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% | ANTIBODY | Allergy: New Threat's Identified Badly -- Only Death's Yours. |
Angela Brett, to go with ANTIBODIES (2) Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 89% | ANTIPHON | Anti-democratic Notions Treasonous... Involvement Preceded Hanging On Noose! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 82% | ANTIPODES | A Notion Truly International - Positioned at Opposing Dipoles on Earth's Surface |
Angela Brett Places Places |
| 100% | ANUS | Arsehole's Not Unusually Smelly |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 82% | ANYONE INSPIRED? | [Tony] "Angela, Now You Only Need Everyone's Input?" [Angela] "Nobody's Spared Participation!" [Jeff] "I'll Readily Essay Dialogues." |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela asked 'Anyone inspired?' after suggesting we try more DIALOGUE STYLE ACRONYMS like ALPHABET SOUP. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ANYTHING STARTING WITH A | Aah, Now You're Trying Hard... It's No Good Searching This, Apronym Retriever's Thinking Is Not Great. Website Index, Though, Has Answer. |
Angela Brett, after somebody searched the Apronyms website for that phrase. Clicking on the 'Alphabetical' link on the main page will get you to a list of apronyms beginning with A, however... at http://apronyms.com/alphabetic.php?letter=A Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | AORTA | Aimed Outward, Replenishing The Ateries |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | APE | "Ancestral Primate" -- Evolutionists |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | APE (2) | Are People Evolved? |
Angela Brett (many people object to the theory of evolution simply because they don't like the thought of being related to apes.) Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | APOSTROPHE | A Pointer Of Syncopation, The Rightful Owner(s), Perh... "Hello, Entrant!" |
Angela Brett, mixing the two meanings of 'apostrophe'. Science:Linguistics Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | APPLE | A Pleasing Product Line... Excellent! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | APPLE (2) | A Pepsi President Lent Expertise |
Angela Brett (referring to John Sculley) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | APPLE (3) | A Pleasing Printer, Little Expense |
Angela Brett, in response to EPSON Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 64% | APPLE II | A Prosperous Product in Late 70s & Early-ish 80s... It's Ingenious! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 89% | APPLE PEN | A Promotional Product, Little Expense to Produce Executive Nib. |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | APPLETALK | Anyone Planning Printer LAN Expects To AppleTalk Like Krazy! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 89% | APPROVED | Allowed Past Point to Restricted Offices - Verified/Voted Entry-Deserving |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | APRONYM | A Petite Reminder (Openers Notation) Yields Mnemonic |
Angela Brett (see APRONYMS) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYM! | Acronym's Peak! Representation Organic, Novel, Yare, Mirthful! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Y was the hardest! Fortunately, Y is has only pages 1365-1370 in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition.) So, I learned YARE! THANK YOU, Tony McCoy O'Grady, Angela Brett & all the rest of APRONYMANIACSVILLE! The only times I have learned more is when I have made original math discoveries. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYM (2) | A Playful Reduction Of Notation Yields Miniature |
Angela Brett, although this doesn't convey very well that the 'miniature' is supposed to mean the same thing as the original. (see APRONYMS) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (2) | A Phrase Reminiscent Of Name You Made Shorter |
Angela Brett (see APRONYMS) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (3) | A Potted Rendition Of Notion Yields Miniature Summary |
Angela Brett (see APRONYMS) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (4) | Anyone's Permitted Ratifying O'Grady's Neologism? Yes, Make Some! |
Angela Brett (see APRONYMS) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 89% | APRONYMS (6) | Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (10) | A Propos Restriction On 'Nyms, You Maintain Semantics. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (11) | Acronyms' Prolonged Representations Obviously Near Your Main Subjects |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APROVE | Apronym Passes Rigors Of Vetting/ Examination |
Angela Brett thinking that APROVE could mean approve an APRONYM. Not to be confused with the misspelling of approve, of which I DISAPROVE. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APTITUDE | A Prized Talent Is To Unerringly Do Everything |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | APTONYMS | Appropriate Phrases To Obviate Nuances Your Morphemes Suggest |
