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% | CHAT | Come, Have A Talk |
Angela Brett Communication:Talking Communication:Talking |
| 100% | CHAT ACRONYMS | Chuckling Heartily As Typing A Capitalised ROTFL? Oh No, You're Merely Smiling. |
Angela Brett, who notices that some people reflexively type acronyms suggesting laughter (such as ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing) when they actually aren't laughing. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | CHAT BOARDS | Can Have A 'Talk' But Only At Roaming Digits' Speed |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | CHATROOM ACRONYMS | Common, Hardly Artistic Typing Reducers... Often Original Meanings Aren't Consciously Recalled, Only Nonsense You Mechanically Say. |
Angela Brett, referring to the way many people reflexively type LOL when they didn't laugh out loud, and even go as far as typing LOLOLOLOLOLOL for emphasis, which makes no sense at all. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | CHATTER | Conversation Having A Tendency Toward Empty Rattling |
Angela Brett Communication:Talking Communication:Talking |
| 83% | CHEER | Create Happiness Everywhere - Eventually (it's) Reciprocated. |
Angela Brett Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | CHEF (4) | Cuisine Has Exquisite Flavours |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 80% | CHEF (5) | Cooks Herbed Escargot in France |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 100% | CHEF (6) | Cheesepuff Hat's Eventually Flattened |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 80% | CHEF (8) | Can Hardly Eat (his) Food! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 80% | CHEF (13) | Cafeteria's Head Employee is Fussy |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 100% | CHEF (14) | Culinary Host Expertly Flambes |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 100% | CHEF (18) | Cholesterol Harbours Excess Flab. |
Angela Brett. I bet you're wondering why there are so many chefs here - well, Tony said he had a group of 18 acronyms he was doing, and the clue was Holst. Angela thought of the chef ALISON HOLST and asked if he was doing 18 chefs. Tony was actually referring to Gustav Holst, but we thought up 18 CHEFs nevertheless. Food & Drink:Chefs Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 100% | CHEF (19) | Computer Hardware Enters Food! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | Corrupt Hog Is Editing Facts; If Nobody Finds Our Robber, Make Anyone Take It On Nose. Occasional False Findings Increases Constabulary's Evident Resourcefulness. |
Angela Brett, who tends to immediately think of corrupt police officers when seeing the word 'officer' on unsuccessful searches. (See also WARRANT OFFICER) People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | CHIFFON (2) | Clearly Habiliment Isn't Food, Frilly Or Not! |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | CHILDREN | Curious Homonym In Language... Dearness Refunds Expenses Ninefold. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | CHIN | Clip Hair If Necessary |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | CHINA (2) | Couple Has Indeed Now Adjusted |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the china (20th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | CHINA (3) | Coupled Hearts In Natural Accord |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | CH'IN CHIU SHAO | Composed Haiku, Investigated Numbers & Congruences. His Interesting Understandings Stieltjes Has Afterwards Observed. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | CHIPS | Can't Have Intel Processors Salted |
Angela Brett and Tony Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 82% | CHOCOLAIT | Can't be Healthy - Often Condemned by Overweight Ladies As Indulgent Treat. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Confectionery Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 100% | CHOPIN (2) | Concerto Heard On Piano Is Nice |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | CHOPSTICKS | Can't Hold Onto Pasta Sauce, These Inadequate Chinese Kitchen Sticks! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | CHRISTA MCAULIFFE | Challenger Had Reason In Sending Teacher Above Many Classrooms, And Unfortunately Lost Instructor's Flair For Ever |
Angela Brett, inspired by CHALLENGER Names:Famous people Names:Famous people |
| 90% | CHRISTIAN | Catholics Have Religious Icon... Saviour That Invoked Angels at Nativity. |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 90% | CHRISTIAN (2) | Creation Hypothesis is Right... Ignore Signs That Indicate Another Notion |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | CHRISTMAS | Characteristic Huge Rise In Shopping - The Merriest Are Salesmen! |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | CHRISTMAS (8) | Considering Harder Rocks, If Santa's True Maybe Antarctica's Safer. |
