APRONYMS BY GAVIN LAMBERT
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100% ACRONYM (5)All Concealed, Revealed Only Now You Meditate Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
100% ANTONYMAnother Name, Totally Opposite, Negative Yielding Moniker Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay
100% APARTMENTAbode Placed Adjacently; Rather Tiny, Microscopic Even -- New Territory. Gavin Lambert - I recently bought an apartment, which I'm now living in. It seems quite small now (though nice) -- but that is almost certainly just a side-effect of my PACKRATITIS; I've just got too much Stuff :)
Places:Buildings
100% APRONYMS (5)Appellations Positioned Right, Organising Names You 'Member Smoothly. Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
100% BORG (2)Bloody 'Orrible Robotic Guys! Gavin Lambert
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters
100% BORG QUEENBeautiful Or Really Gruesome? Questions Usually Entail Excess Notionalising Gavin Lambert
Politics:Royalty
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters
100% BRAIN (2)Biologic Reasoning Apparatus; Intelligence's Nest Gavin Lambert
Science:Biology:Body Parts
100% CAT (6)Cute At Times Gavin Lambert - My cat can look quite cute sometimes -- when she feels like it :)
Science:Biology:Animals
94% CATEGORY LISTING (2)Collection of Apronyms ('Tached Expansions) Going On Related Yarns; Limiting Information Shown Together In Networked Group Gavin Lambert (a category listing serves two important functions: (1) keeping related items together, (2) reducing clutter on each page)
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles
100% CD-ROM (2)Can't Download - Rate 'Orribly Mired Gavin Lambert - I periodically try to download a Linux install CD (mostly out of curiosity), but as I've only got a 56k connection it takes too long :(
Computers:Linux
100% CHRISTMAS (10)"Come Hither, Rejoice In Saviour's Teachings!" Many Angels Shout Gavin Lambert
Time:Special Occasions:Christmas
100% CODE (2)Confusingly Ordered Diatribe, Enigma Gavin Lambert
Science:Mathematics
Communication
100% COLONYCollection Of Life, Organised, Nurturing Yield Gavin Lambert - "Nurturing Yield" meaning increasing productivity :)
Science:Biology
100% COMMA (2)Come On, Many More Acronyms! Gavin Lambert, pointing out a missing comma in an acronym featured in THE ACRONYM TIMES
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
89% DEBUGGERDevice for Exterminating Bugs (Used Gingerly), Gaining Extra Rightness Gavin Lambert
Computers:Programming
100% ECHO (3)Enough! Content Heard Overmuch Gavin Lambert, when BIAS (2) was mentioned twice in THE ACRONYM TIMES
Communication
100% ELEVATOREntire Levitation Etymology Varies According To Origin's Requirements Gavin Lambert (referring to how a different name is used for the same thing in other parts of the world)
Science:Linguistics
Places:Buildings
100% EMAILEmbarassingly, My Account Is Lacking Gavin Lambert, when his email address changed
Computers:Internet
100% EUDORAEmail Utility Demonstrates Over Reaching Achievement Gavin Lambert, who really likes it - most of the time!
Computers:Internet
100% EXCEPT THAT ONE!Explicit Xclusion Communicated Excitedly: Pressing That Toggle Has Adverse Thrust. One Never Engages! Gavin Lambert, when Angela reminded him to expand anything in capitals -- his email signature is 'Press any key - EXCEPT THAT ONE!!!'
Computers
100% GAMEGenerally About Mass Entertainment Gavin Lambert, thinking mainly about sports games and the like rather than board games, but you could extend the parallel...
Sports & Recreation
Entertainment:Games
100% GAVIN LAMBERTGenerating Acronyms, Velocity Irregular. Natural Laziness Assumed; Maybe Boredom Enhances 'Ronymising Tendencies? Gavin Lambert (since I felt it was about time I "ronymised" my own name) :)
Names:Acronymists
93% GEEKY ACRONYMSGeeks Enjoy Expanding Knowledge - Yet Also Created Regularly, Origin: Non-geeks. Yes, Multiple Submissions. Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
100% GLASSGlossy 'Lucent Article, Secures Sustenance. Gavin Lambert ('lucent as in 'translucent')
Household Objects:Eating Utensils
100% GLASS (2)"Gimme Lotsa Alcohol!", Some Say Gavin Lambert
Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic
Household Objects:Eating Utensils
93% GOOD JUDGEMENTGroup of Object-Oriented Designers, Java Users, Developers: Guru Ensemble. Macintosh Enthusiasts Now Taken. Gavin Lambert (see JUDGEMENT)
Computers:Programming
100% GOOGLE (3)Great Oracle - Only Gives Live Entries Gavin Lambert
Computers:Internet
100% HUMAN (2)Hands Used Mainly Affecting Neighbourhood Gavin Lambert - After all, our hands are our primary means of manipulating our environment.