Angela Brett, after Tony suggested that 'aptonyms' might be a better name for our creations. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | A QUESTION | Angela Quite Usually Enquires, "Support This Idea, Or Not?" |
Angela Brett, as the subject of an email asking whether to implement an idea in the ALTSCAPE software. Computers:Programming Computers:Programming Communication Communication |
| 100% | ARBOK | Aloud, Read Backwards, Ophidian's Known |
Angela Brett (Arbok is Pokemon #24) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ARCHAEOPTERYX | Although Rather Controversial, Hailed As Earliest Ornithoid. Precursor To Everyday Robins, Yet Xtinct. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | ARE | Acronym Requests Expansion |
Angela Brett, when Jeff capitalised ARE on the Acronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | ARGH! | Angela Rarely Gets Headrest |
Angela Brett, late at night after adding a lot of apronyms (there are still many waiting to be reviewed, though it's not really an ARGH thing as it's great that people have been submitting so many apronyms.) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ARGON | A Royal Gas?! Oh, Noble! |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 85% | ARISTARCHUS | Astronomer Received Instruction of Strato, Tested Accepted Rules by Considering Heliocentric Universe, Scientifically. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 91% | ARITHMETIC (2) | Archimedes Rigorously Iterated This, Had 'Method of Exhaustion'. Today: 'Integral Calculus'. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | ARITHMETIC (3) | Adding Real Integers Together Has Made Everyone Think It's Complicated |
Angela Brett, when somebody mentioned the mnemonic 'A Red Indian Thought He Might Eat Toffee In Church', and noted that a politically correct version would spell anathematic. Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | ARM | A Reaching Mechanism |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 91% | ARMAGEDDON | A Raging, Metaphysical Altercation - Good & Evil Destroy Delicate Order of Nature? |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ARMAGEDDON (2) | Anxiously Reading Magazine About Goddesses, Engineering Doomsday Decorations On Nebulae. |
Angela Brett, to accompany a short story she's writing. If you really want to read the story, email angela@kagi.com and ask for it. Religion Religion |
| 100% | A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS | A Rule Of Lichen Life Is No Genesis Somewhere That's, On Next Examination, Gone Another Turn. Humans Extract Ridiculous Symbolic Nuances Of Meaning Of Simple Science. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases:Sayings Assorted Phrases:Sayings |
| 100% | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | A Rabbit Teasing In Front Impels Canines In Abortive Laps; In New Technology, Endpoint/Endeavour Likewise Lacks In Genuine Ending. No Conquest's Enough! |
Angela Brett, because once something (such as handwriting recognition or chess-playing computers) which would have been considered artificial intelligence becomes commonplace, it is no longer really considered to be AI. AI is redefined to be something ever more complicated so that we can never actually say we've succeeded in creating it. This reminds me of racing dogs chasing after a rabbit which they can never catch. Computers Computers |
| 90% | ARYABHATA | Amazing Rhyming Yarns About Broad-ranging Hindu Algebra, Then Astronomy. |
Angela Brett. (Aryabhata wrote his incredible maths & astronomy books in verse, believe it or not!) Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | A SAP | All Sweet And Planty |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER | All Slightly Fuzzy, As Recollections Are... So In Case A Negative Results Endorsing Memory, Everyone Mustn't Be Entirely Reliant. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | ASH | Animated Super Hero |
Angela Brett, referring to the main character in the Pokemon TV series and movies. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ASH KETCHUM | All Series, He Keeps Eating, Then Coaching His Unusual Monsters. |
Angela Brett, referring to the character in the POKEMON TV series. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ASIAN CUISINE | A Spicy Indian Appetizer, Next Chinese Udon In Soup. It's Notably Ethnic. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | ASPARAGUS ROOT | Antibiotic Saponins Protect Against Rheumatism And Generate Urine, So Run On Overdrive -- Toiletward! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 0% | ASS* | inAdequately Strong Sphincter |