Angela Brett, because if Santa Claus really lived at the North pole he'd probably fall through the ice. Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | CHRISTMAS (9) | Children Haven't Realised Its Simpler Truths... Mary And Son. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | CHRISTMAS HAMPERS | Customer Hasn't Received IPod! Says The Mail Authority: Scheduled Hampers Are Making Parcels Evaporate. Retrieval Soon." |
Angela Brett, because Christmas HAMPERS the delivery of her iPod. (said hampers are coming from a company which allows people to overpay for the hamper over the year and then receive it around Christmas time, so it was a scheduled influx of hamper deliveries.) Communication Communication Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | CHRISTMAS SONGS | Carols Have Rhythm? I'm Supposed To Make Accented Syllables Syncopic & Overextend Nearly Gratuitous Syntax |
Angela Brett, noting that the rhythm in many Christmas carols is terrible... some unstressed syllables are ludicrously elongated while others are omitted. Even seasoned churchgoers hesitate at some lines, wondering just how to fit the words into the tune. As some words are replaced by more modern versions the rhythm is screwed up even more, and the difficulty is made worse by the fact that different parishes offer slightly different modernisations to fit into the same tune. Entertainment:Music:Songs Entertainment:Music:Songs Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | CHRISTMASTIME | Celebrating Hanukkah? Religion's Immaterial - Start The Merrymaking And Singing, There Is Much Enjoyment! |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 70% | CHUCKLE | Crazy and Hearty Undulations of the Corporeal Kind... Laughter, Even! |
Angela Brett Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | CHUCKLE (2) | Crudely Hilarious Undertaking... Comically Killer Little Expansion! |
Angela Brett, who liked the Aaaaaarrrrggghh in ANTHRAX (2) Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | CIDER | Can Incessant Drinking End Relationships? |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | C IS FOR CAATINGA | Covered-In Sandy Floor, Open Region Comprising An Arboreal Tract In Natural Granite Area |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela pointed out that with the ASCII sorting of acronyms, first entries could easily be outdone by 'C is for...' type phrases, and Tony decided to create the ultimate of those. Places Places |
| 100% | CLASH | College Lectures Are Scheduled Horribly |
Angela Brett, after having her timetable rearranged for about the fifth time this week due to other students' timetable clashes. (I mean college in the American sense here... not a high school) Education Education |
| 100% | CLATHY | Clutching Lightbulb Anxiously, Thinking, "Here? Yonder?" |
Angela Brett (Clathy is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'Nervously indecisive about how to dispose of a dead lightbulb.' Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 89% | CLEFAIRY | Collectors Leap Excitedly Finding it, As It's Rare... Yahoo! |
Angela Brett (Clefairy is Pokemon #35) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | CLEVER | Cerebral Lobes Especially Vibrant, Ever Reasoning |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | CLICHE | Creatively Lacking Imitation Commonly Heard Elsewhere |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | CLICHE (2) | Chronically Lacking In Creativity, Hated Everywhere |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | CLOTH (2) | Covers Lining Of Throat Horribly |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | CLOUD (2) | Condensation Lumps Often Unleash Downpours. |
Angela Brett, while flying above the clouds in a FAIRCHILD. Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | CLUE (2) | Criminal Left Us Evidence |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | CMS | Complicated Magnetic System |
Angela Brett, referring to the COMPACT MUON SOLENOID. See http://cmsinfo.cern.ch for more information. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 100% | COACH CAFE | Coffee, Or A Cake? Hard Currency Available Frighteningly Exclusive. |
Angela Brett, who didn't have much cash with her when she stopped at the Coach Cafe on her way from Auckland to Palmerston North. Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | COACH CAFE (2) | Coffee, Or A Cake? Have Coins Affording Few Essentials. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | COACH CAFE (3) | Count Out Available Cash, Haven't Card Available For EFTPOS. |
