Acronyms' Peaks! Represent O'Grady's Neologism! Yare Mnemonic Self-definitions!
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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| HEEL | Holds Extremity, Ends Leg. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HELP | Have Extremely Large Problem |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| HELPDESK | "Hello... Eh? Lifeless PC? Depress Electricity Switch."-- Knowall |
Angela Brett Computers |
| HEMP | Hardly Emulates Marijuana's Potency |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants |
| HENG | His Earthquake-Noticer's Great! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| HERBALIFE | Hate Every Repulsive Banner Accosting Linked-In Food Eaters. |
Angela Brett, who sees a lot of annoying pop-up ads (not exactly banners... put some demerit points on my creative license) for Herbalife but prefers to get her nutrients from a balanced diet rather than from herb pills. I'm glad only have to put up with those ads when I'm at work... the web browsers on my own computer block unrequested pop-up windows. Commerce:Companies Food & Drink |
| HERNIA | Hurts Excruciatingly! Really Needs Immediate Attention |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| HERON | He Estimated Roots Of Numbers. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| HEWLETT-PACKARD | Have Employed Wozniak - Looked Encouragingly Toward The Prototype Apple, Couldn't Know About Resulting Disadvantage. |
Angela Brett, since Steve Wozniak was working at Hewlett-Packard when he designed the Apple I, but luckily HP weren't interested in selling computers at that time so they didn't claim it as their own. Computers Commerce:Companies |
| HIGH | Helicopter's Indispensible Getting Here. |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions |
| HILL | Huge Insipid Land Lump |
Angela Brett Places |
| HILTON | How I'd Love To Own Nine! |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings |
| HIPPASUS | He Incensed Pythagoreans, Perhaps After Showing Unholy Sizes |
Angela Brett (Hippasus was expelled from the Pythagoreans, possibly because of disclosing the existence of incommensurable magnitudes) Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| HITCH | Hitched? Is The Ceremony Hindered? |
Angela Brett, since many people 'get hitched' without a hitch. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| HITCHHIKER | Hop In The Car... Heading Home? I Know Expedient Route. |
Angela Brett Transport |
| HITMONCHAN | He Is The Master Of Nasty Chopping, Hands Are Nimble. |
Angela Brett (Hitmonchan is Pokemon #107) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| HITMONLEE | He Is The Master Of Nasty Legwork... Extremely Effective. |
Angela Brett (Hitmonlee is Pokemon #106) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| HOBBY | Hopefully Outcome's Big Bucks, Yes? |
Angela Brett, when Mike from acronymfinder.com mentioned that his hobby now earns him money in advertising and licensing. Commerce |
| HOBO | Homeless Or Broke One |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| HOLLAND | Hordes Of Low-Landers All Need Dykes |
Angela Brett Places:States & Regions |
| HOME | House Or Mansion, Essentially. |
Angela Brett Places |
| HOMELAND | Here Our Mothers Endured Labour - A Nation Divine |
Angela Brett Places |
| HOMER | Holding Onto Marge - Extreme Reliance |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| HOMICIDE | Horror Of Murder Is Captured In Deceased's Expression |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Death |
| HOMOGRAPHY | Helpful Orthographic Method - One Graphical Representation And Phoneme Homogeneously Yoked |
Angela Brett, who doesn't think Homogeneously is the best word for it. Science:Linguistics Communication |
| HOMOSEXUALS | Hump Other Men Only, So Eschewing XX. Unusual, Although (Lately) Sanctioned. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| HONEY | Harvest Of Nectar - Extremely Yummy |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| HONEYMOON | Hours Of Nighttime Experimenting - You Might Orgasm... Or Not. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| HOOD | Here's Owner Of Degree |
Angela Brett, a few weeks before graduating. Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| HORSE | Humans Often Race Speedy Equines. |
Angela Brett. (Tony replied 'I've never raced a horse in my life! I'm (just about) smart enough to know it would win ;-)') Science:Biology:Animals |
| HOSPITAL | House Of Sick Patients Itching Their Amputated Limbs |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Places:Buildings |
