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% | WARRANT OFFICER | We Are Raiding Rooms And Not Tidying! Oh F*** Fawning If Criminal's Eventually Reprieved. |
Angela Brett, thinking about an officer with a SEARCH WARRANT rather than an actual warrant officer - but at least this gets it off the unsuccessful searches list, so the search was warranted. People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | WARS | Web Application Retrieving Studies |
Angela Brett (see DETECTIVE) - If the veterans have been in the wars, why shouldn't the clinical trials be in the WARS too? Computers:Internet:VA Data Acquisition Computers:Internet:VA Data Acquisition |
| 90% | WARTORTLE | Watery Attackers Race Through Ocean, Righting Themselves by Lifting Ears. |
Angela Brett (Wartortle is Pokemon #8) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 93% | WASHING MACHINE | Whiteware Automation - Shock, Horror! - by Intel Numbercruncher. Gasp! My Apple Clothes Hydrated In Nasty Environment. |
Angela Brett, on finding out that the family washing machine had an Intel 186 processor in it. Household Objects:Appliances Household Objects:Appliances |
| 100% | WASP | Will Anaphylactic Shock Prevail? |
Angela Brett, thinking again of people who are allergic to wasp stings. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Insects Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASPS | With A Sting, Pierce Skin |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Insects Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASPS (2) | When Allergies Strike, People Suffer |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Insects Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASPS (3) | Without Adrenaline, Some People Succumb |
Angela Brett, thinking of people allergic to wasp stings. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Insects Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WATCH | Wrist-Attached Timer Counting Hours |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Time Time Science:Electronics Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 100% | WATER (3) | Without Any, They'll Expire Rapidly |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATER (7) | Why All This Expensive Raro? |
Angela Brett, pondering the recent fashion of labelling bottled cordial as 'water' (appealing to sporty or 'health-conscious' people?) and charging more for it. Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATERCOLOUR | When A Toxin's Eaten, Rashes Can Occur. Loads Of Unhealthy Radicals. |
Angela Brett (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| 100% | WATERCOLOUR (2) | What A Taste Extravaganza! Restaurant Chefs Ought Learn Of Unusual Repast. |
Angela Brett, to balance WATERCOLOUR Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| 100% | WAVE ICED COFFEE | We're Addicted! Very Economical Iced Coffee... Especially Delicious 'Cause Of Full Flavour. Enjoy Everywhere! |
Angela Brett. (Wave is a brand of flavoured milk available almost anywhere in NZ, and their iced coffee flavour so far has the highest average overall rating at Dustan's and Angela's iced coffee website - http://surf.to/icedcoffee.) Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WEAK FORCE | Won't Even Alter Kinetics; Form Of Reactants Changed. Extraordinary! |
Angela Brett Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 100% | WEATHER | Wet Expectations - A Thunderstorm, Hail, Especially Rain! |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | WEB IMAGES | With Every Browser In Mind, 'Alt's Give Essential Synopsis. |
Angela Brett (the 'alt' attribute of an image in HTML specifies the text which shows if the image is not loaded. It's usually good to fill something in so that people using text-only browsers or slow modems know what the picture is of, especially if it's a picture of text which they need to see to make sense of the page.) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 88% | WEDDING | We'll Eventually Do (the) Deed, In Nuptial Glory. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WEDDINGS | When Each Day Dawns, I'm Near Gorgeous Soulmate |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WEDDINGS (2) | When Each Day Dawns, I'm Near Grunting Sleeper |
Angela Brett (to go with WEDDINGS) People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WEE | Wet Excretion, Essentially. |
Angela Brett, after her youngest niece and nephew each managed to wet a bed. Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | WEED | We Enjoy Expanding Dope |
Angela Brett, after she and Steve acronymised many different names for cannabis Drugs:Cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | WEEKDAY | Work Expected, Endlessly Keep Doing Again Yesterday's |
Angela Brett Time:Weekdays Time:Weekdays |
| 100% | WEETBIX | Wrongfully Executing Enemies... Techniques Being Incredibly Xpert |
Angela Brett, creating another cereal killer MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| 83% | WEIRD | What an Enigmatic, Intriguing, Ridiculous Dream! |
