Apt = Pert = Refined Ore = Nuggets! Yield Mined/Mind Scintillation!
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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| RIPON | Review Is Plagiarism Of Novel |
Angela Brett (Ripon is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, '(Of literary critics.) To include all the best jokes from the book in the review to make it look as if the critic thought of them.' Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| ROBE | Resolution Of Blasted Education |
Angela Brett, just after graduating. Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| ROHYPNOL | Rapists Often Have Your Phone Number - Over Later! |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett. (Rohypnol is a tranquiliser which has been linked with date rapes.) Drugs |
| ROTE | Repeat One Thing Exhaustingly |
Angela Brett Education |
| ROTORUA | Rotten Ova, The Olfactory Receptors Usually Assume |
Angela Brett (Rotorua smells like rotten eggs because of the sulphur in the air due to geothermal activity.) Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| ROUTERS | Rhymes Outers? Uters? The Easiest Route's Silence. |
Angela Brett, as geeks sometimes argue about the pronunciation of the word router. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| RSVP | Reply Soon Via Phone/Post |
Angela Brett (RSVP usually stands for Respondez S'il Vous Plait) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Communication |
| RTFM | Reflects 'Teaching Fishing' Metaphor |
Angela Brett, when there was a discussion on the Cocoa-dev mailing list about whether RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual) responses are productive. Some people argued that it's better to show people where to look to find information rather than just giving the information, and one mentioned the saying, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.' Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| RUBBISH | Repeatedly Uttering 'Blah Blah' Is So Humdrum. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| RUBY | Relationship Untouched By Years |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the ruby (40th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| SAILOR | Seasickness Affects Inlanders... Lean Overboard Retching |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Transport:Drivers |
| SALAMANDER | Sever A Limb, And Miraculously A Near-Duplicate Emerges. Radical! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| SALT | Staple Additive Lends Taste |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Condiments |
| SANDSHREW | Stays Around Near Desert, So He's Rarely Ever Wet |
Angela Brett (Sandshrew is Pokemon #27) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| SANDSLASH | Sand-Attack Never Damages, Simply Lowers Accuracy, Stopping Hits. |
Angela Brett (Sandslash is Pokemon #28) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| SAPPHIRE | Solid And Predictable Partnership Having Intimate Romantic Embraces |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the sapphire (45th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| SARAH | She's Always Royal At Heart |
Angela Brett (Sarah means 'Princess') Names:First names:Female |
| SARCASTIC | Sometimes Ambiguous Reverse Comments Aren't Sensed, Triggering Incorrect Conclusion. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Communication |
| SAUSAGE | Sizzlers Are Usually Scrumptious, Always Good Eating |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| SAW | Split Apart Wood |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Household Objects |
| SCANDAL | Sensationalism Creates A National Disaster - Away, Lewinsky! |
Angela Brett Politics |
| SCHNOZ | Sleeping, Causes Horrible Noise - Onomatopoeically 'Zizz' |
Angela Brett ('schnoz' being slang for nose) Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SCISSORS | Snips Cardboard In Seconds - Slashing Others Requires Sharpening. |
Angela Brett Household Objects |
| SCOFF | Scornfully Criticise Others For Fun |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SCONE | Stale Clump Of Non-Edibility |
Angela Brett, when Steve tried to find some food at the UNIVERSITY cafeteria and found that the only vaguely edible thing they had was some stale scones. Food & Drink |
| SCROTUM | Sac Containing Reproductive Orbs, Tucked Underneath Manhood. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SCUBA | Suffocation Can Usually Be Avoided. |
Angela Brett (SCUBA actually stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Sports & Recreation |
| SEGWAYS | Scooters Employing Gyroscopes Will Assure Your Stability |
Angela Brett Transport |
| SEMEN | Spermfilled Emission Men Ejaculate Naughtily |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SEQUENCE | Some Expect Quite Unremarkable Ending - Numbers Converging Evenly. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| SETI | Spread Ears Toward Infinity |
Angela Brett (SETI usually stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy |
| SETUP | Something Easy To Understand, Please! |
Angela Brett Computers |
| SHAUN | Somebody Has An Unremarkable Name |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Male |
| SHEEP | Sexually Harassed - Evidently Entertaining People. |
Angela Brett, who saw lots and lots of sheep on her bus trips from Auckland to Palmerston North and back. Science:Biology:Animals |
| SHIVER | Surrender Heat In Vibrating Extremities Rapidly |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SHOES | Socks Have Often Emitted Stink. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing |
| SHOOK | Spatial Harmonies Out Of Kilter |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SHORTS | Summer's Half-Outfit... Remember T-Shirt! |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing |
| SHOWER | Singing Horribly Over Water's Everpresent Roar. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| SHUTTLE | Spacemen Have Used This To Leave Earth |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy Transport |
| SIGH | Slow, Inverted Gasp - Haaaaa... |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SILENCE | Somehow It's Like Expensive, Nicely-Coloured Element. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| SILK | Stability In Loving Kisses |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the silk (12th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| SILVERBERG | Some Intriguing Literary Volumes, Except Readers Begin Espying Repetition, Gradually. |
Angela Brett, whose favourite author about four years ago was Robert Silverberg, and who has recently found some previously unread books of his to read. His books have some very interesting ideas in them and he likes (or liked... I have no idea if he's even still alive!) to introduce obscure words to his readers' vocabularies, but some themes tend to recur in many of his stories. Art & Literature:Writers |
| SIMON | Sole Instructor - Mustn't Obey Nameless |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Games |
| SIMPLETEXT | Sophistication Is Minimal, Pleasing Little Editor That Employs Xero's Talking. |
Angela Brett (Xero is one of the many Mac voices which SimpleText can use to talk.) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications |
| SIRE | Sperm Indeed Reached Egg! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| SISADMIN | Server Installer Shares Author's DNA, Mitochondrially Identical Network |
Angela Brett -- A sisadmin is a sister who is also a sysadmin (which is a common abbreviation for system administrator.) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers |
| SKITE | Steve Keate Is Totally Egotistical |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SLAYER | Somebody Lunging At You Exacting Revenge |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| SLEEP | Slumbering Lends Exhausted Entity Peace. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| SLEET | Sheet Lightning Expected... Even Thunder! |
Angela Brett, when someone on IRC called Sleet wanted to be acronymised after seeing the PIMASTER acronym. Science:Meteorology |
| SLIM | Somatic Love Is Mindless |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| SLIPPING | Straight Laughter Is Pleasureless/Punless... Please Investigate New Guffaws |
Angela Brett, when Tony responded to something with an ordinary old LOL. Words & Wordplay |
| SLOPE | Slanted Lines Offer Plainest Equations |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| SMART | Stupid, Maybe, At Real Tasks. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| SMOKERS | So Many On Knife-Edge, Risking Sickness |
Angela Brett Drugs:Tobacco |
| SMOKESCREEN | Soot Makes Others Keep Eyes Shut - Confused Reaction Ensues. Escape Now! |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| SNELL | Sports Notably Effective Long Legs |
Angela Brett, referring to runner Peter Snell (who is supposedly a distant relative of mine) Names:Famous people |
| SNIFFLES | Stuffy Nose Initiates Feeling Fatigued, Leaking Excess Snot. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SNIT | Sans Niceness, Inexplicable Tantrum |
Angela Brett, when her sister asked if their mother was still 'in a snit' with her. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words People & Relationships |
| SNOG | Squash Noses Or Glasses |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| _SNPRINTF | Safe? Not Particularly. Recently It Nearly Totally Failed! |
Angela Brett, who had advocated the use of the C function _snprintf in place of sprintf because it takes the size of the buffer as a parameter and so ought to be safer, but recently discovered it's not so safe after all. Computers:Programming |
| SO | Soon & Often |
Angela Brett, when Jeff said, after reading 'The Meaning of Liff', 'I am SO going to acronymize some of these.' Main |
| SOB | Stupid Obsessed Blubbering |
Angela Brett, after pretending to sob over the death of her kMac. Assorted Verbs People & Relationships:Emotions |
| SOBER | Spirits Or Beer Essentially Rejected |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| SOCK | Sheath Of Coloured Knitting |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| SOFTWARE | Something Often Found To Worry A Rookie Enthusiast |
Angela Brett Computers |
| SOFTWASH | Some Oaf Found Their Water And Soap Hard? |
Angela Brett, on seeing some 'Softwash' soap, wondering just how hard other soaps are. People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| SOLDIERS | Slaying's Our Loyal Duty... Insufferable Enemies Ruthlessly Slaughter |
Angela Brett Military |
| SOLID | Scientific Opinion: Light Isn't Dense. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| SOME | Subset Of Mentioned Entirety |
Angela Brett Main |
| SOMETHIN' | Some Object My Eloquent Typist Has Inadequately Named |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| SONAR | Sound Out Nasties And Repasts |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Physics |
| SONIA | Someone Of Note, I Assume. |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Female |
| SOPHIE | So One Person Has Incredible Enlightenment |