| HOSTEL | How One Shuns The Expensive Lodges |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings |
| HOT | Heightening Of Thermoactivity |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Science:Physics |
| HOTEL | House Of Travellers - Expensive Lodgings! |
Angela Brett/Dustan Dowsing, while listening to an mp3 of 'Hotel California' by The Eagles. Places:Buildings |
| HOUSE | Home Of Usual Suburban Entities |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings |
| HOWARD | How Other-Wordly... A Rationalising Duck. |
Angela Brett, referring to the film 'Howard The Duck'. I'm after a better word than Rationalising... something meaning 'humanoid', 'anthropomorphised', 'beer-drinking', 'blokey' or one of the other traits Howard possessed which are otherwise exclusive to humans. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| HTTP://ACRONYMS.CO.NZ | Have The Time, Phone, And Computer? Read Our Newest Yabberings - Mostly-Sane Creations Of Novel Zeitvertreib |
Angela Brett, referring to the ACRONYMS web site of course. Computers:Internet:URLs |
| HTTP://UN.CO.NZ/ANGELA | Have Time To Peruse? Using Netscape, Come Over 'N' Zip Around. Newly Generated Eloquence Lies Ahead. |
Angela Brett, acronymising her website (since moved to http://macintosh.geek.nz) This includes the ACRONYMS site which is updated with new acronyms every week. Computers:Internet:URLs |
| HUH | Hardly Understood Her |
Angela Brett Main |
| HUNGRILY | He Uncovers Nude Genitals, Revealing Intense Lustful Yearnings |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| HURRY! | High Urgency... Result Required Yesterday! |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| HUSBAND | He Usually Sleeps Beside A Nuptial Darling. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| HYATT | Here, You Are The Top |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings |
| HYDROCARBONS | Have You Done Rudimentary Organic Chemistry? Alkynes' Redundant Bonds Offer No Saturation. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry |
| HYPERCARD | Highly Yoozerfriendly Programming Environment Requiring Clean And Rapid Development |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications |
| HYPERTALK | Have You Programmed Especially Rapidly? Try Another Language, 'Kay? |
Angela Brett. (The 'Kay is short for Okay and also a reference to my C programming lecturer whose last name is Kay.) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Computers:Programming |
| IBRAHIM | Iraqi-Born Reasoner Analysed Hyperbolae, Integration & Motion. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| ICAB | It Criticises Any Blunder |
Angela Brett (iCab is a Mac web browser which gives reports on all the tiny inconsequential problems in pages' HTML code. Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| ICY | It's Cold... Yikes! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| ID | Initialized Dynamically |
Angela Brett (an 'id' can be assigned any kind of object) Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| IDEA | Information Does Electronically Advance. |
Angela Brett, after she'd said something about throwing ideas around and Tony replied 'I can't throw an idea out the hall door, never mind as far as New Zealand!' Communication People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| IDIOTS | I Don't Insult... Only Triumph Scorewise. |
Angela Brett, when someone on an online game called less able players idiots. People & Relationships:Insults |
| ILL | Invalid Lies Lethargically |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| IMPACT | I Might Perform A Crash Test |
Angela Brett Transport Science:Physics |
| IMPOSSIBLE | I Mustn't Pass On Something So Irresistible... 'Bad' Letters Expanded! |
Angela Brett, when it was said that EPHEMERAL was impossible to expand. Assorted Adjectives Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| IMPOTENT | I Mightn't Perform On Time Every Night, Temptress! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| INANE | It's Not A Nip Exciting |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| INCEST | Intergenerational Nookie Compromises Extreme Sexual Taboos. |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| INCH | It's Not Considered Highbrow |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| INERT | It's Not Especially Readily Transported |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| INFANTICIDE | It's Not Fair, And Not Tolerated - Innocent Child Isn't Deserving Evisceration |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Death |