Angela Brett, after having a weird dream involving Tony. Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | WELCOME BACK ANGELA! | Was Europe Lovely? Canada Offers Many Experiences. But Angela, Creative Kiwi, Absent Negates Goodtimes Everywhere -- Let's Apronymise! |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela returned from a round-the-world trip. Sports & Recreation:Travel Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| 91% | WELCOME TO A SINGLES CLUB | Wankers Evidently Like Company... Obviously Man's Entry Thrills Oestrogenic Airheads. Some Intoxicated Numbskulls Get Lucky, Except Seldom is Comatose Lust Unconquered by Booze. |
Angela Brett. Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | WELFARE REFORM | Workers Everywhere Lose Finance As Redundant Extras Receive Easy Funds... Oust Robinhood Men! |
Angela Brett, who doesn't mind welfare but reforms usually seem to be a waste of time and money. Politics Politics Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | WE'RE BACK! | Welcome, Everybody! Relax! Enjoy! Backedup Apronyms Completely Kept! |
Roger Williams - Due to Angela's backed-up data, Apronyms were not lost when the hard drive took a vacation in Feb, 2004. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | WESLEY | Was Evangelists' Surname; Ladies Eponymised Young |
Angela Brett (according to http://babynamer.com, This was the surname of brothers John and Charles Wesley, 18th-century founders of Methodism, a Protestant Christian denomination. It was first used as a given name in their honor during their lifetimes.) Names:First names:Male Names:First names:Male Religion Religion |
| 78% | WETSUIT | Waterproof Elastic Tights for Swimming in Unpleasantly Icy Temperatures. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | WE WILL SEE | While Everyone Waits Impatiently, Looking Like Something Expecting Explosion |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| 97% | WHAT ARE ACRONYMS? JUST ABBREVIATIONS? | We Here Assert That Acronyms Reflect Expansions And Can be Read Out. Now, You Might Say 'JPF' Uses Same Technique (As Bad Books Recognise) Except Vocally It's Awful. That Is One? No Sir! |
Angela Brett (see also WHAT IS AN ACRONYM? Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 95% | WHAT DOES FLAG STAND FOR? | We Have Answer... That Dude O'Grady Expanded as Such: Flutters Loftily And Gloriously. Searcher Typed A Naturally Defined Form Of Request. |
Angela Brett, in response to an unsuccessful search for the phrase. See FLAG. Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WHAT IS AN ACRONYM? | We Here Assert That Initials Spell Another (Nice And Compact) Representation, Outlining Neatly Your Meaning. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WHAT IS AN APRONYM? | We Here At This Internet Site Added New Acronym Partition, Reinforcing Our Normal Yardstick -- Meaning! |
Angela Brett, doing the title of the page at http://apronyms.com/apronyms.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | WHAT IS THE LONGEST ACRONYM? | Well, Here's A Tip - Its Subject Touts Home Electronics. List Of Numerous Genius' Eccentricities - Such Traits Are Considered Representative Of Non-Yoked Minds |
Angela Brett, when somebody typed 'what is the longest acronym?' into the search field on HTTP://ACRONYMS.CO.NZ>. This acronym is referring to the HERE'S TO THE CRAZY ONES... acronym, which is the longest at the time of adding this acronym, but a current list of all ridiculously long acronyms is at http://apronyms.com/wordswordplay/ridiculouslylongapronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR | Will Hermann Attempt To Program Exploration Of Posts? Listing Every Acronym Reveals, Eventually, Location Of Our Konversations. It's Not Good For Other Reconnaissance. |
Angela Brett, when someone searched for that phrase on the Acronyms website. If Edwin made the forums searchable, I could integrate a search of the Acronyms Forums into the normal acronym search form, and then someone searching for that phrase would find the 'What people are looking for' threads on the forums. The current such thread is at http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/list.cgi?id=acronyms&user=&session=&root=1015278415, but I start a new thread of what people are looking for whenever one gets too long, so I would recommend going to http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/start.cgi?id=acronyms and looking near the top of the thread list for a thread with 'What people are looking for' in the title. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | WHAT'S GOING ON | We Have A Tight Schedule; Get Onto It Now! Goof Off Never! |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO NOW | Workers, Here's A Task You Ought Undertake. Any Rebel Even Grumbling Obscurely, "I'm Not Going To!" Only Does Overtime; Now Or Weekend? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | WHEN SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG | We Have Emergency Notes: Scream! Or, Muff Ears 'Til Hell Is Nearly Gone, Have A Short Game Of 'Nobody Expose Wimpiness' & Resume Our Normal Grind. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | WHINE | Wail How It's Never Enough |
