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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% | APPLE (2) | A Pepsi President Lent Expertise |
Angela Brett (referring to John Sculley) Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | APPLE (3) | A Pleasing Printer, Little Expense |
Angela Brett, in response to EPSON 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 |
| 89% | APPLE PEN | A Promotional Product, Little Expense to Produce Executive Nib. |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | APPLETALK | Anyone Planning Printer LAN Expects To AppleTalk Like Krazy! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 89% | APPROVED | Allowed Past Point to Restricted Offices - Verified/Voted Entry-Deserving |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | APRONYM | A Petite Reminder (Openers Notation) Yields Mnemonic |
Angela Brett (see APRONYMS) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words 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 |
| 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: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: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: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:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 89% | APRONYMS (6) | Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (10) | A Propos Restriction On 'Nyms, You Maintain Semantics. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APRONYMS (11) | Acronyms' Prolonged Representations Obviously Near Your Main Subjects |
Angela Brett 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:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | APTITUDE | A Prized Talent Is To Unerringly Do Everything |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 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 Communication |
| 100% | ARBOK | Aloud, Read Backwards, Ophidian's Known |
Angela Brett (Arbok is Pokemon #24) 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 |
| 100% | ARE | Acronym Requests Expansion |
Angela Brett, when Jeff capitalised ARE on the 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 |
| 100% | ARGON | A Royal Gas?! Oh, Noble! |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 85% | ARISTARCHUS | Astronomer Received Instruction of Strato, Tested Accepted Rules by Considering Heliocentric Universe, Scientifically. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 91% | ARITHMETIC (2) | Archimedes Rigorously Iterated This, Had 'Method of Exhaustion'. Today: 'Integral Calculus'. |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 100% | ARM | A Reaching Mechanism |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 91% | ARMAGEDDON | A Raging, Metaphysical Altercation - Good & Evil Destroy Delicate Order of Nature? |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 100% | A SAP | All Sweet And Planty |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 100% | ASH | Animated Super Hero |
Angela Brett, referring to the main character in the Pokemon TV series and movies. 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 |
| 100% | ASIAN CUISINE | A Spicy Indian Appetizer, Next Chinese Udon In Soup. It's Notably Ethnic. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | ASPARAGUS ROOT | Antibiotic Saponins Protect Against Rheumatism And Generate Urine, So Run On Overdrive -- Toiletward! |
Angela Brett 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 Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | ASSAGAI | A Slender Spear African Guards Aim Impeccably |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons |
| 83% | ASSIGNMENT (3) | Angela Seldom Studies, Instead Gets Ninety Marks by Excelling in Number Tests. |
Angela Brett Education |
| 100% | ASSIGNMENT (4) | Aarrghh! Stressful Situation Is Getting Nastier... My Essay's Now Tardy! |
Angela Brett Education |
| 100% | ASSOCIATE | Acquaintance Seen Somewhat Often, Commercial Interests Are The Excuse. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships 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 Time |
| 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 Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | ASTROLOGIST | Analyses Stars To Read Other's Lives - Obscurest Genethliac Inferences Seem True |
Angela Brett Religion:Astrology |
| 100% | ATHEISM | All That Has Existed Is Strictly Mechanistic |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ATHEIST | A True Heathen's Existence Is Sans Theology |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ATHEIST (2) | Application To Have Encoding Inverted... Sans Theology! |
Angela Brett (see YARP) 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 Religion |
| 100% | ATHEIST (5) | A Theistic Hypothesis Existed In Simpler Times |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ATHEISTIC | All The Hard Evidence Implies Scientific Theory Is Correct |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ATHEISTIC (2) | Apronym Touting Heavenly Entity Is Somewhat Tongue-In-Cheek? |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ATHEISTIC (3) | All Those Hapless Evangelists Insist Sticking To Initial Conjecture |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | ATKINS | All They Know Is 'Nothing Starchy' |
Angela Brett, on the Atkins diet. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: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 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 |
| 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:Environment |
| 100% | AUSPICIOUS | An Unspecified Superstition Presents Itself, Creating Intuition Of Unbridled Success |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | AUTOMATION SYSTEM | Apparently Used To Override Manpower And Thus Improve Our Next Stock. You're Superfluous - They Employ Machines. |
Angela Brett Science:Electronics |
| 89% | AVICENNA | A Vizier Interested in Cures, Equations & Nature - Notably Astronomy. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | AVOCADO | A 'Victim' Of Cholesterol Advocates Delicate Oil |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | AVOIDANCE | A Villainy Of Investing Dollars And Not Contributing Excise |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order 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 |
| 100% | AXE | Anihilate Xyloid Extremities |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 100% | AZYME | Any Zymotechnic Yeasts Mustn't Enter |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 100% | BABEL | Brought About (Biblically) Every Language |
Angela Brett 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 People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | BACHELOR | Because Anyone Continuing His Education's Low On Romance? |
