela Brett (Tangi is the Maori word for cry, and also for a funeral) People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Death Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| 100% | TAU | Tiny And Unstable |
Angela Brett (while the tau is the heaviest of the leptons, it's still tiny... and due to its mass is the most unstable lepton, lasting around 3*10^-13 seconds.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | TAUON | Tried At Uniformity Of Notation |
Angela Brett (Tauon is another name for the TAU particle, with the familiar -on suffix of other particles.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | T-BAG | The Baddie; Annoys Girls |
Angela Brett, referring to the title character of an 80s/90s children's TV series. (See http://members.tripod.co.uk/jrv94/ind.html for more information on the series) Entertainment:TV shows Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | T'DAY | The Day After Yesterday |
Angela Brett Time |
| 100% | TEA (3) | The Ecclesiastical/Exalted/Excited/Exhausted Adults. |
Angela Brett (see BREAD... If the adults get together for refreshments after mass, that group could be called TEA.) |
| 100% | TEASE | To Exaggerate Any Small Eccentricities |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | TEENS | They're Expensive - Ever 'Needing' Stuff |
Angela Brett Time:Age |
| 78% | TEH TYPO | To Err is Human - Throughout Your Proofreading it's Obvious! |
Angela Brett Art & Literature |
| 89% | TELECOMMUNICATION | This Evidently Lets Everyone Chat Over Many Miles. Unfortunately Now It Can't, And Techie's Inspecting Out-of-order Network. |
Angela Brett, when she was supposed to be having lunch with Steve but ended up in the PABX room of TVNZ while he fixed routers or somesuch. Communication |
| 100% | TELESCOPE | This Enhances Longsightedness - Even See Cosmic Objects Parsecs Extrasolar. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| 79% | TELETUBBIES | Terribly Excitable, Like Energetic Toddlers Under Blue-sky, Baby-sun, Interact with Electronic Servants |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 83% | TELEVISION | Transmitting Events Live for Electronic Viewing - Interactive Substitute Is On the Net! |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TELEVISIONS | They Essentially Leave Each Viewer In Stupor... Intelligence Often Not Stimulated. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TELNET (3) | To Email, Learn Numbered, Esoteric Tetrads |
Angela Brett - I occasionally check my email using a telnet client, and many of the necessary POP commands have four letters and a message number. Computers:Internet |
| 86% | TEMPUS | This Evil Man Plans to Undo Superman! |
Angela Brett, referring to Tempus, a villain in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman who tried to go back in time and kill Superman as a baby. Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | TEN | This Exceeds Nine. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | TENT | Trampers Erect Neat Tarpaulin |
Angela Brett Places Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | TERMS AND CONDITIONS | They Explicitly Restrict Mature Signers' Actions. Never Disobey Commands, Or No Deal! In Truth, Individuals Often Nonchalantly Skim. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | TEST | Topical Examination - Scoring Time! |
Angela Brett, inspired by one of her lecturers calling tests 'opportunities to score.' Education |
| 100% | TEST (2) | This Expansion Submitter's Terrible! |
Angela Brett, testing the Acronym Submission form at http://apronyms.com/submit.php - there were a few bugs but it's all fixed now! If you don't believe me, submit a whole lot of acronyms and see if it breaks. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | TEST (3) | Trial Every Single Thing |
Angela Brett, while testing the submission form. Assorted Verbs |
| 90% | TESTICLES | They Engineer Sperm That Is Coitally Leaked, Enveloped in Semen. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 92% | TEST RESULTS | The Eventual Score's Tallied, Rendering Each Student Unsympathetically 'Learned' or 'Totally Stupid'. |
Angela Brett Education |
| 91% | TETRAQUARK | The Experiment That Revealed A Quixotic Unstable Arrangement Ran at KEK. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | THANKS | They Have Announced Nice Kind Sentiments. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | THANKS! | This Has Angela Nearly Kissing Steve! |
Angela Brett, when Steve Wozniak bought her an iBook to replace her lost PowerBook 1400cs (see RANSOM) Computers |
| 100% | THANKS, I HAD A GREAT TRIP... NOW TO CATCH UP ON A BAJILLION APRONYM SUBMISSIONS. | The Holiday Aftermath... Now Kiwi Sits In Home And Diligently Adds Great Recent Expansions, All The Time Remembering In-Person Networking On World Tour. Office Calls Angela To Code Humbly Using PCs, Oh, Not Again! But Apple Junket Invigorated Language-Learning Ideas Of Next Application Program! Regrettably Only Nighttime Yield -- Maybe Someday, Unfettered By Monetary Imperative Seeking Salary, I'll Output New Software. |