Angela Brat Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (2) | Wail How I Need Everything |
Angela Brat Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (3) | Want Heaps I'll Never Enjoy |
Angela Brat (Never Enjoy doesn't necessarily mean Never Get!) Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINGE | Why Have I Not Got Everything? |
Angela Brat, inspired by an unsuccessful search for WHINE... this could be WHINE if you remove the Got but then it doesn't flow as well. Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | WHINY | Waaah! Help! I Need You! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | WHIPPING BOY | Work Harder, I Pay (Peanuts) Iff Niggers Get Bloody Over Yield! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | WHITE | Wedding's Hue Is Terrifically Elegant. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | WHITE ELEPHANT SALE | We Have It Today! Everything Exotic! Ladies, Examine Pink Hammers And Neck Ties. See Amazing Luminous Eyemask! |
Angela Brett (referring to eye masks used for sleeping) Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | WHITE HOUSE | We Have Indicated That Everyone Here Owns/Owes United States Ethics |
Angela Brett Politics Politics Places:Buildings Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WHITE HOUSE (2) | We Have It That Everyone Here Outwitted United States Electors |
Angela Brett Politics Politics Places:Buildings Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? | We Had Our Labradors Especially Tethered... Then How Ever Did One Get Scent Of Unsuitable Territory? |
Angela Brett (Scent Of could be replaced with Sent Off without changing the meaning much.) Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | WHORE | Woman Hiring Out Reproductive Entrance |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | WIARTON WILLIE | Woodchuck Is Albino, Raised To Offer News Winter Is Longer, Like Is Expected. |
Angela Brett -- see WIARTON. An alternative ending is, 'Lives In Enclosure.' Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Names:Pet Names Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | WIARTON WILLIE (2) | When I Actually Roamed To Ontario, Notorious Woodchuck Indeed Looked Lively In Enclosure. |
Angela Brett, who met Wiarton Willie while staying in PAISLEY. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Names:Pet Names Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | WIFE | Wedded Individual - Female, Essentially. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIFE (3) | Wed Is For Ever |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WILD YAM | Will I Live Double Years Appearing Mortesque? |
Angela Brett -- the ORGANIC HERB spammer mentioned wild yam as one of it's products, so I assume it's rumoured to be good for something, and extending lifespan is a pretty general aim that most remedies share. 'Mortesque' isn't a word but I'm using it to mean something like 'as if dead.' -- you'd have to be careful with anything promising a long life that you didn't end up living another hundred years looking and feeling like a corpse. Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | WILL YOU MARRY ME? | We're In Love, Let's Yoke Officially. Utter Magical Affirmative Response, Romantically You're Mine Evermore! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WILL YOU TAKE ME BACK? | When I Left (Leaving You Openly Upset) Trivial Annoyances Kept Emotions Masked. Eventually Bewailed Actions, Counting Karma. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | WINDA | Woman Into Non-Dairy Alternatives |
Angela Brett Names:You Are What You Eat Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 100% | WINDOWS (3) | World Is Not Dominated - Others Will Survive |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (6) | What If Now Dominant OS Won't Survive? |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (8) | 'Working', Indeed... Next Desire's Operating Well! Someday... |
Angela Brett, in response to WINDOWS (7) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (9) | When It Never Draws One With Style! |
Angela Brett, because it's sort of odd that Windows should be called that when it's actually not very good at drawing windows (it visibly draws them bit by bit in no particular order) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (12) | When Iced, Need Dowsing Of Warm Something |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WINDOWS (13) | When Iced, Need Delivery Of Warmth Somehow |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WINDOWS (15) | Whistler's In No Danger Of Whistling Speed |
Angela Brett ('Whistler' is the code-name for Windows XP) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 91% | WINDOW SEAT | Watch Interesting Nimbus Drift Over WingÉ Such an Exciting Aeroplane Trip! |
Angela Brett, just before takeoff in a FAIRCHILD, where every seat but one is a window seat. Transport Transport |