Angela Brett, B.SC. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 100% | BALD SPOT | Began Aging, Lost Dulled Strands - Particularly On Top. |
Angela Brett 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 Transport:Trains |
| 100% | BANK | Blast! Account Not Known! |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| 100% | BAR | Barney's A Regular/Resident! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic 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 |
| 100% | BART | Boy's A Real Troublemaker |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | BART (2) | Brat Anagram - Rightly, Too! |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 100% | BATH | Beware A Toweled Hitchhiker |
Angela Brett (see SPA) 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 |
| 100% | BE | Bankrupt Enterprise |
Angela Brett Computers 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 |
| 88% | BEAVERS | Brown Engineering Animals Voraciously Erecting River-blocking Structures |
Dustan Dowsing and Angela Brett, During 'Angry Beavers' Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | BEEF | BSE Endangered English Farms |
Angela Brett Food & Drink 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 |
| 100% | BEEHIVE | Brings Extra Elevation... Hair Is Vertical Extremity |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 85% | BELLYBUTTON | Babyhood External Lifesupport Left You (with) Beginning of Umbilical Tube, Tied Off Neonatally. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 100% | BERN DELL | Basically, 'E's Really Nice. (Dollars Expected - Laud's Lucrative!) |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: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 |
| 100% | BHANG | Bums Harvest Addictive, Narcotic Greenery |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 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 |
| 100% | BIAS (2) | Because It's Actually Superior |
Angela Brett (see BIAS) Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | BIBLE | Books Inside Book, Lasting Evangelism |
Angela Brett Religion Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | BIG | Behold Its Greatness! |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 90% | BIG BUTTER | Butter Increases Glutton's Buttock, Unless They Take up Exercising Regularly |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 88% | BIG DENT | Banged Into Garage - Didn't Even Notice it There. |
Angela Brett 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 |
| 100% | BIG HUG | Blatantly Impetuous Gesture, Happiness Usually Generated. |
Angela Brett, whose nieces love the TELETUBBIES. People & Relationships |
| 100% | BIG SMILE | Because It's Great! So Many Incredibly Lovely Events! |
Angela Brett Laughter |
| 90% | BILL GATES | Billionaire Is Learning Little - Greatly Advantageous To Escape (his) System. |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people Computers:Windows |
| 100% | BIMBO | Brainless Individual, Meretricious Blonde Ornament. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BIOLOGY | By Investigation Of Life, One Gains Yang? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 100% | BIONIC | Believe It Or Not, I'm Cybernetic! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 100% | BIOS | Boots In One Second |
Angela Brett (BIOS actually stands for Basic Input Output System) 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 Science:Biology |
| 100% | BIRTHDAY | Because It's Really Tough Having Death Anniversaries Yearly! |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | BIRTHDAY (2) | But I Really Think He Does Act Young |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | BIRTHDAY (3) | But It's Ridiculous To Have Day Adding Year |
Angela Brett, because after this one day people consider themselves to be a whole year older. Time:Special Occasions |
| 70% | BITSCHS | Bring Information Technology to the School of Community Health Sciences |
Angela Brett (see UNITS) Education:University of Nottingham School of Community Health Sciences IT Subgroup |
| 100% | BITWISE | Boolean Instructions Tackle Words In Single Elements |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming |
| 100% | BITWISE (2) | Bringing Information Technology Wisdom Into School Environment. |
Angela Brett (see UNITS) Education:University of Nottingham School of Community Health Sciences IT Subgroup |
| 100% | BLAB (4) | Beat Lips About Barrenly/Banally |
Angela Brett Communication:Talking |
| 100% | BLACK | Basically Lightless, As Coal / Kohl |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | BLACK COHOSH | Buttercup-Like, And Clinicians/Companies Know Compound Offers Hope Of Stimulating Hormones |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | BLAH | Boring Lecture, All Humdrum. |
Angela Brett Education:Slow Teaching |
| 100% | BLAINE | Bad Liver Affected Infant's Name, Evidently |
Angela Brett (the name Blaine comes from bla, a Gaelic word meaning "Yellow." I wonder how many babies were named Blaine because they were jaundiced.) Names:First names:Male |
| 90% | BLANK PAGE | Beckoning Like A Naked K-road Prostitute... Acronymise! Generate Expansions! |
Angela Brett, commenting on how a blank page seems to beg to be filled with acronyms. (K-road is Auckland's red light district.) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | BLAST 'EM | Bin Laden's A Sadistic Terrorist - Evil Manifested |
Angela Brett, who in general doesn't advocate blasting things but wanted to demonstrate an expansion containing 'Bin Laden' Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | BLASTOISE | Blasting Liquid Adds Speed - Third One In Squirtle Evolution |
Angela Brett (Blastoise is Pokemon #9) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 83% | BLEEP | Bad Language Erased to Eliminate Profanity |
Angela Brett, to replace some offensive acronyms which were removed from the stack. Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| 100% | BLOW | Breathe Like Oral Wind |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | BLOWN AWAY! | Blimey! Loads Of Wonderful New Acronyms. Wordsmiths Adore You! |
Angela Brett, when Tony produced a particularly good round of acronyms. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | BLUE | Badly Lovesick? Unhappy, Emotionally... |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | BLUEBERRY IMAC | Bad Luck, Underfed Ethiopians... Barely Edible Repast. Return Yours, I'll Make A Casserole. |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat:iMac Fruit Salad |
| 83% | BOAST | Blatantly Overemphasise Attributes & Show-off Talents. |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | BOAST (2) | Brag Or Avaunt, Skite Terribly |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | BOATS | Best Ones Are Trailer-Sailers |
Angela Brett Transport |
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