Angela Brett, when KEYBOARD explained that he couldn't control-P very well and she said to get off his ASS and type control-P. MacGirl & KeyBoard MacGirl & KeyBoard Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | ASSAGAI | A Slender Spear African Guards Aim Impeccably |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons Military:Weapons |
| 0% | ASS HOLE | Ahh Stop Speaking (I) Have Overdosed Listening Earlier |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, checking out the degree of naughtiness/rudeness which Angela will allow. Words & Wordplay:Rudeness Words & Wordplay:Rudeness People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Insults |
| 83% | ASSIGNMENT (3) | Angela Seldom Studies, Instead Gets Ninety Marks by Excelling in Number Tests. |
Angela Brett Education Education |
| 100% | ASSIGNMENT (4) | Aarrghh! Stressful Situation Is Getting Nastier... My Essay's Now Tardy! |
Angela Brett Education Education |
| 100% | ASSOCIATE | Acquaintance Seen Somewhat Often, Commercial Interests Are The Excuse. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | AS SOON AS POSSIBLE | A Speedy Start, Only One Nanosecond As Strict Preference... Only Should Slow If Beloved's Life Ends. |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases Time Time |
| 100% | ASTOUNDING | Acronym Seems Totally Outstanding, Using No 'Dictionary Invading' Neologisms - Great |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela said that his WORLD TRADE CENTER (2) was an astounding acronym. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ASTRID | Acronymising Strange Things Really Isn't Done! |
Angela Brett, when challenged to make up a quick expansion for ASTRID. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | ASTROLOGIST | Analyses Stars To Read Other's Lives - Obscurest Genethliac Inferences Seem True |
Angela Brett Religion:Astrology Religion:Astrology |
| 100% | ATHEISM | All That Has Existed Is Strictly Mechanistic |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATHEIST | A True Heathen's Existence Is Sans Theology |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATHEIST (2) | Application To Have Encoding Inverted... Sans Theology! |
Angela Brett (see YARP) Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 100% | ATHEIST (4) | Anybody That Has Ever Investigated Scientific Theory? |
Angela Brett, after a friend said that because some articles in NEW SCIENTIST magazine are about evolution, everyone who has ever written for the magazine must be an atheist. Science Science Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATHEIST (5) | A Theistic Hypothesis Existed In Simpler Times |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATHEISTIC | All The Hard Evidence Implies Scientific Theory Is Correct |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATHEISTIC (2) | Apronym Touting Heavenly Entity Is Somewhat Tongue-In-Cheek? |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATHEISTIC (3) | All Those Hapless Evangelists Insist Sticking To Initial Conjecture |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | ATKINS | All They Know Is 'Nothing Starchy' |
Angela Brett, on the Atkins diet. Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | AT LAST | Acronym Times Letter Arrives Slightly Tardily |
Angela Brett, after The Acronym Times was very late due to her Mac being lost. Time Time |
| 100% | AT LAST (2) | Acronym Times (Long Awaited) Sent Today |
Angela Brett, after not updating the website and sending out THE ACRONYM TIMES for ages because of exams and assignments due. Time Time |
| 100% | ATMOSPHERIC | At The Moment Our Sulphur Perhaps Helps Equipoise Rise In CO2 |
Angela Brett, who recalls hearing about 'sulphur cooling' caused by sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere counteracting the greenhouse effect. (Just as long as you don't mind acid rain!) Science:Chemistry Science:Chemistry Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 100% | ATMOSPHERIC (2) | As Transport Machinery Overtakes Sense, Particulates Have Exercisers Racked In Coughs |
Angela Brett - in some places it would be faster to walk than drive due to all the traffic, if it weren't for the exhaust fumes you'd have to breathe. Transport Transport Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 100% | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY | All The Moguls Of Science Patiently Have Explained Result If Carbon Compounds Harm Equilibrium, Making It Sensitive To Radiation Yield. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry Science:Chemistry |
| 100% | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY RESEARCH GROUP | As The Metropolitics Of Smoke Prevails, 'Hippies' Explain Rise In Carbon Compounds Has Effects Manifesting In Small Temperature Rise. You Read Every Scientific Exposition And Reach Conclusion Human Greed Reigns, On Unspeakable Proportions. |