People & Relationships
Science:Biology:Animals
100% IDEA (2)Intelligent Development, Encourages Action Gavin Lambert
People & Relationships:Thoughts
100% IN MY ARROGANT OPINIONI Never! May Your Absolutely Ridiculous Ruminations Oppose Greatness? Are Not Thinking, One Presumes; I Need Idiotic Opinions Not! Gavin Lambert
Assorted Phrases
People & Relationships:Thoughts
100% JUDGEMENTJava Users/ Developers Group, Extended: Macintosh Enthusiasts Now Taken! Gavin Lambert, thinking up a new name for a group Angela told him about which is ostensibly a Java users group but is actually a group of Mac developers, one of which develops using Java. Its previous working title was JUGWOXACI so this is a big improvement! JUDGEMENT day is the second Tuesday of each month.
Computers:Programming
86% KITTENKontains Infinite Tricks: Teleporting Everywhere Non-expected Gavin Lambert (Kittens can move so quickly and in unexpected directions (like upwards) that at times they just seem to teleport from place to place. Fortunately, they still seem to need a line of sight)
Science:Biology:Animals
100% LEFT HANDLittle Enterprising Feline Taken Hold; Abandoning Normal Digits Gavin Lambert (I'm having to type this one-handed because my cat is sleeping on my right hand. And I'm right-handed!)
Science:Biology:Body Parts
100% LIFT (2)Levitating Interior, For Transportation Gavin Lambert
Places:Buildings
100% LINKLocates Internet Networked Knowledge Gavin Lambert
Computers:Internet
90% LOST FILESList Of Stuff To Fix, Integrate, Learn, or Employ Somehow Gavin Lambert. I have an incredibly large LOST FILES list -- I keep adding stuff to it much faster than I can ever get things done ;)
Assorted Nouns
100% MAIL ADDRESSMailing Address Information Lapsed! Another Disaster? Damage Reversed, Everybody See Signature Gavin Lambert
Computers:Internet
100% MASON (2)Master At Stone Object Nascency Gavin Lambert
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
83% MASON (3)Member of A Secret Organisation; Nameless Gavin Lambert - I seem to recall reading about some secret society called the "Masons", out to run the world from behind the scenes, or something like that. Like most secret societies, most members didn't know anyone else's real name.
People & Relationships
100% MATRIXMental Agility Transfigures Reality; Insane Xperience! Gavin Lambert, after seeing The Matrix: Reloaded
Entertainment:Movies
86% MORBIDMorose Obsession Regarding Blood; Interested in Death Gavin Lambert
People & Relationships:Death
100% MORSE CODEMessages, Orders? Really Short Encoding, Common Organisation, Decryption Easy Gavin Lambert
Communication
100% MUNTEDMalfunctioning; Used Normally To Express Disgust Gavin Lambert
Assorted Adjectives
100% NOW (3)Near Oriented "When" Gavin Lambert
Time
90% NOW WE KNOWNow Original Website Wellspring Explained: Knowledgelessness Nurtures Outlandish Word-construction! Gavin Lambert, in response to LAUGHING OUT LOUD
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website
100% NZ ACRONYMSNow Zey're Apronyms! Creatively Rearranged Original Name, Yet Meaning Similar. Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Places:Countries
100% ON A ROLL (2)One New Acronym -- Randomly Ordered Lyrical Language Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
100% ONOMATOPOEIAOriginal Noise Obviously Mandates Alphabetical Text Ordered Phonetically; Openly Encapsulating Intended Allusion Gavin Lambert
Science:Linguistics
Assorted Nouns:Noises
100% OWLOverhead When Lightless Gavin Lambert and Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Animals:Birds
100% PACKRATITISPerson Accumulating Crap; Keeps Really Ancient Things Indefinitely, Taking Infinite Storage. Gavin Lambert, explaining why he has so many old computers.
