A Person Rephrases One Noun Yet Makes Several
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| ACRONYM (5) | All Concealed, Revealed Only Now You Meditate |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| ANTONYM | Another Name, Totally Opposite, Negative Yielding Moniker |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay |
| APARTMENT | Abode 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 |
| APRONYMS (5) | Appellations Positioned Right, Organising Names You 'Member Smoothly. |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| BORG (2) | Bloody 'Orrible Robotic Guys! |
Gavin Lambert Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| BORG QUEEN | Beautiful Or Really Gruesome? Questions Usually Entail Excess Notionalising |
Gavin Lambert Politics:Royalty Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| BRAIN (2) | Biologic Reasoning Apparatus; Intelligence's Nest |
Gavin Lambert Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| CAT (6) | Cute At Times |
Gavin Lambert - My cat can look quite cute sometimes -- when she feels like it :) Science:Biology:Animals |
| 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 |
| CHRISTMAS (10) | "Come Hither, Rejoice In Saviour's Teachings!" Many Angels Shout |
Gavin Lambert Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| CODE (2) | Confusingly Ordered Diatribe, Enigma |
Gavin Lambert Science:Mathematics Communication |
| COLONY | Collection Of Life, Organised, Nurturing Yield |
Gavin Lambert - "Nurturing Yield" meaning increasing productivity :) Science:Biology |
| 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 |
| ECHO (3) | Enough! Content Heard Overmuch |
Gavin Lambert, when BIAS (2) was mentioned twice in THE ACRONYM TIMES Communication |
| ELEVATOR | Entire 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 |
| Embarassingly, My Account Is Lacking |
Gavin Lambert, when his email address changed Computers:Internet | |
| EUDORA | Email Utility Demonstrates Over Reaching Achievement |
Gavin Lambert, who really likes it - most of the time! Computers:Internet |
| 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 |
| GAME | Generally 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 |
| GAVIN LAMBERT | Generating 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 |
| GLASS | Glossy 'Lucent Article, Secures Sustenance. |
Gavin Lambert ('lucent as in 'translucent') Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| GLASS (2) | "Gimme Lotsa Alcohol!", Some Say |
Gavin Lambert Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| GOOGLE (3) | Great Oracle - Only Gives Live Entries |
Gavin Lambert Computers:Internet |
| 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 |
| IDEA (2) | Intelligent Development, Encourages Action |
Gavin Lambert People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| IN MY ARROGANT OPINION | I 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 |
| JUDGEMENT | Java 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 |
| LEFT HAND | Little 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 |
| LIFT (2) | Levitating Interior, For Transportation |
Gavin Lambert Places:Buildings |
| LINK | Locates Internet Networked Knowledge |
Gavin Lambert Computers:Internet |
| MAIL ADDRESS | Mailing Address Information Lapsed! Another Disaster? Damage Reversed, Everybody See Signature |
Gavin Lambert Computers:Internet |
| MASON (2) | Master At Stone Object Nascency |
Gavin Lambert People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| MATRIX | Mental Agility Transfigures Reality; Insane Xperience! |
Gavin Lambert, after seeing The Matrix: Reloaded Entertainment:Movies |
| MORSE CODE | Messages, Orders? Really Short Encoding, Common Organisation, Decryption Easy |
Gavin Lambert Communication |
| MUNTED | Malfunctioning; Used Normally To Express Disgust |
Gavin Lambert Assorted Adjectives |
| NOW (3) | Near Oriented "When" |
Gavin Lambert Time |
| NZ ACRONYMS | Now Zey're Apronyms! Creatively Rearranged Original Name, Yet Meaning Similar. |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Places:Countries |
| ON A ROLL (2) | One New Acronym -- Randomly Ordered Lyrical Language |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Original Noise Obviously Mandates Alphabetical Text Ordered Phonetically; Openly Encapsulating Intended Allusion |
Gavin Lambert Science:Linguistics Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| OWL | Overhead When Lightless |
Gavin Lambert and Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| PACKRATITIS | Person 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 |
| PARSER | Programmed Algorithm Reading Sentences, Expressions, Runes |
Gavin Lambert Computers |
| PHYSICS (2) | Puzzling Heuristics; Your Scientific Information Contains Spuriosities |
Gavin Lambert, after Angela corrected the credit for PROTON (2) Science:Physics |
| PROTON | Positive, Resists Orbiting To Occupy Nucleus |
Gavin Lambert Science:Chemistry Science:Physics:Particles |
| PUNCTUATION | Perhaps Underutilised, Need Commas To Understand Acronyms! Trivial Indeed, One Nods |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Science:Linguistics |
| 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 |
| ROMULAN | Really Overly Militaristic; Uses Light Attracting Node |
Gavin Lambert (Romulans use an artificial black hole as a power source) Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| SIGH (2) | Silent Inhalation, Gusty 'Huuuuuhhh' |
Gavin Lambert Assorted Verbs |
| SYNONYM (2) | Similar, Yet Not Original Name, You Mean? |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay |
| TAFFY | That's Another Freaky Foodstuff, Y'know/Yes? |
Gavin Lambert Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| THE APRONYM TIMES | Targeting 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 |
| THINK | To 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 |
| VULCAN (2) | Vigorously Uses Logic. Comedic Antics? Never! |
Gavin Lambert Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| WARP (2) | With Abnormally Rapid Progress |
Gavin Lambert (referring to 'warp speed' in shows like Star Trek) Art & Literature Entertainment Science:Physics |
| WARP SPEED | Where Are Real Physics? Some Plot Elements Entail Distortion |
Gavin Lambert Art & Literature Entertainment Science:Physics |
| WICK | With Illumination Comes Knowledge |
Gavin Lambert (thinking lantern wick in an old library or something) Art & Literature Household Objects |
| WICK (2) | What's Inside Candles; Kindling |
Gavin Lambert Household Objects |
| WICKED WITCH | Woman In Castle Knows Extremely Dangerous Wiccan Incantations To Create Havoc |
Gavin Lambert Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| WINDOWS DEVELOPER | Well, 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 |