Angela Brett, not about any particular group but in response to an unsuccessful search. Science:Chemistry Science:Chemistry Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 89% | ATTENTION GETTING | A Tired Tony Endeavours Nightly To Instigate Originality and Novelty. Genuinely Exhausting Torment Turns me Into Neo Geriatric. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela challenged him to create an ATTTENTION GETTING acronym. People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | AUSPICIOUS | An Unspecified Superstition Presents Itself, Creating Intuition Of Unbridled Success |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | AUTOMAGIC | Anything Unexplained That Ordinary Magic Avoids, Given Its Confines |
Rob Rix - thought up after an e-mail to Angela wherein she used the word "automagically" Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | AUTOMATION SYSTEM | Apparently Used To Override Manpower And Thus Improve Our Next Stock. You're Superfluous - They Employ Machines. |
Angela Brett Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| 89% | AVICENNA | A Vizier Interested in Cures, Equations & Nature - Notably Astronomy. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | AVOCADO | A 'Victim' Of Cholesterol Advocates Delicate Oil |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | AVOIDANCE | A Villainy Of Investing Dollars And Not Contributing Excise |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | AWAY | Absent, Went After You! |
Angela Brett (Thinking of turning up at someone's house and finding they're on the way to visit you) People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | AXE | Anihilate Xyloid Extremities |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | AYE AYE | Are You Even Aware You're Endangered? |
Angela Brett, referring to the rare species of lemur. Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | AZYME | Any Zymotechnic Yeasts Mustn't Enter |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | BABEL | Brought About (Biblically) Every Language |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | BABY | Boisterous And Bouncy Youth |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing, inspired by Quantum Reid, Angela Brett's nephew - see his homepage at http://www.angelfire.com/az/lizreid/quantum.html Science:Biology Science:Biology People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | BACHELOR | Because Anyone Continuing His Education's Low On Romance? |
Angela Brett, B.SC. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce Education:Qualifications Education:Qualifications |
| 78% | BADDIES (2) | Bad, Although Dribbling in Diapers Instead of Eliminating Superheroes |
Angela Brett, when Tony suggested that most of MacGirl & KEYBOARD's enemies would be back in kindergarten at the year 2000 because they'd think the date had reverted to 1900. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 100% | BAD TASTE | Bad Aliens Drink Their Aggregated Sick, They Enjoy! |
Angela Brett -- people in my family still quote 'ooh, aren't I lucky... I got a chunky bit!' from that scene of the movie whenever appropriate, even though it's been at least a decade since I last saw it. Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | BAGHDAD | Before Americans Get Here, Dozens Are Dying |
Angela Brett (this acronym could be either for or against the war in Iraq... am I referring to the dozens being killed while US troops are on the way to Baghdad, or those killed by Saddam Hussein before the war started?) Places:Towns & Cities Places:Towns & Cities Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | BAGPIPES (2) | Blaring At Graduating People In Procession, Emulating Scotland. |
Angela Brett, while walking in a procession through the streets of Palmerston North as some bagpipes were played at her graduation. Education Education Entertainment:Music:Instruments Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | BAKER HANS | Befriends Albert Klages, Eventually Recounts His Adventure 'Ncluding Shipwreck |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Solitaire Mystery Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Solitaire Mystery |
| 100% | BALD SPOT | Began Aging, Lost Dulled Strands - Particularly On Top. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | BALFOUR BEATTY RAIL LIMITED | Big And Lucrative Frontrunner Of UK Rail Business. Electrification And Trackwork That You'd Readily Accept. It Looks Like (Inciting Moans) Intensive 'Training' Exercises Delivered. |
Angela Brett Commerce:Companies Commerce:Companies Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | BANK | Blast! Account Not Known! |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | BAR | Barney's A Regular/Resident! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | BARREL-LOL | Being Amused, Riotously Raucous Excessive Laughter - Look Out Listeners! |