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PARSERProgrammed Algorithm Reading Sentences, Expressions, Runes Gavin Lambert
Computers
100% PHYSICS (2)Puzzling Heuristics; Your Scientific Information Contains Spuriosities Gavin Lambert, after Angela corrected the credit for PROTON (2)
Science:Physics
100% PROTONPositive, Resists Orbiting To Occupy Nucleus Gavin Lambert
Science:Chemistry
Science:Physics:Particles
100% PUNCTUATIONPerhaps Underutilised, Need Commas To Understand Acronyms! Trivial Indeed, One Nods Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Science:Linguistics
86% REASONRendition of Explanatory Advice; Sometimes Only Nutty Gavin Lambert
People & Relationships:Thoughts
86% REPEATRendered Exactly Pluralised; Edit with Added Thoughtfulness Gavin Lambert, when an apronym in THE APRONYM TIMES was repeated.
Communication
100% REVELATION (3)Reads Each Virtual Electronic Life Agent, Translating Into Original Notation Gavin Lambert, Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY
100% ROMULANReally Overly Militaristic; Uses Light Attracting Node Gavin Lambert (Romulans use an artificial black hole as a power source)
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek
89% RONYMISEReally Only Needed when Your Mind Is Suddenly Empty Gavin Lambert (okay, so I couldn't think of any good 'R' words for TRANSIENT ERROR and GAVIN LAMBERT. So sue me) ;)
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
100% SIGH (2)Silent Inhalation, Gusty 'Huuuuuhhh' Gavin Lambert
Assorted Verbs
89% SITE DOWN?Seems I Tried Entering Domain, Only Where's the Network? Gavin Lambert, mentioning in an email: tried to access http://www.acronyms.co.nz just now and it told me the DNS was not found. obviously it was a TRANSIENT ERROR or you wouldn't get this email!
Computers:Internet
90% SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTSerious Occupation? Fun Times? What All Really Experienced Developers Enjoy: Vanquishing Errors in Lines Of Programs, Meaning Enhancement of Needed Trustworthiness Gavin Lambert
Computers:Programming
87% SOLDERING IRONSeriously Overheated Little Device; Enables Relatively Insignificant Numbered Gizmos Integrating into Radios or Other Necessities Gavin Lambert (Without soldering irons, it'd be hard to create electronic devices)
Science:Electronics
94% SUBACROEXPANSIONSynthesised Utterance, Being A Cut-down Rendition Of Expanded Xpression; Probably Acronymiser Needs Some Intelligence, Or Nourishment Gavin Lambert, who was ON A ROLL when he commented that "Randomly Ordered Lyrics" might be a good subacroexpansion for part of ROCK AND ROLL.
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
100% SYNONYM (2)Similar, Yet Not Original Name, You Mean? Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay
100% TAFFYThat's Another Freaky Foodstuff, Y'know/Yes? Gavin Lambert
Food & Drink:Confectionery
100% THE APRONYM TIMESTargeting Humans Enjoying Apronyms: Publicly Revealing Original Nomenclature You May Think Is Mightily Effective - Semimonthly! Gavin Lambert, when the ACRONYMS website was renamed APRONYMS in order to be more specific, and THE ACRONYM TIMES needed a new name too.
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website
100% THINKTo Have Idea, Needing Knowledge Gavin Lambert [Prerequisites of thinking are something to think about and some related knowledge to connect it to]
People & Relationships:Thoughts
93% TRANSIENT ERRORTried Reaching Acronym Network Site, Incurring Error Notice; Temporarily Excluding Rob Rix and Other 'Ronymisers Gavin Lambert (see SITE DOWN?)
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website
100% VULCAN (2)Vigorously Uses Logic. Comedic Antics? Never! Gavin Lambert
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek
100% WARP (2)With Abnormally Rapid Progress Gavin Lambert (referring to 'warp speed' in shows like Star Trek)
Art & Literature
Entertainment
Science:Physics
100% WARP SPEEDWhere Are Real Physics? Some Plot Elements Entail Distortion Gavin Lambert
Art & Literature
Entertainment
Science:Physics
100% WICKWith Illumination Comes Knowledge Gavin Lambert (thinking lantern wick in an old library or something)
Art & Literature
Household Objects
100% WICK (2)What's Inside Candles; Kindling Gavin Lambert
Household Objects
100% WICKED WITCHWoman In Castle Knows Extremely Dangerous Wiccan Incantations To Create Havoc Gavin Lambert
Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures
100% WINDOWS DEVELOPERWell, It's Not DOS; One Windowing System Demands Engineers, Very Easily Learnable, Only Problem: En Redmond! Gavin Lambert
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
Computers:Windows