| INFINITY | Increment Numbers Forever - It's Nuts, I Tell You! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| INFORMATION | I'm Not Fond Of Reading Magazines About The Importance Of Nailcare. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| INITIATION | Insult Newcomers Intensely... This Is A Test (Idiotically, Of Nothing!) |
Angela Brett, on the humiliating initiation rituals which movies would have us believe fraternity/sorority members have to go through. People & Relationships |
| INMATE | I've Not Murdered Anyone (This Evening) |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| INQUISITION | I Never Quite Understood It... So Is This It, Or Not? |
Angela Brett Communication |
| INSANELY-GREAT.COM | Internet Niche Showing Apple's Next Electronic Leap. Your G3s Rule, Endangering All The Companies Opposing Macintosh. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing... and yes there is a Mac website at http://www.insanely-great.com. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Internet:URLs |
| INSOMNIA | I Need Sleep! Obviously My Nocturnal Inability's Annoying. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| INSPECIFIC | It's Not Strictly Perfect Expansion - Created In Friggin' Infinitesimal Chronos! |
Angela Brett, when Bern complained about her use of 'Inspecific' in GENERIC. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| INSPIRATION | I Need Some! Please Invent Rousing Acronyms To Inspire Others... Now! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| INT | It's Neatly Truncated |
Angela Brett, when she had half an hour to spare in a C programming test. (In C, an int is a kind of variable which holds an integer, and values put into one get truncated.) Computers:Programming:C variable types |
| INTEGERS | Include Naturals - They Even Generate External Rational Set. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| INTEL | Invest Nothing, They'll Eventually Lose. |
Angela Brett, after Steve said that he wouldn't invest any money in Intel because he doesn't think they innovate any more. Computers Commerce:Companies |
| INTENSITY | Initial Nude Tryst Elicits Nervousness... Should I Touch You? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| INVOLVING | I Need Vulnerability, Or Looming Violence Is Not Gainful. |
Angela Brett - this one came about because in response to her LOVING on the forums, Tony said '"..or 'Involving'" thus creating LOVING (2). Angela briefly expected to see an expansion for INVOLVING using the same words as the LOVING expansion. All this LOVING is beginning to make it seem like FORUM POST (2) is not far from the truth. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| IOMEGA | I Own Marvellous External Gigabyte Accessory. |
Angela Brett Computers Commerce:Companies |
| IONIC | Instead Of Neutral, It's Charged. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry |
| IOWA | It's Out West America |
Angela Brett Places:States & Regions |
| IPOD | It's Portable, Omniuseful Disk |
Angela Brett, referring to Apple's 'iPod' mp3 player which doubles as a firewire hard disk. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| IRENE | I Rarely Expand Names <- Exception |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Female |
| ISCHISAURUS | It Should Call Herrerasaurus Its Sister, Although Uncertain Relationship's Under Speculation |
Angela Brett (There is speculation that Ischisaurus may actually be the same genus as Herrerasaurus.) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| ISDN | It's So Darn Neat! |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| ISO | Initials Seem Off |
Angela Brett (ISO usually means International Organization for Standardization, so it seems as though its abbreviation should be IOS. However, ISO is not an acronym... as explained at http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/introduction/index.html#three) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| ISOMETRIES | Images Simulate Originals, Mostly. Examples: Translations, Rotations Imitate Exact Shape |
Angela Brett. (An isometry is a plane transformation which preserves distances, and therefore shapes of figures.) Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| ITCH | Irritation That Craves Hurt |
Angela Brett, since we get rid of an itching sensation by scratching and making it hurt instead. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| IWI | Increased Whanau, Ivory |
Angela Brett (Iwi means either 'tribe' or 'bone' in Maori, Whanau means 'family') Science:Biology:Body Parts People & Relationships:Family Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| IZAC | I'm Zealous About Compactness |