Angela Brett, on returning from a 103 day trip which began with Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference. At WWDC I found out about several things in the next version of Mac OS X which will be very useful for my next COCOA app, but as I have to go back to my WINDOWS job to replenish my bank account after such a long trip, I won't have much time to actually write the app. Computers:Programming Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| 100% | THANK YOU! | True, Hearty Appreciation Now! Kindness You Offer: Unexpected! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. THANK YOU! Angela Brett for both of your VERY ENCOURAGING e-mails. THANK YOU! to all of the APRONYMISTS who continually engage my mind in new, unexpected ways. Communication |
| 100% | THE | That Hitherto Explained... |
Angela Brett Main |
| 100% | THE ACRONYM TIMES | This Habitual Email Announces Creative Ramblings Of Nutters. Your Masterpiece Titillates Intelligent Minds Everywhere, Supposedly. |
Angela Brett, as a subject for an email about the latest acronyms. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | THE ACRONYM TIMEZONES | Tony Has Experienced Altered Chronological Rhythm. On NZST You Might Travel Inter-Meridian, Entering Zone Of Nearly Earliest Sunrise. |
Angela Brett, when Tony complained that the acronym forums (http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/start.cgi?id=acronyms) said he'd posted something in NZST, when he only does things in BST or GMT. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 91% | THEAETETUS | The Hallowed Euclid Acknowledged (his) Educated Thesis, Examining Two Unusual Shapes. |
Angela Brett (Theaetetus - try saying that six times fast - was the first to study octahedrons and icosahedrons.) Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | THE AMAZING IRISH SINGING FROG | This Happy Electronic Amphibian Masterfully Adds Zest In Novel Gift I Received. I Smiled, Hearing Singing - Including Name Given. Ingeneous Numbercrunching Generates Forté Ribbits Of Goodwill. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing, describing a HyperCard stack featuring an amazing Irish singing frog which Tony made for Angela on her birthday. Computers:Programming Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | THE APRONYMS TIMES | Tony Has Engineered 'A Propos' Reference Onto Name, Your Meaning (Shorter) Thus Imitates Meaning (Expanded) Somehow. |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | THE APRONYMS TIMES (2) | Tony Has Engineered 'A Propos' Reference Onto Name, Your Meaning Shouldn't Turn Into Muck Expansion->Skeleton |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | THE BIBLE | Truly Heaven Exists, Because In Book Lies Evidence |
Angela Brett Religion Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | THE BIBLE (2) | Truly Heaven's Exit, Because In Book, Lies Evident |
Angela Brett, to go with THE BIBLE Religion Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | THE CORRS (2) | The Have Excellently Crooned Outside Regular Recording Studios |
Angela Brett, who has a recording of The Corrs singing live and thinks it sounds just as good as their studio recordings. Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 91% | THE CRANBERRIES TRADERS | Timbre Has Enchanting Characteristics, Ridiculous-thinkers Await New Bootlegs Eagerly & Really Rare Items are Expensive - Singles, Too, Require Ample Dough, Especially Rarer Songs. |
Angela Brett - Ridiculous-thinkers is a reference to the people on the Ridiculous Thoughts mailing list, a discussion/trading list about the Irish band The Cranberries. Entertainment:Music Commerce |
| 100% | THE LAST UNICORN | Turned Human, Experienced Love, And She Tackled Unchallenged Nemesis. Innumerable Captive Others Released Next. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | THE MAD IRISHMAN | Tony Has Eccentric Methods And Does Ingeneous Reptile Impersonations - Singing Happybirthday & Mentioning Angela's Name. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing (see THE AMAZING IRISH SINGING FROG) The Mad Irishman, or TMI, is a term coined by TOO (The Other One, a.k.a Angela's sister) often used to refer to Tony. Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | THEORY | Tony's Heir Emulates Oldman's Rowdy Yappings |
Jeff Anonymous and Angela Brett, theorising on TRICKERTREAT's identity. Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | THE RAPIST | Telling Him Everything Regarding A Painful Incident's Superfluous Torture. |
Angela Brett, to contrast THERAPIST People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 100% | THERAPY | The 'Healing' Equals Reliving A Painful Youth |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 82% | THESAURUS | The Handy Encyclopaedia of Synonyms Acronymisers Use Religiously in Unusual Situations. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | THESAURUS (3) | Tony Has Exceptional Skills, And Uses Reference Utility Sometimes. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | THE ULTIMATE ACRONYM | The Highest Expansion Uses Large Talent - I'll Make A Toast, Every Acronym Creator Rejoice! Our Newest Yield's Magnificent! |
Angela Brett, when Tony used 'The Ultimate Acronym' as the subject line of an email announcing that he and Patricia had thought of an acronym for EVERY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 94% | THE WAY THINGS ARE | To Have an Easier World And Yet To Have Interesting New Glitches Shows A Reasoning Error |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | THEY GOT SOME! | This Heavenly Establishment Yesterday Generally Omitted The Stuff - Obvious Mindreading Evident. |