Angela Brett, who actually did have her EFTPOS card but didn't want to use it as she'd have to first transfer money to her EFTPOS account using FASTPHONE. Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | COACH CAFFE | Careful Of Additional Characters... Here's Correct Apology For Flawed Expansion. |
Angela Brett, when she saw that the COACH CAFE, a subject of three expansions, in fact spelled caffe with two efs. Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | COCKATIEL | Captured Ones Can Keenly Attempt To Imitate English Language |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COCOA | Complements Objective-C On Apples |
Angela Brett (Cocoa is a set of frameworks for making software in Objective-C for Mac OS X) Computers:Programming:Cocoa Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| 100% | COCOA (3) | Creating Objective-C Often Amuses |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - After visiting Angela's site and downloading the Acronym Checker. Computers:Programming:Cocoa Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| 100% | COCOA (4) | Cream Of Crop - Obviously Apple's! |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming:Cocoa Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| 100% | COCOA (5) | Completely Offhand Creation Of Applications |
Angela Brett, who would rather spend twenty minutes writing a Cocoa application to do something than five minutes actually doing it, and often does just that. Computers:Programming:Cocoa Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| 100% | CODE | Centre Of Developer's Existence |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | CODE REVIEW | Can One Do Everything Right? Extra Vigilance Indicates Esoteric Wrongs |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | COFFEE | Cup Of Fluid For Enhancing Edginess |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 91% | COFFEE SHOP | Caffeine Outlet, Feel Free to Enter Everyday - Short Happy Occasion Perusing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after saying that he'd have to go into a coffee shop to read Angela's MacAddict, since otherwise he'd be too busy typing email and making up ACRONYMS Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| 100% | COGNATES | Common Origin Gives Noise-Aligned Terms Equivalent Semantics |
Angela Brett (A cognate is a word in one language which is similar in form and meaning to a word in another language because both languages are related.) Science:Linguistics Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | COHERENT | Consistent, Or Having Exact Relationships Evident - Nothing Tearaway. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | COINS | Combined Often Into Notes, Symbolically. |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | COLA WARS | Choice Of Lifestyle? Actually Water And Refined Sugar. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | COLD | Colour Of Legs Darkens |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | COLLIDER | Complaining Of Lover Locked Into Discovering/Dissecting Energetic Reactions |
Angela Brett, on the song by Les Horribles Cernettes (you can download it or read the lyrics at http://musiclub.web.cern.ch/MusiClub/bands/cernettes/songs/collider.html) Entertainment:Music:Songs Entertainment:Music:Songs Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 100% | COLOR ME SMILING | 'Concave Over' Lips Of Red, My Eyes Sparkling Mean It's Likely Illustrator Needs Glitter. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature Art & Literature People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 96% | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW ACRONYM | Categories Of Light -- Only Radiation Seen. (Only Formed This Horrid Expansion Responding to An Immoderately Notated Beseeching Of Website, Assumed Chasing 'ROYGBIV' -- One Notably Yucky Mnemonic.) |
Angela Brett, after somebody searched for that phrase on the website. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Assorted Adjectives:Colours Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | COMMA | Competent Orator May Momentarily Aerate. |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | COMMENTING CODE | Contemplation Of My Mortality - Enlightenment's Needed To Invigorate Next Generation Continuing Our Development Effort. |
Angela Brett (commenting code is what a programmer does when s/he finds out s/he only has two weeks to live.) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 89% | COMMISSIONER STEVE | Cheif Of MacGirl's Missions, Indeed, Steve Shows Integrity - Obsessively Nice, Earns Respect (by) Seeing That Evil Villains (are) Exterminated |
Dustan Dowsing & Angela Brett, Whilst in aCar MacGirl & KeyBoard:Other Characters MacGirl & KeyBoard:Other Characters |
