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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| GANTT (3) | Guesstimates Almost Never The Truth |
Angela Brett Time Time |
| GANTT (5) | Generous Approximations, No Tiny Target |
Angela Brett Time Time |
| GANTT (6) | Generating Appropriate Notation Takes Time |
Angela Brett Time Time |
| GARDEN OF EDEN | Gobbling Apple Revealed Dear Eve's Nakedness... One Figleaf Enhanced Decency Enough? No! |
Angela Brett Places Places Religion Religion |
| GARFIELD (2) | Gets Around Really Fast If Espying Lasagne Dish |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Names:Pet Names Names:Pet Names |
| GARRETT | Gaelic - Attention Riveted Regarding Everything That's There |
Angela Brett (the name Garrett comes from Gaelic and means 'To Watch') Names:First names:Male Names:First names:Male |
| GASBAG | Groan... Another Speech By Al Gore. |
Angela Brett Politics Politics |
| GATANISM (2) | Gleaning Apple's Trade, And Nerdishly Idolising Satanic Master |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| GATE | Grants Access To Everyone |
Angela Brett Places Places |
| GAUSS | Got Answers Using Simultaneous Solutions |
Angela Brett, thinking of Gaussian elimination, a way of solving simultaneous equations. I didn't feel like acronymising the whole thing! Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| GAUSS (2) | Great Arithmetic Used Solving Systems |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| GAUSS (3) | Geometry's An Unexpectedly Strange Subject. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| GAYS | Genes Alter Your Sexuality? |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Homosexuality People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Homosexuality |
| GAYS (2) | Gender Aside, You're Sexy! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Homosexuality People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Homosexuality |
| GEEK | Gathers Esoteric, Encyclopaedic Knowledge |
Angela Brett Computers Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEK (2) | Greatly Enjoys Enhancing Kernels |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate Computers Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEKS (3) | God's Electronic - Every Kilobyte's Sacred |
Angela Brett Computers Computers Religion Religion People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| GEEKY | Go Electronic - Everyone Knows You |
Angela Brett Computers Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEKY (2) | Generally Everything Elicits Keyboard Yearnings |
Angela Brett Computers Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEKY (3) | Gigabit/ Exabit Ethernet Kindling Yottabytes |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| GEEKY ACRONYMS (2) | Gotos Evil, Everybody Knows. You Always Can Rely On (Names You've Mangled) Subroutines |
Angela Brett, thinking of abbreviated function names. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| GENERIC | Generalised Extremely, Not Explicit... Really Inspecific Codswallop. |
Angela Brett, when Bern complained that her HERNIA was too generic. See also: INSPECIFIC Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| GENETIC ALGORITHM | Guesser Employing Nature's Evolutionary 'Tactics' In Creating A Likely Group Of Resolutions. Increase That Heuristic Measurement! |
Angela Brett Science Science Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| GENETIC ENGINEERING | Godlike Experimenters Now Ensure That It Couldn't Evolve Naturally, Given Its Not Especially Effective Reproduction Inhibiting New Generations. |
Angela Brett, as genetically engineered plants are sometimes made sterile in order to prevent the crops from spreading and/or increase profits for the companies which sell the seeds. This also ensures that the variety could never have evolved naturally, since anything which can't reproduce is a sitting duck (so to speak) for natural selection. Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| GEOMETRY | Golly, Elementary Orthogonal Matrices Excite These Randy Youths. |
Angela Brett, during a boring first-year algebra lecture. Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry Education:Slow Teaching Education:Slow Teaching |
| GEOMETRY (2) | Go Euclid! One Man's Elementary Text Remained Years! |
Angela Brett (parts of Euclid's 'Elements' were used as a standard textbook for around 2250 years.) Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| GEOMETRY (3) | Greek Earth Observers Measured Everything, Trusting Real Yardsticks. |
Angela Brett, since geometry began with people actually measuring land and wasn't at all like the abstract science it is today. Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| GET BENT | Get Exercise - Tae Bo Extinguishes Nervous Tension. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| GET DRUNK | Gulp Ethanol To Dull Responses, Uncountable Neurons Killed. |