Angela Brett, because the day after the NO ICED COFFEE incident, she found that the cafe did have WAVE ICED COFFEE. Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | THINKING CAP | This Headgear Improves New Knowledge Ingestion, Nicely Generates Creativity And Perspicacity. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 86% | THIRTY | Three Hundred (In Reciprocals of Ten) Yes? |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | THOSE | This Has One Silly Expansion. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | THREAD (2) | This Has Roughage - Eat And Defecate! |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | THREADBARE | Teddy's Hair's Ragged, Effete And Depleted... Balding After Repeated Embraces. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| 100% | THREAD LIST (4) | That's Horrible... Readers, Enter A Delightful Line Into Said Threadlist. |
Angela Brett, in response to THREAD LIST (3). Communication:Acronyms Forums:Page Titles |
| 86% | THRONE | The Haughty Royal Owner Nestles in Extravagance |
Angela Brett Politics:Royalty |
| 100% | THROW A SICKY | The Head Rep's Off Work, Apparently Slackitis. It Could Kill You! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | TICINO | The Italian Canton... If Not Orally |
Angela Brett (while Italian is the official language of Ticino and is used for written communication, a lot of people there speak Ticinese) Places:States & Regions |
| 75% | TICKET | Typed Indication of Connectivity Kinship for Electronic Terminal |
Angela Brett, when Tony asked whether he'd need tickets in order to communicate with Angela's new (and superior to Tony's) Mac. Communication |
| 100% | TIE THE KNOT | Twosome Is Expressing Their Heartfelt Emotions, Knowing Nothing Of Trouble. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | TIFFANYS CAFE | There Is Fine Food, Although Nothing You Should Carry Aboard For Eating |
Angela Brett, when the INTERCITY BUS she was on stopped there for a meal break. We're not supposed to bring any food aboard the bus. Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | TIFFANYS CAFE (2) | This Intercity Fare Found A Nice Yummy Satay Chicken (Amid Flaky Encasement) |
Angela Brett, who ate a satay pie when she was there. Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | TIGER (2) | The Insanely Great Expected Release |
Angela Brett (Tiger is the code-name for Mac OS X 10.4.) Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | TIME (3) | To Invent More Expansions |
Angela Brett, when she didn't have any Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Time |
| 0% | TIME FOR BED, OR NOT? | This Is My Evening Fight Of Reasoning... Being Excited, (I) Don't Often Respect Notifications Of Tiredness. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 91% | TIMETABLES | They Impede My Education - Trying to Add Blimin' Lectures Exasperates Students. |
Angela Brett, who is annoyed at how difficult it is to take more than two papers at a time without having timetable clashes. Time Education |
| 100% | TIMOTHY MCVEIGH | Terrible, In My Opinion, Terrorist. Horrible. Y Mcveigh Caboomed, Victims Enquire? I Guess Hatred. |
Jeff Anonymous and Angela Brett Names:Famous people |
| 100% | TIN (2) | Tenth Increment Noted |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the tin (10th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | TIN (3) | Trust's Important Now |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | TIP | This Information's Pertinent |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | TIP (2) | The Insider: "Psssst..." |
Angela Brett Commerce Communication |
| 100% | TIP (3) | To Incline Precariously |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | TIP (4) | Thanks, Inexperienced Porter! |
Angela Brett Commerce |
| 100% | TIP (5) | Terminates In Point |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | TIPS | They Indicate Potential Savings |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | TIPS (2) | There Isn't Page Searching |
Angela Brett, thinking that perhaps the person who searched for 'tips' on the Acronyms website was looking for the acronymising tips at http://acronyms.co.nz/tips.html, but didn't find them because the search engine only searches in the acronyms, not the other pages. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | TIPTOP | There Is Pizazz To Our Paraoa |
Angela Brett (Tiptop is a company which makes bread, and other foods. Paraoa is Maori for bread.) Commerce:Companies Food & Drink |
| 100% | TIRE | This Is Really Exhausting! |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | TIRED | The Instinct's Rest... Eyelids Droop. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | TIRED (3) | Take Immediate Rest, Enjoy Dreaming |
Angela Brett, inspired by TIRED (2) Assorted Adjectives |
| 83% | TITAN | Tentatively Interior's Terrestrial-ish, Atmosphere's Nitrogen. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | TITS | The Infant Thirstily Suckles |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | TOAST | Two On A Standard Toaster |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | 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 |
| 93% | 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% | TOM | Twin, Often Male |
Angela Brett (Thomas means 'twin') Names:First names:Male |
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