| 100% | COMMITMENT AND RELIABILITY | Can't Offer Much, Miss... I'm Typical Male. Each Night Together Adds No Definite Relationship Endurance. Lust Is A Brilliant Idea, Love Is Too Yucky. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Genderalisations People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| 100% | COMMUNION | Christians Offer Messiah Morsels... Ultimately Not Innards Of Nazarene |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | COMMUNITY | Connection Of Many Minds - Usually Nowadays It's Typed Yabbering. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | COMMUNITY ARTS AND MUSIC PROJECT | Create Original Municipal Mural, Under No Illusions That You Are Rembrandt... The Spirit's All Neighbourhood Desires. Many Ukeleles Sound In Concert, Performers (Remembering Ordinary Jobs) Enjoy Creating Tunes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships Entertainment:Music Entertainment:Music Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | COMPACT MUON SOLENOID | Counting Out Muons Presents A Challenge... Too Many Unprocessed Outputs Necessary Since Our Latest Equipment Nibbles On Incredible Dataflow |
Angela Brett (During one second of CMS running, a data volume equivalent to 10,000 Encyclopaedia Britannica will be produced, and not all of it can be recorded -- see http://cmsinfo.cern.ch/Welcome.html/CMSdocuments/CMSposters/PDF/TriDASNCo.pdf) Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 92% | COMPETITION | Co-operation Of Major Petrol Empires Throws Insult To It, One Notices. |
Angela Brett, when she received an email urging people to boycott major PETROL companies in order to force the price down. (See also CO-OPERATION) Transport Transport Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | COMPETITION (2) | Consumers Often Monitor Price, Ensuring That It's Truly Indicative Of Noteworthiness |
Angela Brett Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | COMPILER | Corrector Of Many Problems, It Lends Expertise Readily |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | COMPLEX CONDITIONAL STATEMENT | Conjunction Of Many Predicates Logically Evaluated Xerts Control Over Numbercruncher. Developed Intellectuals Think It's Overly Nettlesome... A Large-Scale Turing Automation, Though, Executes Mindlessly Every Nettlesome Task. |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | COMPUTER PRESENTATION | Can Only Make Printouts Using This Expensive Rubbish? Projection's Really Easy, Shouldn't Everyone Nowadays Throw Away Transparencies? Ink's Old News! |
Angela Brett Computers Computers Communication:Presentations Communication:Presentations |
| 90% | COMPUTERS | Can Only Macintosh Processors Use The Easy-to-Run Software? |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 88% | CONCISE | Could Oxford Not Contain Itself in Short Explanations? |
Angela Brett, knowing how long the 'Shorter' Oxford English Dictionary is. Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay |
| 86% | CONDOM (2) | Cover Often Necessary for Dirty Old Men. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | CONFUSED | Cauldron Of Nonconforming Feelings - Understanding Seems Ever Distant. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 94% | CONGRATULATIONS | Colleague Offers NewZealander Generous Remarks About Talent. Unique Loki-winning Antipodean That's Included On Newspaper's Successes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela's EAT POTATO won a prize in Loki's creativity column in a newspaper. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | CONNECT FOUR | Coloured Ovals Navigated Nicely Ensuring, Cleverly, The Formation Of Unmixed Rows |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Games Entertainment:Games |
| 92% | CONON OF SAMOS | Conic Observations Noted, Offered Numerical Orations to Friend & Senior, Archimedes. Mathematically-Oriented Stargazer. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | CONTRACT | Contributors Ought Not To Reveal Any Contrary Thoughts |
Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract' Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | CONTRACT (2) | Co-Operative? No! That's Right, Angela Controls Tony |
Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract' Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | CONTROL DESTINY | Conscious Or Not, The Reality Of Life's Deterministic... Everything's Sums, Trajectories, Integrals, 'Ncluding You! |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | CONVERTING PAGANS | Christians Overthrow Native Views, Existing Religious Teaching's Implicitly No Good, Presumed 'Actual' God's A Necessary Substitute. |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| 100% | CONVICT | Calculating, Overtly Nefarious Villain In Computer Trade |