Angela Brett Drugs Drugs |
| GET UP AND GO | Great Energy That Urges People Along... Now Don't Go Overboard! |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| GFOUR | Gigaflops For Ordinary Users - Revolutionary! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| GHOST (2) | Grief Has One Seeing Things |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death People & Relationships:Death |
| GHOULS | Give Hundreds Of Undead Life, Symbolically |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death People & Relationships:Death |
| GIFT | Given In Friendly Transaction |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| GIFTS OF ACRONYMS | Giving Is For This Season Of Festivity. Acronymists Charter's 'Rule Of Namelessness' - - You Mustn't Speculate! |
? when Angela wondered if the forum poster 'Santa Claus' was THE REAL SANTA CLAUS bringing us GIFTS OF ACRONYMS or A KNOWN ACRONYMIST IN DISGUISE. Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| GIGABYTES | Gosh, Information Galore! And Building Yearly... Terabytes Emerging Soon. |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| GIGGLE | Greatly Inspired Gleeful Guffaw... Laughing Ebulliantly |
Angela Brett Laughter Laughter |
| GIRLS DON'T LIKE BOYS, GIRLS LIKE CARS AND MONEY. | Get It Right, Lads! She Doesn't Only Need True Love (I Know Everyone Believes Only Your Soul's Goodness Is Really Likeable) She Likes Incredible Kit, Excess Capital And Racing Spoilers. All Now Demand Men Owe Nothing Except Yabber. |
Angela Brett, who disagrees with this lyric from 'Boys and Girls' by Good Charlotte. People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Transport Transport Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| GIVE | Gift Is Vicariously Enjoyed |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| GLASS (3) | Get Lacerated As Some Shatters |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| GLASSEL | Good-Looking At Sea Side, Elsewhere Lacklustre. |
Angela Brett ('Glassel' is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'A seaside pebble which was shiny and interesting when wet, and which is now a lump of rock, which children nevertheless insist on filing their suitcases with after the holiday. Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| GLASSES | Good-Looking Angela Sees Smallprint Extra Sharply. |
Angela Brett, who has perfect close-up sight. Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| GLASSES (2) | Geriatrics Lacking Acuity Sometimes Seek Enhanced Sight. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| GLASSES (3) | Good Looking, A Spectacle... Strange Equivocal Synonyms |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| GLITCH | Good Lord! Imperfect Timing Causes Havoc! |
Angela Brett, after hearing about how delays in electricity flowing through logic gates can cause glitches in electronic circuits. Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| GLOBE TROTTING | Glamourous Life/Lust Of Being Elsewhere, Then Returning Only To Totally Ignore Native Geography. |
Angela Brett, while pondering her globe trotting planned for mid-2004. Sports & Recreation:Travel Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| GO APPLES (2) | Gone Overboard At Pretending Placidness... Losing Extant Sanity. |
Angela Brett, thinking that 'go apples' could have a similar meaning to 'go bananas'. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| GOAT | Gnaws On Any Thing! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| GO AWAY | Go On, Ask, We'll Astound You. |
Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| GO AWAY, NOW! | Get On A Wing, And You'll Navigate Our World. |
Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| GOD | Great Omniscient Deity |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD (4) | Great Omnipresent Deity |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD (5) | Goliath's, Or Davids? |
Angela Brett... A lot of people seem to fight each other because they believe in different gods - the Old Testament is littered with stories of God helping the Israelites defeat their enemies. I wonder how bible stories would read if told by the other side. Religion Religion |
| GOD (6) | Generous, Or Destructive? |
Angela Brett - some churches (at least Reverend Lovejoy's one on The Simpsons!) lean towards the idea that if we don't do exactly what God says we'll all burn in hell. Others describe a more benevolent God. Religion Religion |
| GOD (7) | Gender's Often Debated |
Angela Brett - Most texts refer to God as 'He' although there are jokes about God being female and logically (if logic even applies to gods) God is neither. Religion Religion People & Relationships:Genderalisations People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| GOD (8) | Guess One's Desires |
Angela Brett (there are so many arguments and no direct ways of finding out what a god might want us to do.) Religion Religion |
