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| 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 |
| COLONY | Collection Of Life, Organised, Nurturing Yield |
Gavin Lambert - "Nurturing Yield" meaning increasing productivity :) Science:Biology |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| GLASS | Glossy 'Lucent Article, Secures Sustenance. |
Gavin Lambert ('lucent as in 'translucent') Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| 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 |
| LINK | Locates Internet Networked Knowledge |
Gavin Lambert Computers:Internet |
| MATRIX | Mental Agility Transfigures Reality; Insane Xperience! |
Gavin Lambert, after seeing The Matrix: Reloaded Entertainment:Movies |
| MUNTED | Malfunctioning; Used Normally To Express Disgust |
Gavin Lambert Assorted Adjectives |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| TAFFY | That's Another Freaky Foodstuff, Y'know/Yes? |
Gavin Lambert Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 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 |
| WICK | With Illumination Comes Knowledge |
Gavin Lambert (thinking lantern wick in an old library or something) Art & Literature Household Objects |