Angela Brett, finding another villain for the Baddie School roll. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 100% | COOK (2) | Cuisine Out Of Kilobytes! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CO-OPERATION | Complete Oligarchy Of Petroleum Empires Riles All The Innocent Oil-Needers. |
Angela Brett (see COMPETITION) Transport Transport Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | COP | Correct Operational Procedure |
Angela Brett, after hearing a character on a police drama use that phrase. People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | COPY PROTECTION SCHEME | Catalyst Of Piracy... Your Purchase Runs On The Elderly CD + Tape Instruments Only... Net Search Compulsory (How Else's Mp3 Extracted?) |
Angela Brett, who would like to buy certain CDs but is forced to download them from the internet instead, since copy-protection schemes prevent the CDs from being played in anything other than than my alarm clock. Unfortunately the iTunes Music Store is not available in this country yet, so that means piracy. Entertainment:Music Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | CORAL | Comfort Of Receiving Another's Love |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the coral (35th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | CORE | Centre Of Reactor, Etc. |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions Places:Positions & Directions |
| 100% | CORIOLIS | Control Of Rotation In One's Loo's Incredibly Slight! |
Angela Brett (see http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html) Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions |
| 100% | CORRECTIVE | Complements Optical Refraction - Reading's Easier 'Cause This Improves Vision Everywhere. |
Angela Brett, thinking of corrective lenses or laser eye surgery. Science:Biology:Healthcare Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 86% | COSINE | Coordinate Of Something In Non-eccentric Ellipse |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | COST REDUCTION | Caution On Spending The Rent Elsewhere... Debts Unpaid Cause Trebling Invoices & Ominous Notices. |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | COST REDUCTION (2) | Cry Of Spend-Thrift: Remember, Everyone - Don't Use Credit. The Interest's Outrageous Nowadays! |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | COTTON | Celebrated Once, Twice... Timespan Of Nuptials. |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the cotton (2nd) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | COTTON (2) | Cloth Or Thread Taken Of Nature |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| 100% | COULOMB | Charge Of Umpteen Leptons, One Magnetism Below |
Angela Brett (One Magnetism Below referring to the leptons in question having electromagnetic charge of -1) Science:Mathematics:Measurement Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 78% | COWFOOD | Cud in Oesophagus - What Fun to Offer Overprocessed Digestion. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COWS | Creators Of White Stuff |
Angela Brett, who saw lots of cows on her bus trips from Auckland to Palmerston North and back. Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COWS (2) | Common On Wanganui Soil |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COWS (3) | Creators Of Wholemilk Sustenance |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COWS (4) | Calcium - Osteoporosis Withstanding Substance |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COWS (5) | Coloured Often With Splotches |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COWS (6) | Cohabitate Often With Sheep |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | COYOTE (4) | Carefully Orienting Your 'Ome/Office Toward Efficiency |
Angela Brett, when somebody appealed on the Acronyms Forums for acronyms of the name of her home organising business. Commerce:Companies:COYOTE Commerce:Companies:COYOTE |
| 100% | COYOTE (5) | Clutter Of Yesterday's Out The Exit! |
Angela Brett, when somebody appealed on the Acronyms Forums for acronyms of the name of her home organising business. Commerce:Companies:COYOTE Commerce:Companies:COYOTE |
| 100% | COYOTE (6) | Clear Out Your Old Things Effortlessly |
Angela Brett, when somebody appealed on the Acronyms Forums for acronyms of the name of her home organising business. Commerce:Companies:COYOTE Commerce:Companies:COYOTE |
| 100% | COYOTE (7) | Closets Overloaded - You're Overly Tidy Elsewhere |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett (see COYOTE) thinking of people who have immaculate houses only because they stuff all the junk in a closet whenever someone's coming over. Commerce:Companies:COYOTE Commerce:Companies:COYOTE |