Angela Brett - iZac is my Newton MessagePad 110, which works surprisingly well since it's only the second model in a long-discontinued series. iZac's web page is at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/iZac.html Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| JAGUAR | Just A General Upgrade, Albeit Remarkable |
Angela Brett (unwittingly inspired by JAGUAR (7)), referring to the well-publicised 'code name' of Mac OS X 10.2 Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| JANEIN | Just A No Expressed In Negative |
Angela Brett, in response to SICNON (Ja is the opposite/negative of No, while Nein is negative to start with!) Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| JANET | Just Another Name... Expand This! |
Angela Brett, expanding another name which means nothing to me from the unsuccessful searches list. I tried leaving it to somebody who knows a Janet but none appeared. Names:First names:Female |
| JANITORIAL | Just A Nitwit In Tattered Overalls, Responsibility Is Airport Lavatory |
Angela Brett, who doesn't really think that lowly of janitors, and hopes somebody doing janitorial work will respond with a more positive expansion. People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| JARED | Jewelry's A Really Expensive Delight |
Angela Brett, who went to http://jared.com hoping for inspiration for this expansion, and found a jewellery store. Commerce:Companies Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| JEALOUS | Justly Envious About Loved One Undressing Someone |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| JEANNE | Jah Endows... As Numerous Names Express! |
Angela Brett - Jeanne, like hundreds of other names, comes from 'John' which means 'God is gracious' or 'Gift of God' Names:First names:Female |
| JEERING | Judging Everyone Externally Reinforces Ignorance - Never Generalise |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs People & Relationships:Insults |
| JELLY | Juice, Except Less Liquid. Yum! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| JEREMY | Jewish Equivalent Really Exhausts Mouth -- Yirmeyahu |
Angela Brett (Jeremy comes from a Hebrew name Yirmeyahu.) Names:First names:Male |
| JOBS | Janitors Outdo Bigwig's Salary! |
Angela Brett - Steve Jobs only gets paid $1 a year for being iCEO of Apple. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Names:Famous people |
| JOKE | Jest - Only Kidding, Eh. |
Angela Brett Laughter |
| JOLLY | Junket: Office Looked Lonely Yesterday |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett. "Jolly" is a slang term for a pleasure-trip, something like a semi-official business trip. People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| JONATHAN | Just One Name, Around Two Hundred Alternative Notations |
Angela Brett (there are several spellings of Jonathan, and seemingly hundreds of other names from the same root as John) Names:First names:Male |
| JUDGE | Justice Usually Done, Given Equity. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| JUNCTION | Jumbled Underground Network Comes Together Into One Nexus |
Angela Brett Places Transport:Trains |
| JURY | Judge: Unanimous? Representative: Yes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| KAIMANAWA | Knocking Around In Mountains Are Nomads And Wild Animals |
Angela Brett, referring to the mountain range in NEW ZEALAND Places |
| KARIN | Katharos (Athenian) Rarely Impure Name |
Angela Brett (According to my dictionary, the name Karin and many similar names are 'of uncertain origin, later assimilated to katharos, pure.') Names:First names:Female |
| KAYAK | Keeps Away Yachties... Absent Keel! |
Angela Brett Transport |
| KAZI | Keenly Avoid Zipping Intimates! |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| KERPOW | Kick Endangering Rude Parts Of Wrongdoer |
Angela Brett MacGirl & KeyBoard Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| KEWL | Kids Experiment With Language |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| KEYNOTE | Kept Easy... You've No Overhead To Exhibit |
Angela Brett -- With Keynote, you don't need an old-fashioned overhead projector and slides, so there is less overhead in setting up a presentation. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications Communication:Presentations |
| KFC | Known For Calories |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| KILLARNEY | Keep It Like Left Alone, Renewing Naturally Every Year |
Angela Brett, who went to Killarney National Park, Ontario, with the Rixes. Places |
| KILOBYTES | Keyboard Informs Logicboard Of Blurb You Type - Easily Stored! |
Angela Brett Computers |