Jan Morgan and Angela Brett (according to http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&Unique=2&TellMeAbout=sophia, Sophia and Sophie come from a Greek expression meaning Wisdom) Names:First names:Female |
| SOPHOS | Stops Others' Programs Harming Our System |
Angela Brett, after seeing a SOPHOS virus protection program pop up on her work computer. Computers:Windows:Applications |
| SORRY | Such Offensive Rudeness Riles You. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| SOUTH | Standard Orientation's 'Under' Top Hemisphere |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions |
| SOUVEFAR | Strange Object Usually Via Envelope From Another Realm |
Angela Brett (A souvefar is like a souvenir, except it's from somewhere you've never been anywhere near. Some souvefars start out as souvenirs but become souvefars when given to friends or family back home; others are bought at local souvenir shops and delivered to friends overseas.) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| SPA | Signal Passing Ambulance |
Angela Brett, celebrating TOWEL DAY by acronymising different types of towels to show some of their uses. ('...You can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal') Household Objects:Towels |
| SPACE | Scientists Puzzled About Curvature, Etc. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| SPACES | Some Paradoxically Appeared, Code's Essentially Spoiled. |
Angela Brett, after finding some spaces where they shouldn't have been in a C program which she's sure she never typed. Computers:Programming |
| SPAE | Scottish: Predict An Event |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SPAM | Send People Annoying Mail |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| SPANKING | Somatically Punishing A Naughty Kid Isn't Necessarily Good |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| SPARC | Sun's Particularly Amazing Research Creation |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Computers |
| SPARSE | Some People Acronymise Rapidly, Some Exceptionally! |
Angela Brett, while Tony was producing over 40 new acronyms per day and her own contributions were becoming rather SPARSE. (But his are great too, I don't really mean that speed is reducing his quality) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| SPEAKERS | Some People Eat Audio Kit, Ending Really Sick |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| SPEAROW | Small Pokemon's Energetically Airborne, Rapidly Oscillating Wings |
Angela Brett (Spearow is Pokemon #21) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| SPECTRE | Soul's Presence Ex-Corpus, Theoretically Residual Energy. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| SPERM | Small Paternal Effort Riles Mother |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SPHERE | Solid Paradigm Having Every Radius Equal |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| SPIRIT | Somehow Perhaps I'll Remain, In Thought. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| SPLEEN | Strange, Perplexing Little Entity... Explanation Needed |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SPORK | Sure Partner Of Runcible Knife? |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| SPORT | Some 'Players' Only Require Television |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows Sports & Recreation |
| SPOT | Stain Present On Threads |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| SPOYLT | Several Presents Offered - You Lucky Thing! |
Angela Brett, on sending Tony and his family some Christmas presents. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| SPROG | Small Person - Renewer Of Generation |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| SQUARK | Supersymmetry's Quark -- Unconfirmed As Real Knowledge |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| STAG | Someone Tied And Graffitied |
Angela Brett, after seeing a man tied to a lamp-post almost naked and written on, on his stag night. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| STAMP | Send This Air-Mail Please. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| STANZA | So Tony's Accuracy Nears Zero... Aarrghh! |
Angela Brett, because Tony continues to use the word 'verse' when he means 'stanza' even though he knows that a verse is only one line of poetry. Art & Literature |
| STAR | Something That Astronomers Research |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| STATISTICS | Shrunk To Averages, The Information Steers Toward Incorrect Conclusions Sometimes. |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics |
| STD | See Telephone Directory |
Angela Brett (STD usually stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialling) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Communication |
| STEEL | Some Twosomes Enjoy Everlasting Love |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the steel (11th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| STEPHEN | Stride That Egglaying Poultry Has? Evidently Not! |
Angela Brett, thinking of Step-hen Names:First names:Male |
| STEVE | Swings To Extremes Very Erratically. |
Angela Brett, describing Steve Jobs according to what she's read about him. (If he happens to be reading this... hey, no offense... oh great, all-powerful iCEO (who owns lots of G3s and therefore deserves my respect.) You're doing a great job, just as long as you don't can HyperCard. :) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Names:Famous people |
| STIX | Something Timberlike Is Xyloid. |