Started by Angela Brett, perfected by Tony McCoy O'Grady. A play on 'barrel roll.' Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | BART | Boy's A Real Troublemaker |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | BART (2) | Brat Anagram - Rightly, Too! |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | BASIC | Began At Seven, I'd Conjecture |
Angela Brett, whose brothers forced her into BASIC programming pretty much as soon as she could read. Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | BATH | Beware A Toweled Hitchhiker |
Angela Brett (see SPA) Household Objects:Towels Household Objects:Towels |
| 100% | BATTERIES | Began A Trip Thinking Extra Required... Instead, Existing Survived. |
Angela Brett, who took plenty of batteries with her to Palmerston North only to find that the ones already in her Newton lasted the whole trip. (Well, apart from the last few hours on the bus. But they would have survived that easily if they hadn't been a third used to begin with. If you're not happy with the slight deception, change it to 'Eight's Sufficient' in your head.) Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| 100% | BE | Bankrupt Enterprise |
Angela Brett Computers Computers Commerce:Companies Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | BEACH (2) | Bugblatter? Eyes Are Covered, Hooray! |
Angela Brett (see SPA - '...wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a brush, but very ravenous)') Household Objects:Towels Household Objects:Towels |
| 88% | BEAVERS | Brown Engineering Animals Voraciously Erecting River-blocking Structures |
Dustan Dowsing and Angela Brett, During 'Angry Beavers' Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | BED | Blank Eyed Doze |
Mary Carr (Angela's mother) Household Objects:Furniture Household Objects:Furniture |
| 100% | BEEF | BSE Endangered English Farms |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 70% | BEE GEES | Bursting Everyone's Eardrums to Give an Enviable Element to Silence |
Angela Brett. (And I don't really think they're that bad!) Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | BEEHIVE | Brings Extra Elevation... Hair Is Vertical Extremity |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BEEN AWAY? | Betcha Everyone Else Noticed Around-World Absence, Yeah? |
Tony, when Angela returned from a round-the-world trip. Sports & Recreation:Travel Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| 99% | BEHOLD, THE AMAZING ANGELA, AS SHE ATTEMPTS TO CREATE THE WORLD'S LONGEST ACRONYM, SURPASSING TONY... ALTHOUGH HE'LL PROBABLY BEAT IT AGAIN VERY QUICKLY. | Because Each Honour Of Lexicographic Display's Taken, Here's Extremely Arduously Made Acronym. Zealous Initiator Now Gets A New Gold, 'Excessively Lengthy Acronym' Award, Surpassing Shorter Heroic Effort. A Trying Task, Exceptionally Many Puzzles To Solve. Takes One Concentration, Reading English Archives, Thesaurus Entries, Then Having Eighty Winks. Often Ruminating Lying Down, She Lazily Outdid Next Greatest Expansion So Tony's Authority's Challenged - Ready Or Not, You've Met Some Unwanted Rivalry. Proudly Angela Shows Superiority In 'Nymic Genius, Though On Next Year's Acronym List Tony'll Have Outdone Unwieldy, Godawful, Hard-won Honourable Entry. Luckily, Listing Program's Released Openly Before Any Better Lettering's Yielded By Enraged Anthony. This Is Truly Angela's Goal Attained, In Narrow Victory - End's Reached, Yippee! Questionable Undertaking Is Completed, Kindly Laugh & Yell. |
Angela Brett, shortly before releasing ACRONYMS 2.1. Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms |
| 100% | BEIGEPHONE | Basically Emits Indecipherable Garbage... Each Person Hears Only Noise, Essentially. |
Angela Brett (The beigephone is the windoze user's equivalent of MacGirl's MACPHONE) MacGirl & KeyBoard MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| 85% | BELLYBUTTON | Babyhood External Lifesupport Left You (with) Beginning of Umbilical Tube, Tied Off Neonatally. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 96% | BE NICE TO EDWIN, HE MADE THE FORA | Berating Edwin's Not-In-Capitals Expansions? That's One Etiquette 'Don't'. We Implicitly Need His Expertise, Making A Dynamic Epistle-Trader. However, Expansions in Future Oughtabe Right Acronymically. |
Jeff Anonymous, as a modification of Angela's initial draft of BE NICE TO EDWIN, HE MADE THE FORUMS. Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 97% | BE NICE TO EDWIN, HE MADE THE FORUMS | Berating Edwin's Not-In-Capitals Expansions? That's One Etiquette 'Don't'. We Implicitly Need His Expertise, Making A Dynamic Epistle-Trader. However, Expansions in Future Ought Really Use Majuscule Starters |