| KILTER | Keep In Line, Then Everything's Right. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| KIND | Keeps Initiating Neighbourly Deeds |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| KISS | Kinkiness Is Sharing Saliva. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| KITH | Kindness In Their Hearts |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| KIWI | Kiwi Irish With Interest |
Angela Brett, after Tony complained that calling the duo half Irish, half Kiwi would seem like a half measure People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| KLINGON | Knowing 'Language' Is Notably Geeky (Or Nerdy) |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| KMAC | Klondike Makes Addicts Clickclickclickclick... |
Angela Brett, who explains: My first Mac, a PowerBook 145B, was named kMac late in its life because after I got my POWERBOOK 1400CS (named DIFFERENT THOUGHT) my mother played over 30,000 games of Klondike on the 145B. I can always tell when she's playing Klondike because of all the frenzied double-clicking. kMac's homepage is at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/kMac.html Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| KNEECAP | Kicks Need Energy Enhancement Created At Patella. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| KNITTING | Knowledgeable Needler Interlocks Talent, Takes Initiative, Negotiates Garments |
Jan Morgan and Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| KRISTEN | Kid's Religion Is Shown To Everyone Now |
Angela Brett (the name Kristen comes from Christiana or Christian.) Names:First names:Female |
| KRITOSAURUS | Known Remains Indicate That Old Saurian Ate Undergrowth/Umbrage Rising Up Sunward |
Angela Brett -- I'm not sure whether a kritosaurus would be more able to eat undergrowth or umbrage, but as a herbivore it's sure to eat one or the other. Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| KYLA | Keep Your Legs Apart |
Angela Brett (deciding to do a Rico-like name expansion) Names:First names:Female |
| KYMOGRAPH | Kilohertz You May Observe Graphically, Record Actual Phonemes, Hopefully. |
Angela Brett, hoping to get the last K entry. Science:Physics |
| LA | Littlest Aria |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music |
| LACE | Lovers Are Copulating Excessively |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the lace (13th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| LAMB | Little Animal Might Baa |
Angela Brett, who saw lots of lambs on her bus trips from Auckland to Palmerston North and back. Science:Biology:Animals |
| LAMBS | Littlies Adore Most Baby Sheep |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| LAMP | Luminous Apple Macintosh Phosphors |
Angela Brett, after she was given a 512k Mac whose disk drive wasn't connected, so all it does is show the disk icon with a flashing question mark - Steve suggested it could be used as a lamp. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| LAPRAS | Lugs A Passenger Relentlessly Around Sea |
Angela Brett (Lapras is Pokemon #131) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| LAPTOP | Laughingly, Apple's P1 Totally Outperforms P2 |
Angela Brett, referring to Apple's yet-to-be released consumer portable (codenamed p1) which will surely be a G3 and therefore faster than a Pentium 2. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| LARDWARE | Left Alone, Rebelling Dieters Will Absorb Recyclable Electronics. |
Angela Brett, thinking that if computer parts really were edible, they might be called lardware. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| LAW | Levelled Against Wrongdoing |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| LCBO | Large Canadian Booze Outlet/Organization |
Angela Brett (LCBO usually stands for Liquor Control Board Ontario) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| LEARN | Lose Educators - Autonomously Read Notes. |
Angela Brett Education |
| LEATHER | Love Endured Annus Three, Hardly Experiencing Regret. |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the leather (3rd) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| LEGAL | Loopholes Exploited, Getting Around Laws |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| LENS | Light Experiences New Shaping |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Physics |
| LEPTON | Like Electron, Positron, Tau Or Neutrino |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| LEPTONS | Light Elementary Particles, They Orbit Neutrons Sometimes. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| LEWINSKY | Licking Elite Willy Is Nearly Sex! Kenneth Yells. |
Angela Brett Names:Famous people Politics |
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