| 100% | WINDOWS NT | Well, It Nearly Does One's Will (Suicide Note & Testament!) |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS XP | When It's Not Dawdling Or Wasting Space, Xpect Problems |
Angela Brett, who has to use Windows XP at work, so the criticism comes from experience. Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS XP (2) | When It's Not Doing Over Whole System, Xpect Procrastination |
Angela Brett (see WINDOWS XP... if it's not one, it's the other!) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS XP (3) | Widget Inconsistencies Now Doubly Obvious, Windowing System Xtremely Poor |
Angela Brett (I've found there are at least four different styles of progress bars, six different styles of menus - even on the latest Microsoft software - four different styles of scrollbars and two of each kind of button. 'Windowing System Extremely Poor' refers to the fact that it draws parts of windows before other parts so that for a second or so while it finishes drawing a window there might be just an outline, or a button, or some random assortment of rectangles from the middle of a window visible. I presume this behaviour is supposed to show that some progress is being made in the drawing of a window, as an alternative to there being a wait before the window emerges fully formed. However, drawing the windows bit by bit only serves to emphasise how slowly it does things. This is on a 1.6GHz P4, in case any gatanists out there want to defend the lack of performance by suggesting the hardware is slow.) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDY | Wet, Icky, Not Drinkable... Yuck! |
Angela Brett, after a gust of wind knocked her iced coffee into her lap. Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | WINE | Will It Never End? |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | WIRELESS | With ITrip Radio Equipment, Listeners Everywhere Start Stations |
Angela Brett (the iTrip is an FM transmitter for the Apple iPod... by far the best one if you ask me as it gets all the power it needs from the earphone port, yet has just as good range as competing products which require batteries.) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | WIRELESS (3) | Weight Is Restricted Easily, Light-Eating's So Simple |
Angela Brett (many people eat light in order to keep their weight down, but eating wireless transmissions is taking that a bit too literally) Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | WIRE SOLVER TRICK! | Workers I, R, E! Solve Ohm's Law: Voltage (E ) = R (Total Resistance ) * (I Current). Kudos! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. My first "Apronym on Demand" ^:) I started with IRE. Angela suggested trying WIRE. This my fourth try. THANK YOU APRONYMISTS my teachers. ^:) Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| 100% | WISE | Weirdly Intuitive... Soundly Educated. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | WISH | What I Should Have |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WITH-OUT | Who Invented This Horrid , Objectionable, Unpleasant Term? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela used 'With-Out' in an expansion. Main Main |
| 100% | WITS | Words In Tidy Sequences |
Angela Brett, anticipating a battle of wits when Gavin was knocked off the bottom of the HALL OF FAME Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WITS (2) | Words In Tight Spaces |
Angela Brett, anticipating a battle of wits when Gavin was knocked off the bottom of the HALL OF FAME Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WOLFRAM | Went Overboard Looking For Random Automata? Maybe. |
Angela Brett, referring to Stephen Wolfram and his huge tome 'A New Kind of Science' on cellular automata and similar constructs. I don't think there's really such a thing as going overboard investigating something in science... even if the hypothesis turns out to be completely wrong, somebody has to thoroughly investigate it so that we know it's wrong, and more than likely they'll discover something that is useful in the process. At the very least, absurdly wrong ideas make good material for http://OldScientist.com (if only anyone had time to write for it.) Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | WOMENS HEALTH | We Owe Men Everything? No! Sheilas Have Engendered A Lot Toward Health! |
Angela Brett ('engender toward' probably doesn't make complete sense but I couldn't resist having 'gender' in there.) Science:Biology:Healthcare Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 100% | WONDERFUL | Wordsmith O'grady Now Deserves Extra Respect For Unbeatable Letters. |