Angela Brett (with help from Tony McCoy O'Grady) in response to CAPITAL LETTERS PLEASE. Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 88% | BE NICE TO PEOPLE | Berating Enemies Never Initiates Companionship. Exceed The Other Person's Expectations by Openly Proclaiming Love as Equals. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | BERN DELL | Basically, 'E's Really Nice. (Dollars Expected - Laud's Lucrative!) |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | BERTHA | Brilliance Everyone Related To Her Admires |
Angela Brett (the name Bertha comes from berht, an Ancient Germanic word meaning "Brilliant.") Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| 86% | BESSEL | Bloody Expansions of Series Solutions... Extremely Laborious! |
Angela Brett, who has just learnt about Bessel functions which take way too much writing to figure out. Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 89% | BESSEL AND NEPTUNE | Bessel's Equations Struggled to Show Existence, Leverrier & Adams' Numbercrunching Deduced New Edge-lying Planet's Tenor. Undisputed, Now - Elementary! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | BESTIALITY (2) | Beasts Enjoy Sex Too! If Animal Likes It, Treat Yourself. |
Angela Brett (don't believe everything you read.) People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | BHANG | Bums Harvest Addictive, Narcotic Greenery |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 89% | BHASKARA | Biddurian Heaps Ahead of Some Kingdoms - Attained Reals, Almost. |
Angela Brett (Bhaskara understood zero and negative numbers long before Europeans.) Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 80% | BIAS | Because I'm an Apple Supporter? |
Angela Brett thinking that there's no reason to be biassed toward Apples unless there's some reason why I prefer them in the first place, so then it's not really bias, it's BIAS (2) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | BIAS (2) | Because It's Actually Superior |
Angela Brett (see BIAS) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | BIBLE | Books Inside Book, Lasting Evangelism |
Angela Brett Religion Religion Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | BIG | Behold Its Greatness! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | BIG APPLE | Busses' Intercity Grub Acquisition Pleases Proprietors - Lotsa Eating. |
Angela Brett, when the intercity bus she was on made a refreshment stop at the Big Apple restaurant. Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | BIG BROTHER | Being In 'Goldfish Bowl' Really Opens Their Hearts -- Extreme Recreation. |
Angela Brett, referring to the pandemic of TV series in which a group of people enter a compound full of TV cameras (compound eyes!) and are 'evicted' one by one until the last one gets a prize. Meanwhile they are made to do strange tasks (extreme recreation) and tend to find out a lot about themselves in the process (extreme re-creation.) Entertainment:TV shows Entertainment:TV shows |
| 86% | BIG BUM | Buttocks of Immense Gravity Belittling Usual Measurements |
Angela Brett, after 'BIG BUM' had been used many times to illustrate a point concerning this stack. Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 90% | BIG BUTTER | Butter Increases Glutton's Buttock, Unless They Take up Exercising Regularly |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 88% | BIG DENT | Banged Into Garage - Didn't Even Notice it There. |
Angela Brett Transport Transport |
| 88% | BIG GUNS | Bitwise Information Gurus Guide University of Nottingham's Scientists |
Angela Brett (see UNITS) Education:University of Nottingham School of Community Health Sciences IT Subgroup Education:University of Nottingham School of Community Health Sciences IT Subgroup |
| 100% | BIG HUG | Blatantly Impetuous Gesture, Happiness Usually Generated. |
Angela Brett, whose nieces love the TELETUBBIES. People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | BIG SMILE | Because It's Great! So Many Incredibly Lovely Events! |
Angela Brett Laughter Laughter |
| 90% | BILL GATES | Billionaire Is Learning Little - Greatly Advantageous To Escape (his) System. |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | BIMBO | Brainless Individual, Meretricious Blonde Ornament. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BIOLOGY | By Investigation Of Life, One Gains Yang? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | BIONIC | Believe It Or Not, I'm Cybernetic! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | BIOS | Boots In One Second |
Angela Brett (BIOS actually stands for Basic Input Output System) Computers Computers |
| 92% | BIRDS AND BEES | Bloke's Inadequate Redfaced Discussion (with) Son, Awkwardly Noting Differences Between Each & Every Sexuality. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | BIRTHDAY | Because It's Really Tough Having Death Anniversaries Yearly! |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | BIRTHDAY (2) | But I Really Think He Does Act Young |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
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