| GOD (9) | Gestalt Of Devotees |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD (10) | Greets Our Dead |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD (11) | Goodness On Demand |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD (12) | Giver, Observer, Destroyer. |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD (13) | Generated Our Domain |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD IS GOOD | Generator Of Divine Inspiration Should Get Our Ongoing Devotion |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOD LOVES YOU VERY MUCH | Great One Doesn't Look On Viciously, Expecting Something You're Obviously Unable. Vices Embraced... Remember Your Most Unsaintly Characteristic -- Humanity! |
Angela Brett (If God loves me very much, He wouldn't send me to HELL whatever petty evil I were involved in... and certainly not for simply being imperfect.) Religion Religion |
| GODS | Generous Omni Developers Share |
Angela Brett, because the Omni Group (http://omnigroup.com) makes some excellent products for Mac OS X, including frameworks for other Cocoa developers to use. Some might regard the Omni folk as GODS. Computers:Programming:Cocoa Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| GODS (2) | Greek? One Doesn't Suffice. |
Angela Brett Religion:Greek Gods & Goddesses Religion:Greek Gods & Goddesses |
| GODS (3) | Glut Of Different Sorts |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GODS (4) | Glut Of Denominational Schisms |
Angela Brett Religion Religion |
| GOLD (2) | Geniality Of Long Duration |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the gold (50th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| GOLGI | Good Old Lipoproteins Get Instructed |
Angela Brett, after someone told her that a golgi apparatus is a 'structure where proteins go to college.' Science:Biology Science:Biology Education Education |
| GOLGI (2) | Gulper Of Leftover Garbage, Indeed. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| GONAD | Generates Ova Night And Day |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| GOOD | Greatly Overused, Ordinary Declaration. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| GOOD (2) | Glosses Over One's Depression |
Angela Brett, because most people say, 'good' or something similar when asked how they are, regardless of their true situations. Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| GOOD DAY | Generosity Of Others Definitely Does Affect You |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases Time Time People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| GOOD OR BAD | Get Out Of Doldrums Of Reasonable But Amoral Deeds. |
Angela Brett, in response to an unsuccessful search, because life wouldn't be as interesting if we only did things that were neither good nor bad. People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| GOWN | Graduate's Otherwise Wearing Nothing |
Angela Brett, a few weeks before graduating - there are bound to be pranksters who wear nothing under the gown. Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| GRADUATION | Get Ready Academics... Depart University And Turn Into Overpaid Novices |
Angela Brett Education Education Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| GRAPE IMAC | Gag, Retch... Argh! Purple Equipment Isn't Meal... Actually Computer! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat:iMac Fruit Salad Computers:Do Not Eat:iMac Fruit Salad |
| GRAVE | Grievers Remember A Vanished Embodyment |
Angela Brett Places Places People & Relationships:Death People & Relationships:Death |
| GRAVES | God Requests A Visit, Eternal Souls. |
Angela Brett Places Places People & Relationships:Death People & Relationships:Death |
| GRAVITY BAR | Guinness Room's Awesome View Impresses Tourists, Your Beers Are Ready. |
Angela Brett (The Gravity Bar, at the Guinness brewery in Dublin, has an almost 360 degree view of the city.) Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Places:Buildings Places:Buildings |
| GREAT YEAR | Get Ready, Everyone, As Tony's Year Exceeds All Records! |
Angela Brett, on Tony's birthday. Time Time |
| GRIEVOUS | Grave Robber Is Extolling Virtues Of Using Shovel |
Angela Brett (grave robbing is rather a grievous thing to do.) People & Relationships:Death People & Relationships:Death |
| GRIMACE | God, Really I Must Abide Chelsea Everafter! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, complaining about Angela's ideas to include the sounds of her niece Chelsea in this stack. People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| GROUP THAT SAVES SCHOOLS | Gathers Rallying Over Underfunded Public Teaching-Houses, As Teachers' Salaries And Valuable Education Shouldn't Stop 'Cause Honchos Overseeing Our Laws Say. |
Angela Brett, not on any particular group but responding to an unsuccessful search. Politics Politics Education Education |
| GUFFAW (2) | Gut Undulates From Fun And Wit |
Angela Brett Laughter Laughter |