Angela Brett, after reading Tony's TOPS AND TAILS. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WOOD | We Observe Our Devotion |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the wood (5th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | WOOL | Wife's Obedience Obviously Lasting |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the wool (7th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | WOOL (2) | We Observe Our Love |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | WOOL (3) | We've Outlasted Other Lovers |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | WOOL (4) | Winter Overalls Of Lambs |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| 100% | WORD | We Often Require Dictionaries |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | WORK FOR PAY | Wages Only Real Kudos? Fingers Of Respect Pointed At You! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | WORLD TRADE CENTER | Was Osama Responsible? Lost Due To Runaway Aeroplanes - Death Everywhere. Can Everyone Near Terrorists Expect Revenge? |
Angela Brett (see WAR) Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WORRIED | While Only Reasonably Risky, It's Extremely Distressing. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | WOW | Works Out Wonderfully! |
Angela Brett, after reading TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WOZNIAK | Without One Zealous Nerd's Inventions, Apple's Kaput! |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people Names:Famous people |
| 100% | WREATH | We Remember Everyone, Acclaiming Them Heroes |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WRIST | Writing Requires Incredibly Supple Tendons. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | WRITERS | Wearily Rehashing Ideas 'Til Exasperating Reader's Satisfied. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | WRITING | Without Reading Instruction, This Is No Good. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature Art & Literature Communication Communication |
| 100% | WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | We Read It Thoroughly, Then Enscribe Notes Commenting On Material. Markers Usually Notice Incoherence... Complete Assignments To Inevitably Obtain Notability. |
Angela Brett Education Education Communication Communication |
| 100% | WWDC | Where We Demonstrate Code |
Angela Brett (WWDC usually stands for Worldwide Developers Conference -- see http://apple.com/wwdc) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | WWW.ALTSCAPE.COM | We've Written Windows Application (Leaky Though!) Still Coding Apple Product. Eventual Cash Outcome, Maybe! |
Angela Brett, who is sure they'll get rid of the memory leaks in the final release. :) Computers:Internet:URLs Computers:Internet:URLs |
| 83% | XFREE | X (cross) Fellow Reinstalls Everything, Exasperated. |
Angela Brett, when Jeff said, 'I've screwed my XFree again, I was trying to upgrade it. So I need to reinstall Linux' Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| 100% | XYLITOL | Xpect You'll Lose Inches Through Overpriced Lollies? |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | XYLOSE SORBITOL | Xylitol... You'll Love Our Substitute. Everyday Sugar Often Rots But Its Taste Obviates Lesions. |
Angela Brett (xylose sorbitol, a.k.a. XYLITOL is used as a sweetener in dental products and low-calorie foods... so even though sugar is bad for our teeth, making products taste like it can encourage people to look after their teeth.) Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 100% | YAHOO | Yak At Hearts Opponents Online |
Angela Brett (Hearts is one of the games available at http://games.yahoo.com, you can converse or 'yak' with other players while playing.) Computers:Games Computers:Games Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | YAHOO.COM | You Are Here: On Online Community Of Millions |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet:URLs Computers:Internet:URLs |
| 100% | YARDSTICK | Ye Auld Ruler... Do Stop Talking Imperial - Count Kilometres! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Measurement Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 80% | YARP | Yarely Access Resources (in) Package |
Angela Brett, when the author of an application to dearchive PRAY files appealed for an acronymic name for his software - see http://c3ds.ue.cjb.net/ Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 100% | YASA | Yet Another Silly Acronym |
Original author unknown... however when Angela first used it in an email, Tony suggested 'You Are So Apposite', 'You're A Saintly Anthony', and 'Youth And Sex Abound.' Angela then replied with 'You Are Self-praising Also.' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| 86% | YELLOW | Yolk of Eggs, Lots Like Off-White. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | YES | Your Expectation's Satisfied |
Angela Brett Communication:Yesses And Noes Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | YOKEL (2) | Your Own Kin Evoke Lust |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | YOSEMITES | You Own Some Expensive Macintoshes - It Tortures Envious Souls! |
Angela Brett - Yosemite was the code name for the blue and white Power Mac G3s. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | YOU ARE SO HOT (2) | You Oughta Use Antibiotics... Reducing Every Symptom Obviously Helps One's Temperature. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | YOU DON'T WANT TO DRINK THAT | Years Of Underaged Drinking Only Numbs The Wit, And Needs Toughness To Overcome. Dignity Remains In Not Knowing The Hard Ale's Taste. |