Angela Brett, after discovering the word Xyloid (meaning woodlike or pertaining to wood) and thought that since it was a real X word and not an eX word then it ought to be included in an acronym just so there'd be another X that hadn't been cheated on... unfortunately she had to cheat on the acronym anyway to get an X into it. But hey, it explains the word nicely, doncha think? Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Science:Biology:Plants |
| STOATS | Steal The Ova And Threaten Species |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| STOCKASTIC | Sales That Oscillate Chaotically Keep Any Stockpiling Tendencies In Check. |
Angela Brett, after reading a paper which mentioned stochastic sales, and thinking that perhaps 'stockastic' would be a better term. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Commerce |
| STOMACH | Somewhere To 'Organicise' Meals Amid Concentrated HCl. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| STONED | Smoke/Sniff/Shoot This, Or Never Experience Delirium |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| STRING | Slipped Tying Ribbons? I'm Not Glossy. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| STUART | Short Tails Usually Aren't Rat's Tails |
Angela Brett, thinking about the movie Stuart Little, which features a mouse named Stuart. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| STUD | Stable's The Usual Dwelling |
Angela Brett, after passing a stud farm during a bus trip. Science:Biology:Animals |
| STUDY | Solo Teaching Usually Done Yourself |
Angela Brett, after her mother suggested that she just sat under her computer acronymising and didn't know the meaning of study. I'm not sure sure which viewpoint this proves. ;) Education |
| STUPIDITY | Some Thickos Unsuccessfully Pretend Intelligence... Does It Trouble You? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| STYLUS | Stop Typing... You'll Love Using Scribbles. |
Angela Brett Computers:Generic Hardware |
| SUBROUTINE | Second Use Brings Reduction Of Unnecessary Typing, Integrity, Name's Explanatory |
Angela Brett, meaning that reusing a subroutine brings integrity, not a reduction of it. Computers:Programming |
| SUCK | Skill Unborn Can Know |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SUPERNATURE | Science Used Progressively Entering Realms Nearly Always Thought Unscientific. Reasoning's Engaging. |
Angela Brett, referring to the book by Lyall Watson Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| SURGE | Sudden Up-Rising Generates Energy |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| SUSE | Seems Useless - Stumps Everyone! |
Angela Brett, on hearing about SuSE Linux. Computers:Linux |
| SWAN | Swims With Arched Neck |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| SWATCH | Swiss Watches Aren't Too Costly Here |
Angela Brett (while most brands of Swiss watch are ridiculously expensive, Swatch makes watches that are more generally affordable, and sometimes even digital! Call me primitive but I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.) Time Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| SWEET | Sugar Will Eventually Emaciate Teeth. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| SWIFT | Steve Wozniak Is Fast Thinker |
Angela Brett, thinking that maybe FAST THINKER a.k.a Woz could help out MacGirl and Keyboard in a few episodes. MacGirl & KeyBoard:(Wannabe) Superheroes |
| SWIMMING | Some Water Is Missing - Maybe In Novice's Gullet |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| SWISH | Sibilant Whooshing Is Sound Heard. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| SWORDS | Start Weeping... Our Regiment's Deadly Serious |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons |
| SYSTEMATISE | So You'll Switch To Efficient Method, And That'll Increase Sales Eventually. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| TABLES | Truth Arrays... Boolean Logic Explicitly Stated |
Angela Brett, referring to truth tables. Science:Mathematics Science:Electronics |
| TALENT | Though Ability's Lovely, Everyone Needs Training. |
Angela Brett, since people are often urged not to rely on talent but to train/practise to reach their full potential. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| TANGI | Tears Are Not Good Indications |
Angela Brett (Tangi is the Maori word for cry, and also for a funeral) People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Death Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| TAU | Tiny And Unstable |
Angela Brett (while the tau is the heaviest of the leptons, it's still tiny... and due to its mass is the most unstable lepton, lasting around 3*10^-13 seconds.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| TAUON | Tried At Uniformity Of Notation |
Angela Brett (Tauon is another name for the TAU particle, with the familiar -on suffix of other particles.) Science:Physics:Particles |
| T-BAG | The Baddie; Annoys Girls |
Angela Brett, referring to the title character of an 80s/90s children's TV series. (See http://members.tripod.co.uk/jrv94/ind.html for more information on the series) Entertainment:TV shows Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| T'DAY | The Day After Yesterday |
Angela Brett Time |
| TEASE | To Exaggerate Any Small Eccentricities |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| TEENS | They're Expensive - Ever 'Needing' Stuff |
Angela Brett Time:Age |
| TELESCOPE | This Enhances Longsightedness - Even See Cosmic Objects Parsecs Extrasolar. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
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