| GUICIDE | Graphical User Interface Crashed... Instant Disaster Ensued! |
Angela Brett, pondering whether deinstalling a GUI (Graphical User Interface) would be committing 'guicide' Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers Computers |
| GUICIDE (2) | Gnome User Intentionally Caused Its Death, Evidently. |
Angela Brett (Gnome is a Linux GUI) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| GUICIDE AFTERMATH | Great, Unintuitive Incoherent Commands Involved During Everyday Actions. For This, Everything Requires Mindpower - All Too Hard! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers Computers |
| GUN SALUTE | Give Umpteen Numbered Shots As Laurels (Usually Toward Elsewhere) |
Angela Brett Military Military |
| GURU (2) | Geek Using Real Unix |
Angela Brett, when the installers at a Linux installfest were called gurus. Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| GWEN | Good Welsh Effeminate Name |
Angela Brett (Gwendolyn is a Welsh name meaning fair haired) Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| GYARADOS | 'Goldfish' Yields A Rare Atrocious Dragon Of Size |
Angela Brett (Gyarados is Pokemon #130) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| GYMNASTICS | Girls & Young Men Now Attempt Stretches That Impossibly Curve Spine |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| GYROSCOPIC | Get Yours! Rotates Omnidirectionally So Centre Of Positition Is Constant. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| GYROSTABILIZER | God! You're Rolling Over! Stop That! Aircraft Begins Inclining, Luckily Implement Zeroes Endangering Rotation. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| GYVE | Got You! Villain's Entrapped. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| HAHA | Harder Acronyms Hamper Angela |
Angela Brett, when it took her a while to respond to a challenge to acronymise haha, after she'd said she couldn't resist acronymising capitalised words. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| HAL | He's Artificial Lunacy |
Angela Brett, referring to the computer in '2001: A Space Odyssey' Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| HALL OF FAME | Have A Laugh... Lots Of Fantastically Funny Acronyms Might Eventuate. |
Angela Brett (The Acronyms Hall of Fame is at http://acronyms.co.nz/halloffame.html) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| HALL OF FAME (3) | Here Anthony Looks Like One Fine Fellow... Added Most Expansions. |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| HALLOWEEN | Houselights And Lanterns Light One's Way Entreating Each Neighbour. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| HALT (2) | Have A Little Time |
Angela noticed that part of the title of a song by Dido forms an unintentional (I assume) apronym. Time Time |
| HAMPERS | Hinder[s] Angela's MP3 Player's Expected Reception Speed |
Angela Brett, several days after her IPOD was supposed to arrive, on finding out that due to an influx of CHRISTMAS HAMPERS some smaller packages are getting lost. Communication Communication Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| HAM SANDWICH THEOREM | Here's A Mathematical Statement Anyone (Not Dealing With Integrals) Can Hungrily Test. Halve Exactly Outer Rolls, Even Meat. |
Angela Brett (From the Collins dictionary of Mathematics: ham sandwich theorem, n, a colourful name for the theorem that given three volumes in Euclidean three-space, there is at least one plane which simultaneously bisects the three volumes. As a consequence, any sandwich may be cut in such a way that the two pieces have equal amounts of filling and equal amounts of each slice of bread.) Science:Mathematics Science:Mathematics Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| HAND | Hard Acronym Not Done |
Angela Brett, when Steve was trying to think of a HAND acronym and then asked her for an expansion when he couldn't think of one. Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HANDYMAN | Husband's Apparently Now Doing Yearly Maintenance Around Nest. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:Genderalisations People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| HANNAH | Here's A Nice Name - And How! |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| HANS | Has A Nutty Scalp |
Angela Brett, referring to HANS MOLEMAN - HOMER once kissed him on the head and exclaimed, 'It's just like kissing a peanut!' Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| HANS THOMAS | His Autobiographic Novel Spans Two Hundred Or More Autumn Seasons! |
Angela Brett, referring to the character in 'The Solitaire Mystery' by Jostein Gaarder Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Solitaire Mystery Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Solitaire Mystery |