Angela Brett, who was intending to do YOU DON'T WANT TO PANIC People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Advice Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 96% | YOU LEFT OUT THE UT - CALAMITY! | You Oaf... Unkindly Laughing at Evident Flaw, Then Offering Unfinished Transcription. Thy Heightened Error Undoes That 'Cut Above' Look. A Minor Inaccuracy Turned Yucky! |
Angela Brett, when Tony initially left out the U and T words from his expansion of YOU'VE LEFT OUT A Y - CALAMITY! Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 84% | YOU'RE FUELLING THE ENEMY! | Your Open Uniqueness Restricts Enemy Function! Unerringly, Enemies Lose Land. Incomprehensibly, Nobody Gets it; They'd Hinder the Enemy by Encouraging Nonconformism. Engage in Mutiny, You! |
Rob Rix, when he used that phrase in capitals in an email to Angela, and Angela said he should acronymise it. Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| 71% | YOU'RE WELCOME | You Ought to Understand... Really, Everyone Would Eagerly Lend a Computer Oriented Magazine to an Email-buddy |
Angela Brett, when Tony thanked her for lending him her MacAddict magazine Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | YOUR IDEAS ON PAPER | Yuck... Old, Useless Rubbish... It Doesn't Even Allow Searching. One Needn't Print A Perfect Electronic Record. |
Angela Brett, expressing her ideas on paper in response to an unsuccessful search term. Communication Communication |
| 100% | YOU SMELL BAD | Your Odour's Unspeakable... Somebody Must Explain Life's Laws - Buy A Deodorant! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | YOUTH GROUP (CHURCH) | You're Only Used To Hearing God's Rage Or Unanswered Prayers? Come Here, Understand Real Christian Happiness. |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 86% | Y-PRIME | You'd Probably Require Integrals to Make Equation. |
Angela Brett. (Okay, make isn't quite right, solve is more what I meant... but you'd usually need to use integrals to solve an equation involving y-prime (that is, y' or dy/dx, a.k.a the differential of y with respect to x... it's maths stuff. :) Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 90% | YTTERBIUM (2) | Ytterby Titled This Element - Rarely Boils (as) It's Unusually Massive. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | YUCK! | Your Underarms Could Kill! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | YUM! | Your Ultimate Meal |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | YUM BADGE | Your Ultimate MacEvangelist Beautification - Advertise Delicious G3 Ensemble! |
Angela Brett, referring to her 'Yum' badges featuring the five flavours of iMac in a circle and the word 'Yum.' Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | YUM BADGE (2) | You're Undressed! Maybe Because Apple's Decorative Garment's Excluded. |
Angela Brett, because she's sure that if Annie had had a Mac, she'd have sung that you're never fully dressed without a Yum badge. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | YUM BRIGADE | You Use Macintosh? Barge Round In Garb Advertising Delectable Electronics. |
Angela Brett, after an Apple Update where we all got free YUM BADGEs. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | YUP | You're Unusually Perceptive! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela correctly guessed why he didn't want his ME expansion in the stack. (Hopefully it's okay to just mention it!) Communication:Yesses And Noes Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 86% | YUPPIE | You Use Phone in Porsche... It's Extravagant! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | ZAPDOS | Zestily Annihilate Pretty Dumb Operating System? |
Angela Brett, speculatiing that Zapdos (Pokemon #145) wants to destroy MS-DOS. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ZERO TOLERANCE | Zap Experimental Rounds Of Thievery, Offender's Liberty Encourages Repeated And Nastier Criminal Exploits. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | ZIP (5) | Zero Is Placeholder |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIP (6) | Zero & Infinitesimal -- Partners! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 93% | ZOMBIE - IT'S A SONG! | Zest Of Merry Berries Is Encapsulated In This Song - Also Shows Off Noel's Guitar-playing. |
Angela Brett, on the song Zombie by The Cranberries. Entertainment:Music:Songs Entertainment:Music:Songs |
| 83% | ZUBAT | Zaps Ultrasound to Behold Approaching Targets |
Angela Brett (Zubat is Pokemon #41) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ZUCCHINI | Zucca Uses Cognomen 'Courgette' Here In Non-Italy |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | ZZ TOPS' LAST ALBUM | Zachery Zzzzzzzzzra Thinks Old Pop Singers Latest Arranged Song Tracks Are Largely Brilliant, Utterly Marvellous! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela told him that someone had changed his name to Zachary Zzzzzzzzzra to be the last in the phone book. Entertainment:Music Entertainment:Music |
| previous apronyms by Angela Brett |