| 100% | CRANBERRIES | Chanteuse Regularly Acts Nutty. Being Especially Renowned Results In Eccentric Spells |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, presumably referring to Angela's favourite band. (See http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/cran.html) Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | CRASH (2) | Computer-Related Accident... Software Hiccup. |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| 100% | CRAZED | Completely Reality Altering Zaniness - Entirely Deranged |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | CREATIVE | Can('t) Reasonably Expect Another Terrific Inspiration Very Easily. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 88% | CREDITS | Contributions Recognised for Everything Done In The Site |
Angela Brett, referring to the Credits page at http://acronyms.co.nz/credits.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | CRETACEOUS | Colossal Reptiles Endured 'Til A Catastrophic Event Ousted Umpteen Species. |
Angela Brett Time Time Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | CRETACEOUS (2) | Cosmic Rock Ended This Age, Causing Extinction On Unprecedented Scale |
Angela Brett Time Time Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | CRETACEOUS (3) | Chalky Rock's Evidence Tells About Creatures Experts Only Understand Slightly |
Angela Brett Time Time Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | CRISIS RESPONSE | Can't Remember If SOS Is Spelt Right... Everyone Stop Panicking Or Nobody'll Survive Emergency! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 85% | CRISP IMAGES | Computer Reproduction of Images - Scanner & Printer Interacting (with) Macintosh Afford Grandma Enlarged Snapshots. |
Angela Brett, after finally getting around to start using her colour printer, after getting her scanner working, and discovering that she could greatly enlarge and print a picture of her niece without the printout looking at all grainy. Angela's mother Mary is of course thrilled to be able to print enlargements of photos of her grandchildren, hence the "Grandma" in the expansion. Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | CROWN | Claims Royalty Of Wearer Nobly. |
Angela Brett Politics:Royalty Politics:Royalty |
| 100% | CROWN (2) | Costly Reminder Of Wearer's Nobility |
Angela Brett Politics:Royalty Politics:Royalty |
| 100% | CRYSTAL | Committed Relationship - Yearly Salute That Affection's Lasting |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the crystal (15th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | CUBA (2) | Cigars Used By Americans |
Angela Brett Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 100% | CUDDLE (2) | Curb Unholy Desires, Discover Love Emotionally. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 82% | CUPERTINO | Creative Use of Programming Expertise Revolutionalised The Industry in Nonstandard Offices. |
Angela Brett, referring to the Cupertino garage in which Apple Computer, Inc, began. Places:Towns & Cities:USA Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | CUPPA | Company! Ursula, Please Pour Another. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | CURFEW | Can't Understand Reason For Evening Wrecker |
Angela Brett Time Time |
| 100% | CURLS | Coiled, Untamed Ringlets Look Swell! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | CURRICULUM VITAE (2) | Cumbersome University Résumé Reflects Institutional Clumsiness, Ultimately Lengthening Usually Moderately-Volumed Information To Amplified Evilness |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that a c.v. is a very cumbersome thing, and that there is a reason that resumes are preferable for ninety-nine out of a hundred jobs. (Angela and Tony don't see any such difference between the two, but it's still a good acronym.) People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | CURSE | Can Undo Resource's Software Encoding |
Angela Brett (see YARP) Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 100% | CUSS (2) | Can't Understand Such Swearing |
Angela Brett Communication Communication |
| 94% | CUSTOMER REPORTING | Can't Users See That Our Manufacturing Errors Remain Regardless of Everyone Phoning Our Reporting Team? Improvement's Not Gainful. |
Angela Brett Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | CUSTOMER SATISFACTION | Could Use Some Training On Making Everyone Remember Store As Terrific. I Shouldn't Force A Client To Investigate Our Neighbours. |
Angela Brett Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | CYLINDER | Circular Yet Long, It Neatly Drains Excess Rainwater. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | CYNDAQUIL | Complete Yellowbelly - Normally Defensive. Attackers Quickly Understand 'Inflamed Lumbar' |
Angela Brett (Cyndaquil is Pokemon #155) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
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