| HAPPY | Happy Apple PowerBook Posessor. Yippee! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela got a new PowerBook and was very HAPPY about it. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| HAPPY B-DAY | Here's A Present, Proving You've Blocked Death Another Year. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTHONY! | Here's A Properly Phony Year... Because In Roman, The (Heard) Digits Announce You're Allowed Non-Truths. Have One Neat Year! |
Angela Brett, when Tony became old enough to li about his age. Words & Wordplay Words & Wordplay Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY! | Hardly A Party Pooper, You'll Be Incrementing 'Round The Helios' Digits, Announcing 'Yippee! Tony O'Grady's New Year!' |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| HAPPY HOLIDAYS (2) | Here's A Plan: Pamper Yourself! Hours Of Lie-Ins Dissolve Away Your Stress. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| HAPPY HOLIDAYS (3) | How American People Phrase Yuletide Hellos... One Living In Diversity Atheises Yearly Sentiments. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Time:Special Occasions |
| HARD DRIVE | Hardly A Readily Digestible Diet... Rarely Is Vitamin Enriched. |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| HARM | Humans Are Really Mean |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| HASSOP | Here Armchair Stores Sterling Or Plastic |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady (Hassop is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'The pocket down the back of an armchair used for storing two-shilling bits and pieces of Lego.' Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| HASTINGS | Hardly Anything Suspicious - The... Icing Needed Glazing, See? |
Angela Brett (Hastings is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Things said on the spur of the moment to explain to someone who comes into a room unexpectedly precisely what it is you are doing.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| HATE | Humans Attack Their Enemies |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| HATING | Humans Attack Those Idolising Neighbouring Gods |
Angela Brett Religion Religion People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| HAVE A LOVELIER DAY THAN... | Have A Very Excellent And Lovely (Oh, Very Entertaining) Life! I Expect Record Days And Years To Happen! And NOW! |
Rob Rix, after he capitalised that phrase in an email and Angela challenged him to expand it. Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases |
| HAVE A NICE DAY | Hopefully A Very Enjoyable And Not Irritating Circadian Episode Does Await You. |
Angela Brett Communication:Hello & Goodbye Communication:Hello & Goodbye |
| HEAD | Hat/Hair Envelops Axons & Dendrites |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HEAL | Helpful Education About Life/Love |
Angela Brett, in response to the same request as WATCH OUT People & Relationships:Abuse People & Relationships:Abuse |
| HEART | Hopefully Evident Arrhythmias Repair Themselves. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HEART (2) | Healthily, Each Atrium Rhythmically Twitches. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HEART (3) | Holds Emotion And Romantic Thoughts? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HEART (5) | He's Expired... Atria Rhythm Terminated |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HEAVEN | Highly Ecclesiastical Angelic Vista - Eternal Nirvana |
Angela Brett (the Angelic one ;^) Places Places Religion Religion |
| HEEL | Holds Extremity, Ends Leg. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| HELP | Have Extremely Large Problem |
Angela Brett People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| HELP DESK | Hasn't Even Learnt Primary Data Everyone Should Know |
Angela Brett (see also HELPDESK) People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Communication Communication |
| HELPDESK | "Hello... Eh? Lifeless PC? Depress Electricity Switch."-- Knowall |
Angela Brett Computers Computers |
| HELP ME FIND THE CAT | Hopefully Every Lost Pet May Eventually Find Its Next Dinner (The Human's Emotions Clearly Aren't Topmost!) |
Angela Brett, when someone searched for that phrase on the website. Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| HELP ME GO PEE | Have Especially Large Prostate? Maybe Envisioning Gently Oscillating Pond'll Ease Embarrassment. |
Angela Brett, after somebody searched for that phrase on the website. Other unsuccessful searches are now listed at http://acronyms.co.nz/cgi-bin/searches Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| HEMP | Hardly Emulates Marijuana's Potency |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants |
| HEMP (2) | Herb Exhibits Medicinal Properties |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants |
| HENG | His Earthquake-Noticer's Great! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians 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 Commerce:Companies Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| HERE'S TO THE CRAZY ONES - THE MISFITS, THE REBELS, THE TROUBLEMAKERS. THE ROUND PEGS IN THE SQUARE HOLES. THE ONES WHO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THEY'RE NOT FOND OF RULES, AND THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE STATUS QUO. YOU CAN QUOTE THEM, DISAGREE WITH THEM, GLORIFY OR VILIFY THEM - ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T DO IS IGNORE THEM. BECAUSE THEY CHANGE THINGS. THEY PUSH THE HUMAN RACE FORWARD. AND WHILE SOME MAY SEE THEM AS THE CRAZY ONES, WE SEE GENIUS - BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ARE THE ONES WHO DO. | Hello, Emmy! Really Emotive Script That Offers The Heroically Engendered Computer. Respect Apple's Zeal - Yes, One Needs Enthusiasm. 'Similar Thinking' Holds Evil, Microsoft Is Slowly Filtering Into These Similar-Thinkers' Heads, Essentially Revenue-Enhancing Brainwashing. Enter Lifestyle Spot Touting Home Electronics That Rebels Outputted. Used By Lunatics, Einsteins, Misfits Alike, Key Element's Revolutionary Spirit. This Has Everything... Rapid Operation, Userfriendliness - No Dot-PUB Endings (Gates' System Insists Names Trail Horrid 'Extensions' So Quasi-Understandable Abbreviation Represents Executable's Handle.) Owners Love Easy Software That Has Enhanced Output - Nay... Enhanced, Somehow, World! Hail Our Steves - Evolving Electronics, They Have, Indeed, Near-Godly Status. Doing It For Fun, Eventually Rewarded... Even Now They Leave You Thinking, "He's Extraordinary! Yes, Really Extraordinary! Not One To Fear Originality." New Discoveries Often Find Ridicule, Until Losers Eventually See Advantage - Now Different Thinking Has Exterminated Yesteryear's Harmonistic Attitude. Value Eccentricity, Not Ordinariness - Revolutionary Equals Strange... Perspective Entirely Changes The Face Of Rebellious Thoughts. Help Existing, Stagnating Technology Advance Through Using Some Quality Unheard Of Yet. Outcasts? Underdogs? Called Anything Nasty (Quoting Usually Others' Thoughtless Exclamations) The Hardworking Engineers Made Dust Into Silver, Analogously. Gutsy Recovery Ensued... Everything's Worth It, To Hear The Heartfelt Evangelism Macintosh G4 Lovers Offer. "Rapid Innovation Fulfills Your Own Resplendent Visions, Its Lifelike Interface Frees You To Harness Effectively Machine's Awesome Battery Of Uses." Though That's Hardly Everyone's Opinion. Now, Like Yesterday, To Heedlessly Ignore Next-Generation Young Objects Usually Causes A Nightmare. Think Different! Outliers In Science Invariably Get Noticed... Often Resented, Esteemed, Totally Humiliated, Eulogised, Maligned... But Eventually Create A Utopia, Sending Earthlings To Heights Earlier You Couldn't Have Anticipated. New Greatness Entails Tumbling Headlong Into Nothingness, Gripping Some Thought, Hoping Earnestly You'll Progress Utopia Somehow. However, Try Hard... Extremely Hard. Use Magic And Neurons, Reckoning And Creativity, Effort, Flair, Outright Radical Wizardry - Anything. Rule Deviations Are Necessary - Domination Will Hinder Innovation, Lessen Enthusiasm, Stifle One's Mind... Even Might Augment Youth Suicide. Educate Each To Hold 'Educate Myself' As Slogan To Honour, Eventually Cultivating Real Autonomous Zealots... You'd Only Need Elementary Similarities. When Einstein Started Extensively Exploring Gravitation, Established Newtonian Ideas Undoubtedly Stopped Brainiac Earlier Concocting Alternative Universal Supposition. Egotistical Thoughtpolice Hide Enigmatic People Elsewhere, Only Promoting Learning Everything Within Habitual, Orthodox Academia. Real Extremists Create Ridiculous Acronyms... Zany Yield Except Not One Useful Gift Humanity Takes Of This. Hardly Inducing New Knowledge, This Huge Expansion Yabbers Continually About Near-Cliched Homogeny Attitude. Nowadays, Gosh, Everyone Thinks He's Eccentric... Widespread Opinion Regarding Looking Different As Really Extra Trendy Has Each One Now Effectively Seeking What He Opposes - Difference Omnipresent! |
Angela Brett, expanding the script of an Emmy-winning Apple advertisement. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Macintosh & Newton Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms |
| HERNIA | Hurts Excruciatingly! Really Needs Immediate Attention |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| HERON | He Estimated Roots Of Numbers. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians 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 Computers Commerce:Companies Commerce:Companies |
| HIGGS BOSON | Here Is GUT's Guts, Some Believe Only Stupidity Of Namesake |
Angela Brett, who originally misunderstood the Higgs boson and expanded it, 'Here Is Gravity's Glue...' GUT stands for Grand Unified Theory. Science:Physics:Particles Science:Physics:Particles |
| HIGH | Helicopter's Indispensible Getting Here. |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions Places:Positions & Directions |
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